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?"

Sandra's phone call earlier had sparked something in

a hidden location. If Liam hadn't taken her there

her past and would be so eager

in all of this? Was he just standing idly

hit rock bottom so he could reach out a hand and make her grateful to him-like training a

speaking, Hendrix suddenly chuckled "So what? Are you questioning me

the right

think I would gain from doing

aware of it. You knew everything and let

Hendrix didn't deny it.

again. Then, she stood up without

just as she turned to leave, Hendrix's voice rang out behind her, "And why should I have stopped

you were still my wife, perhaps I

back to face him,

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

answered her own question, "You

in the first place. So, don't bring up this nonsense about how things would