The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

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"Mr. Swanson, it's been a long time,"

The Hawthorne couple, Gregory Hawthorne and Wendy Spencer, exchanged polite handshakes with Craig. Then, their gazes converged on Noelle almost in unison.

Craig glanced at Noelle. After she briefly clenched her hands together, she finally managed to force a smile.

"Let me introduce you to my daughter, Noelle," Craig said

"She's very beautiful," Gregory responded first, then motioned to his son.

The man across from Noelle then extended his hand. "Helld. I'm Liam Hawthorne."

He was dressed in a crisp suit, with black-framed glasses perched on his nose. His features weren't

but they were well-balanced, and

place and slowly

sit down!" Craig called

settled into their seats, and Craig seamlessly

hadn't been so clearly aware of their intentions, she might have thought this was just a normal

to focus much on Noelle. Instead, he naturally joined in on

Wendy spoke up,

Wendy continued. "About this time last year at Rosewood Hotel." Her words caught

dressed to the nines and was

up. His absence had turned Noelle into the laughingstock of the night. Although Beatrice had explained the situation to everyone at the time, it still couldn't hide the fact that Hendrix simply didn't care about her. Even until today, Noelle still didn't know what Hendrix had been doing that night. He had never explained it

had thought she'd completely forgotten about it. But when Wendy brought it up again,

have the chance to

over and was about to reprimand Wendy, but Liam

was calm but firm, effectively silencing

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