The Sway and Slide of Love novel Chapter 781

Noelle froze for a second before yanking her hand back without a second thought.

"What nonsense are you spouting?" she asked through gritted teeth. "This is all your fault!"

"My fault?" Hendrix was still grinning. "I tried waking you up multiple times, but you refused to get up."

"If it weren't for you—" She wanted to keep arguing, but she forced herself to swallow back the words just as they were about to leave her lips.

Hendrix seemed amused by her reaction. "What about me?"

Noelle refused to engage further. Biting her lip, she propped herself up and got out of bed.

"You didn't finish your sentence. What about me?" Hendrix followed her, pestering her with questions.

Ignoring him, she marched into the bathroom and slammed the door shut, cutting his voice mid-sentence.

But she could still hear his low, pleased laughter from the other side. Annoyance prickled at her, but thoughts of Irene pushed it aside. Right now, she was in no mood to bicker with him. After quickly freshening up, she left the hotel with him.

"Relax," Hendrix said once they were in the car. "I had someone inform your mom last night. And the police haven't gotten any missing person reports, so everything's going to be okay."

Noelle continued to ignore him.

After a pause, Hendrix suddenly pulled out a bottle of milk from somewhere. "You haven't eaten all day. At least drink a little milk."