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.

weekend, so the place was crowded. When Hendrix led her to the

to go somewhere else, only to find her staring fixed ahead at a warmly lit bakery, its entrance adorned

want one?"

cotton candies. But just as she

was a pink cotton candy shaped like a bear-utterly at odds with his

he didn't seem to care. He continued to cut

air was filled with the scent of buffalo wings and the perfume of nearby women. But it was as if aft of that faded from Noelle's sight. All

cotton candy she had never gotten as a

"What's wrong?" Hendrix asked.

of her memories by Hendrix's voice. She looked at him, wanting to say something,

instantly. Frowning, he asked, "You don't like it? Did