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."

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

Maxwell finally hung

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

night, Hendrix didn't come

had something to do with Maxwell's phone call, but she

back to the days shortly after she'd returned to the Swanson family. Craig and Matilda had thrown a grand welcome

her and mocked her for being

people wanting to test whether

they pushed

SO

she felt as water gushed into her nose, mouth, and chest-it was vivid in her

shot open

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

the dream

still over an hour until the usual time she woke up, but she couldn't fall back asleep. As she lay in bed, lost in thought, the

to

He seemed surprised to see that she was awake. However, he was used to

Chapter 9

minutes. I'll be waiting downstairs," he said as

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