The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 707

"Forget it," Noelle quickly said. "There's no point in me asking when he obviously doesn't want to tell me."

Beatrice hadn't expected the conversation to take this turn. She was about to explain on Hendrix's behalf when Noelle took Rosie's hand. "Let's go rest over there."

Rosie nodded eagerly at Noelle's suggestion. She had been riding for a while, and her cheeks were flushed from the sun.

Beatrice watched them leave, then quietly pulled out her phone to send a message to Hendrix.

"I'm in Tilwick. It'll probably take two or three days to handle things here. You and Rosie should stay at Sienna Villa for now. I'll pick you up when I get back."

"I'm at the airport."

"The plane is about to take off."

"Just got off the plane. Heading to the hotel now."

Hendrix sent to Noelle throughout his trip. He even

stream of messages, her fingers hovering over the screen for a

would make Hendrix stop messaging her. But to her

even more motivated after seeing her response. He proceeded to send her details about the hotel he was staying at,

muted his

maybe he just got too busy,

all, Noelle had seen the news about the incident. During the initial demolition phase of a project, a crane had malfunctioned, resulting in the death

a few dozen seconds long—spread like wildfire online. People were outraged, slamming the

family had been camping outside Amity Group's subsidiary for days, demanding justice.

age of social media, their protest drew a crowd

all live-streaming on the

thrust Amity Group into

from them now carried

a few clips of