The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 756

Irene owned a plot of land in the village. She used to grow corn on it, but in the past two years, a contractor from the neighboring village had come by, so she switched to growing strawberries instead.

It was now the season for planting seedlings. After the morning's commotion, Noelle had convinced Irene to rest at home and took over the planting work herself.

The task wasn't particularly strenuous, but bending over for long periods was exhausting. Noelle squatted down, but after a while, she started feeling dizzy. She closed her eyes, preparing to take a short break, when somebody suddenly yanked her up.

Hendrix frowned at her and asked, "What are you doing?"

Noelle was startled for a moment, then clumsily pushed his hand away. Only after taking several steps back to put a safe distance between them did she finally ask, "What are you doing here?"

Hendrix's frown deepened at her reaction. "Are you afraid of me?"

"No," Noelle quickly denied it. Her flustered expression made it seem like she was worried he might misunderstand or feel hurt. "It's just my mom doesn't want me to be around you. She'll get angry if she finds out about this."

Hendrix looked at her, then suddenly smiled and took a couple of steps closer to her. "Why? Does she think I'm a bad person?"

"Yes."

"But you know I'm not, right?" he said slowly. "Since you already know that, why listen to her?"

frowned slightly. It was as if she didn't understand the logic in his words, or perhaps she was just

don't tell her,

"Wouldn't that be lying?"

You're just not letting

no response to

"What are you

her task

again. "Who said you could

expression was even darker than before. He didn't mind staying here with her, because he knew that

he hadn't let her stay here to do farm work. There was

he had carefully cared for to

looked down, and when he saw the dirt on Noelle's hands, his expression

finished

off his hand. "Let me go!

won't allow you to do

Noelle rejected him without hesitation. "If I don't do it, my mom will have to. And she's getting old, so I really can't

bear it? Hendrix didn't argue with her. Instead, he took a deep

"Yes."

"Fine. Wait here."