The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 609

Noelle's expression immediately darkened. She rushed forward and snatched the keys from Hendrix's hand.

"Did you―" She wanted to accuse him of stealing them, but before the words could leave her mouth, she realized how absurd that sounded.

Hendrix, as if reading her mind, quickly explained, "You dropped them when you were taking something out of your bag earlier. I just picked them up."

"Then, why didn't you give them to me right away?"

"You didn't give me a chance, did you?" Hendrix smiled faintly, his tone almost innocent. "Besides, Rosie was literally about to burst, and I was worried she'd pee herself."

His explanation sounded perfectly reasonable.

For a moment, Noelle was unable to come up with a retort. She stared at him for a few seconds before finally taking Rosie's hand and leaving.

"Aren't you going to drink the juice?" he called after her.

Noelle didn't even glance back. She knew he had done it on purpose. Otherwise, he would have handed her the keys in the elevator. The thought made her slam the door harder than usual.

from the side, asked timidly, "Mommy, did I do something

out of her thoughts and apologized to her. "No, no. I just closed the door too hard by accident. I'm

up at her, studying her

locksmith. In the end, she had to reimburse him for the trip to smooth things over.

episode, something that would pass without further consequences. But as she was preparing to take a shower that night, the lights above her flickered and then went out completely, plunging

in bed,

bedroom. "It's okay. It's just a power outage."

scrambled out of bed and ran to Noelle, wrapping her arms around her

was about to go check the

you doing

voice. But who was he

there was a muffled grunt from outside,

door to see what was happening, but

police!"

...

apartment was caused by someone cutting the electrical wires. The culprit was one of