The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 807

"You barely ate anything back there, so I'm taking you for buffalo wings," Hendrix said.

"Buffalo wings?" Noelle turned to him in surprise.

Hendrix caught her hand. "Yeah. You used to love it. Do you want to go?"

A soft smile played on his lips now-a stark contrast to the cold expression he had worn earlier when discussing Dylan and the Swifts.

Yet, this version of him felt strangely familiar to Noelle. Just as she studied him, Hendrix turned to look at her. "Well?"

Only then did she realize he had asked her a question. After a brief hesitation, she finally nodded. "Okay."

The car smoothly changed lanes, eventually pulling up in front of a shopping mall.

led her to the buffalo wings restaurant, they were even told that there was

ask if Noelle wanted to go somewhere else, only to find her staring fixed ahead at a warmly lit bakery, its entrance adorned with a row of cotton

you want

herself-she was too old to eat cotton candies. But just as she started shaking her head, Hendrix was already striding toward the

she was. Moments later, he returned. In his hand was a pink cotton

but he didn't seem to care. He continued to cut through the crowd with long,

and the perfume of nearby women.

like certain memories in her mind were suddenly triggered The cotton candy she had never gotten as a child was now being held out

"What's wrong?" Hendrix asked.

by Hendrix's voice. She looked at him, wanting to

asked, "You don't