Chapter 9 Chapter 9

"Elle,

are you doing well?" This line echoed in Noelle's mind.

She had forgotten how long it had been since someone asked her such a question. She'd even forgotten

to ask herself if she was doing well.

The answer was obvious. But even so, she didn't hesitate to reply, "I'm doing fine."

"That's good, then," Maxwell responded.

After that, he fell quiet.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now," Noelle said.

"Alright," Maxwell agreed.

But just as Noelle was about to end the call, he suddenly spoke up, "I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye back then, I've thought about you a lot these past years while I've been abroad."

slight pause, he added, "It's getting late. You should

that, Maxwell finally hung

stairs, still holding her phone. After a long while, she slowly turned

didn't come to

couldn't drift off to sleep peacefully. Perhaps it had something to do with Maxwell's phone call, but she spent the whole

after she'd returned to the Swanson family. Craig and Matilda had thrown a grand welcome home party for her, but hardly anyone at

her for being from the countryside. They ever teased her for not knowing

housed a huge swimming pool. Some people wanting to test whether the " country bumpkin" could swim-tricked her into

pushed

SO

the suffocation she felt as water gushed into her

shot open

After a while, she remembered she was in Nivis Villa-the place where

from the

until the usual time she woke up, but she couldn't fall back asleep. As she lay in bed,

to the door

she was awake. However, he was used to putting on a composed front.

Chapter 9

he said as though giving an

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