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?"

anything from someone like me, Mr. Freeman." Her voice

his cup before replying,

H

stunned at his

to realize exactly what he was

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

women would line up for you. Why

so you do

was stunned at

what he meant. "I thought I was no different

her imagination. She thought she detected a hint of bitterness

emotion, "I have no plans to date anyone at the moment,

"So..."

I'm a

blank as his words fell. She would truly be a fool if she still didn't