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.

asked timidly, "Mommy, did I do

to her. "No, no. I just closed the

studying her face carefully before finally nodding

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

would just be a small 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

lying in bed, let out a

rushed into the bedroom. "It's okay. It's just

bed and ran to Noelle, wrapping

to go check the circuit breaker, she

you

was Hendrix's voice. But who was

a muffled grunt from outside, followed by the

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

police!"

...

someone cutting the electrical wires. The culprit was one