Chapter 781

Noelle froze for a second before yanking her hand back without a second thought.

"What nonsense are you spouting?" she asked through gritted teeth. "This is all your fault!"

"My fault?" Hendrix was still grinning. "I tried waking you up multiple times, but you refused to get up."

"If it weren't for you-" She wanted to keep arguing, but she forced herself to swallow back the words just as they were about to leave her lips.

Hendrix seemed amused by her reaction. "What about me?"

Noelle refused to engage further. Biting her lip, she propped herself up and got out of bed.

"You didn't finish your sentence. What about me?" Hendrix followed her, pestering her with questions.

Ignoring him, she marched into the bathroom and slammed the door shut, cutting his voice mid-sentence.

still hear his low, pleased laughter from the other side. Annoyance prickled at her, but thoughts of Irene pushed it aside. Right now, she was in no mood to bicker with him. After quickly freshening up, she left

car. "I had someone inform your mom last night. And the police

to

bottle of milk from

could react, the driver-a local with a thick accent and a warm smile- chimed

mouth to respond,

I can't seem to

With a wife this beautiful, you've got to

to study Noelle seriously, as if verifying whether the driver's description of "beautiful"

intense gaze made

she was

at him,

sweet.

who messed up."

clicked his tongue and glanced at Hendrix through the rearview mirror. That

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