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.

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

find her staring

you want

instinctively before catching herself-she was too old to eat cotton candies. But

later, he returned. In his hand was a pink cotton candy shaped like a bear-utterly at odds with his outfit and

stares as he walked back, but he didn't seem to care.

the mall were bright, and the 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 she

triggered The cotton candy she had never gotten

"What's wrong?" Hendrix asked.

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

"You don't like it? Did