The host of the live stream continued to try steering the conversation back to Noelle's personal life, but every time she brought it up, Noelle shut it down with a firm denial.
From start to finish, she never mentioned Hendrix's name.
Perhaps frustrated with Noelle's lack of cooperation, the host cut the one-hour interview short, ending it under 30 minutes.
As soon as the stream ended, Noelle received a call from Evelyn, profusely apologizing to her.
"I had no idea they were planning to take that angle. Seriously, are they out of their minds? Both the male and female leads are trending right now—they should've focused on the characters instead! Why must they bring your personal life into it?"
Her words sounded sincere, but Noelle felt no emotional pull. She didn't respond, simply listening in silence.
After rambling on for a while, Evelyn finally noticed Noelle's lack of reaction and timidly asked, "Are you mad?"
"There won't be a next time."
With that, Noelle hung up the phone. Then, she turned off the lights and went to bed.
Noelle was genuinely upset, but not enough to hold a grudge.
By the next morning, she had already put the incident behind her. It wasn't until she checked the news that she discovered the podcast account had been banned. To make matters worse, it was the publisher's official account.
Later, the publisher issued a statement on another social media platform, explaining that the host had acted unprofessionally by injecting too much personal bias into the interview. Moreover, they had since severed ties with her.
Noelle had no idea who was behind this decision, nor did she care. She silently closed her phone and continued eating breakfast.
Not long after, there was a movement from across the hall again. This time, it was much quieter—just the sound of someone dragging a suitcase and a faint conversation.
Noelle, remembering the previous day's events, shook her head. "No. If they have kids, you'll meet them eventually."
"Okay…" Rosie was a little disappointed, but when Noelle got ready to take her downstairs, she still carefully picked out a few toys before taking Noelle's hand and heading out the door.
"I've already brought everything over. It's—"
Just then, someone stepped out of the door from across the hall while speaking to someone inside. The moment he saw Noelle, he froze in place.
And he wasn't the only one—Noelle stopped cold, too. She quickly snapped out of it and asked with a frown, "So, you're the new neighbor?"
"No, Ms. Swanson," Dan hurriedly denied. "I'm just here to deliver some things."
His explanation only made Noelle's expression darken further.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Sway and Slide of Love
Like how the story is progressing now but why is the author only releasing 3 chapters at a time? this is torture😩😩...
Woah chapters 41-45 is intense!! Good to see Noelle’s character who has come across as mostly detached actually express emotion....
I find Noelle’s character so frustrating, she comes across lacking any true emotion. The chapters where Rosie was missing was probably the most where we have seen some strong outward emotion shown. Dreading these next few chapters if she is going to do something drastic to “go find Seline” The author has taken us on a rollercoaster with these characters. The novel feels like it is at a stage now where they can come full circle....
A good change of pace and story in the last 10 chapters. Good to see the shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win over Noelle and Rosie. Hope we start to see them warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up👨👩👧...
A good change of pace in the last 10 chapters. Also nice to see a shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win Noelle and Rosie over. Hoping in these next few chapters we start to see Noelle and Rosie warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up 👨👩👧...
I have been in love with this novel but I don’t know how much patience I have to wait until the to finish line. Dear Author, can you atleast give us some idea about how long is this going to be or if there’s any turning point coming soon. And it would be great if you could upload at least 10 chapters at once. 5 chapters is making me more impatience with the anticipation of the further story of novel🙈...
I really hope there is a turning point in this story where Noelle starts to show some interest in Hendrix...