The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 139 Chapter 139

Clark froze in place, and the woman quickly pointed a finger at Noelle.

She reprimanded, "You're doing all this for this worthless woman, huh? Do you know why Hendrix divorced her in the first place? It's because she slept around!

"She was in her teens when she got involved with that adoptive father of hers. Now, you're messing around with her. Aren't you afraid of getting sick?"

At this point, nearly everyone in the front hall had gathered around.

The woman's words were spoken quickly, her piercing voice reaching the ears of everyone present. Noelle stood frozen, unable to move. Even the words she had been preparing to say disappeared. Clark's expression shifted, and slowly, he turned to look at Noelle.

the sudden eruption of voices from the crowd, felt like

wouldn't care about this. After all, months ago, she had revealed this dark past

the incident would be twisted into countless disgraceful versions after the news

no matter how she had imagined this moment, the reality was still somewhat different. Especially when those judgmental

she was suffocating. She turned her head, trying

instinctively searching for something, anything, that

the onlookers, she saw Hendrix. He stood some distance away from the

unfamiliarity, mockery, or contempt? She couldn't distinguish

drop down her hair ends, soaking into her skin and seeping into her internal organs. Finally, even her blood wasn't spared. A chilling cold spread throughout her entire

merely turned away silently. As she walked-forward, the people who had been watching parted, creating a path for her. They instinctively kept a distance of more than three feet, as if she were some

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