The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 77 Chapter

77

All Noelle felt now was a biting chill in her heart..

"Why?" she asked Hendrix.

Hendrix didn't like being pressed like this, and a trace of imitation flickered in his eyes.

Noelle didn't wait for him to respond. She continued, "Is it because we were married for two years, and you you understand me and trust me? Or is it because... you had something to do with last night's events?"

think

Hendrix had no reaction to the first half of her sentence. But when he heard the latter part, his expression darkened instantly. "What are you trying to say?"

"No, you probably didn't orchestrate it," Noelle went on, speaking more to herself than to him. "After all, you're such a high and mighty man, Mr. Freeman. You wouldn't stoop to such methods. But you must've known about it, didn't you?"

Her voice grew colder, steadier. "That includes the time Wiliam showed up at that restaurant. It wasn't a coincidence, was it?"

possibility. But Sandra's phone call earlier had sparked

If Liam hadn't taken her there before, even she wouldn't have known it

and would be so eager to ruin her was

in all of this? Was he just standing idly

bottom so he could reach out a hand and make

Hendrix suddenly chuckled

the right to

I would gain from doing

it," Noelle replied. "But you're aware of it. You knew everything and let it

Hendrix didn't deny it.

she stood up without

Hendrix's voice rang out behind her, "And why should I have stopped it? Or rather, who

added, "If you were still my wife, perhaps I would

Really?" Noelle stopped and turned back to face him,

the one behind all of this. Between the two of us, would

waiting for his answer, Noelle scoffed and answered her own question,

place. So, don't bring up this nonsense about how things would be different if we were