The Sway and Slide of Love

This was also the first time Hendrix had seen his daughter, Rosie, not from a blurry photo or from a tricky angle.

Rosie stared back at him with wide eyes, full of appraisal and curiosity.

But before Hendrix could look at her a little longer, someone next to him cautiously called out to him. Immediately after, Rosie and Noelle disappeared into the crowd around them, so Hendrix was unable to catch a glimpse of them anymore.

After a while, he turned his head and asked, "Yes? What is it?"

His emotions switched quickly, though his voice still carried a hint of tension.

That night, he unsurprisingly suffered from insomnia again. It wasn't until dawn that he reluctantly got up to take some sleeping pills.

After that, he managed to fall asleep, but it was a restless one. He even had a dream.

Hendrix vaguely remembered having a similar dream before. It was a warm and happy scene where Noelle and a little girl were playing together. Then, a strange man approached them.

Hendrix's eyes snapped open.

Blinding sunlight greeted him, and the smartphone beside him kept buzzing.

But he wasn't in a rush to answer it. Instead, he stared at the sunlight outside the window, replaying his dream over and over in his mind.

He certainly remembered having such dreams before. But this time, the feeling was incredibly real. So real that Hendrix could already imagine what it would be like when the little girl called someone else "Daddy".

Just thinking about it made his heart and stomach ache faintly.

After taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed that feeling and pretended as if nothing had happened before finally answering his phone.

He had come to Stormbridge on a last-minute business trip. He didn't plan on staying for long, so his daily schedule was packed.

The busy work filled his mind and numbed his emotions. But this time, it didn't have much effect.

As the car drove on the road,

Hendrix stopped reading the

documents in his hand and instead

carefully observed every street that

passed by, for he knew Noelle was

here.

en FindNovel

And the city wasn't that big, so she could appear at any corner of any street at any time.

But no matter how carefully Hendrix looked, all that passed before his eyes were unfamiliar faces.

Finally, Hendrix couldn't help but say, "Stop the car."

Even though the sudden statement startled the driver, he dared not say much and silently pulled over to the side.

Sitting in the passenger seat was Amity Group's branch manager in Stormbridge, who was responsible for hosting Hendrix this time. He was already somewhat nervous, and hearing Hendrix's order only made his expression pale even further.

"Mr. Freeman, is there a problem?" he asked cautiously.

"I have something to attend to, so I leave first." Hendrix immediately turned and opened the car door "Let's reschedule the factoryo inspection for tomorrow."

"But Mr. Freeman, your flight back to Coppersville is tomo—"

Before the manager could finish his sentence, Hendrix interjected, "Then, reschedule it."

After leaving these words behind, Hendrix hailed a taxi and called someone as he did so. "Find out where Noelle is right now."