Chapter 79 Chapter 79

"Noelle, let me remind you," Hendrix said, his tone cold and resolute. "The power to decide whether our relationship continues or ends has always been in my hands. Even back then, if I hadn't agreed, do you really think you could've divorced me so easily?"

Noelle's hand, which had been braced to push him away, slowly dropped to her side.

Her eyes, which had flickered with traces of anger and sadness, went completely blank as she stared at him.

He wasn't wrong. What power did she ever have? In his eyes, she was nothing more than an object. Once, she had been his wife and was expected to bear his children. Now, she was just a tool for his gratification.

Her quiet, detached demeanor was something Hendrix knew all too well. His brows furrowed again as he watched her. After a pause, he gripped her chin and abruptly leaned down, capturing her lips in a forceful kiss.

The moment their lips met, tears slipped down Noelle's cheek.

The cold touch of her tears sent a shiver through Hendrix's body, but he quickly brushed it off and deepened the kiss. He forced her lips apart and plunged his tongue in, claiming her in a deep, relentless hunger.

This kiss was suffocating-more overwhelming than any they had shared before.

felt her chest tighten, her breath hitching. Her hands instinctively pushed against his

soldier in a battlefield against him, but the difference in strength between the two of them was too great. She wasn't even given a chance to fight back before he found her weakness, leaving her armor shattered and

surrender beneath him. A faint, mocking laugh escaped his lips as her

of his laughter sent a surge of frustration through Noelle. She clenched her

groan, but

if every ounce of frustration and pain she had endured over the past two

t go.

soon faced Hendrix's

always known that the view in Coppersville

came to life. The neon signs shimmered in the dark, looking

exactly when she

her. But she didn't hear clearly what exactly he said, nor could she recall

beneath her when she tried to sit up. She had to steady herself by gripping the bedside table, sinking down

her head against

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