The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 784

Irene had never been well-liked in the village. The other women claimed she'd brought misfortune to her husband, and in her younger days, they accused her of seducing their husbands.

After earning her reputation as a shrew, no one would even speak to her.

Truthfully, she held no attachment to this village. She had stayed at first to wait for her husband and later to wait for Nelly.

But after that, none of it mattered anymore.

Yet tonight, for the first time, she found someone to tell these things to.

Hendrix sat quietly and listened. He'd never been good at comforting people, so after a long silence, he finally said, "When I thanked you earlier, it wasn't just for saving Noelle. It was also because you gave her things she's always wanted."

Irene looked at him, puzzled.

Which meant that everything he gave Noelle

from her family," Hendrix told Irene. "She was trafficked to a remote

the end, her adoptive mother was badly injured defending her, and she's still in a

by then they'd already had another daughter. And because

well.

her enough care and love, which ultimately led to the loss of our first child. She went through a very difficult time back then and visited her adoptive

have been willing to endure it. In her eyes, if all of that could have been exchanged for her adoptive mother's health and those years

slowly. This wasn't just Noelle's

his role in it

back now, he didn't even understand how Noelle

she'd said

Her choice to be with him again wasn't about forgetting or forgiving the

reminded her of the past—of what it