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.

meant that everything he gave Noelle must have been the best. And what could

was trafficked to a remote mountain village. Her adoptive father

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

when she was 15 years old, but by then they'd already had another daughter. And because her adoptive father had touched

well.

she married me. But at the time, I was far from being a good husband neglected her feelings and failed to give her enough care and love, which ultimately

adoptive father's mistreatment and their financial struggles, she might have been willing to endure it. In her eyes, if all of that

spoke slowly. This wasn't just Noelle's past-it was his, too. And he

his role in it had

he didn't even understand

when she'd said

him again wasn't about forgetting or forgiving the past. She'd simply decided to move

time, Irene's protection clearly reminded her of the past—of what