The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 554

The room was suffocatingly silent.

Noelle had no intention of speaking to Hendrix anymore. She sat on the couch, her eyes fixed on the door, as if she were ready to bolt the moment it opened.

Hendrix, on the other hand, desperately wanted to take a shower. But he was worried she would disappear while he was in the bathroom.

Even though the door was still locked-and if she could leave, she probably would have by now-Hendrix couldn't bring himself to go.

Fighting the high fever had left him utterly exhausted, but he refused to sleep. Instead, he sat on the bed, quietly watching Noelle.

"Are you going to marry Dylan?" he suddenly asked her.

The question felt jarring in the silence. It reached Noelle's ears clearly, and Hendrix knew she had heard him. But she only paused slightly, not even turning her head, as if refusing to answer.

heard it, but she only paused for a brief

smirk. "To be honest, Noelle, I'd rather you marry a complete stranger. As long as he's a decent person who treats

all in the past,"

"Some things can't just be brushed off like that. If that's the case,

that if he continued, he'd only end up saying something foolish. Besides, there was no point in rehashing

turned around and shot him a glance. "If I say that's all in the past, then that's the end of it. Besides, all that matters is Rosie likes him. Not

calmly, but at her last

didn't repeat herself because she knew he had

at her

you

You're willing to be

yes," Noelle replied

he had returned home from detention exhausted and desperate