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.

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

and apologized to her. "No, no. I just closed

her face carefully before finally

end, she had to reimburse him for the trip to smooth things over. And so,

thought this would just be a small episode, something that would pass without further consequences. But as she was preparing to take a shower that night,

was lying in bed, let out a

the bedroom. "It's okay.

ran to Noelle, wrapping her arms around

as Noelle was about to go check the circuit breaker, she heard a

you

Hendrix's voice. But

there was a muffled grunt from outside, followed by

to see what was happening, but the person outside seemed to anticipate

police!" he

...

Noelle's apartment was caused by someone cutting the electrical wires. The culprit was