The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 70 Chapter 70

"Yes. I'm happy," Hendrix replied without hesitation.

"I can leave now, right?" Noelle said as she stood up to leave before his voice rang out again the next moment.

"Noelle, do you think being drugged absolves you of the responsibility for what happened last night?" His words left her stunned.

Noelle slowly turned to look at him, her mind racing with different thoughts in the brief following seconds. What kind of price was he expecting him to pay? Was he planning to use this as leverage against her? Or was it only an excuse because he couldn't let her go?

She instinctively tried to suppress the last thought that sunced in her mind before he spoke again, asking, your adoptive mother staying in the hospital?"

"Isn't

"What are you trying to do?" Noelle's expression immediately shifted, and her eyes filled with vigilance and anger.

Hendrix merely glanced at her. "I can arrange for her to be transferred to a better hospital. You won't have to worry about the medical expenses. I'll take care of it."

"You... What's the meaning of this?"

"What do you think?"

of your stature wouldn't need anything from someone like me, Mr. Freeman."

and swirled the coffee in his cup before replying,

H

was stunned at

a moment to realize exactly what he

"You're the CEO of Amity Group. You're a

you. Why bother entangling yourself

you do know

was stunned at

I was no different

couldn't tell if it was her imagination. She thought she detected a

could grasp that fleeting emotion, "I have no plans to date anyone at the moment, nor do I intend to sink

"So..."

a

expression turned blank as his words fell. She would truly