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routside the window continued to fall. Inside, the beating was on full blast, and Noelle didn't feel cold at fact, she thought the room's temperature might be too high, leaving her emotions feeling overly saturated.

It wasn't just her. Hendrix felt the same. Only a month ago, they had been arguing. She had even resolved never to see him again in this lifetime.

She always found it so easy to forgive him. He was like persistent illness lodged in her heart. She had tried ountless times to heal it. Yet, it kept flaring up again and again.

The step he took toward her on the rooftop earlier had been enough to give her boundless courage. After all, he

someone she had loved for so many years.

No one could resist imagining being with the person they loved. What one couldn't have would always leave regret. No one would want to live with regret.noveldrama

Noelle named her head to look at the snowflakes falling softly outside, paired with the glittering night view of Sintron Everything was so beautiful, like a mirage.

It seemed close enough to touch, yet it was all an illusion. As she gazed outside, her eyes suddenly

turned red. Before her tears could fall. Hendrix lowered his head and gently kissed her eyes.

The action sent a shiver through her body, and instinctively, she tightened her hold on him. Her nails grazed his skin drawing tiny beads of blood.

However, at that moment, neither of them cared about such things. It was like the final celebration before the end of the world-only a desperate entanglement could do justice to such a night.

She couldn't remember how she eventually fell asleep, but just before she closed her eyes, she thought

she heard Bend's voice. His lips brushed against hers as he whispered, "Penny."

That simple word, so light and fleeting, sent Noelle's emotions soaring to their peak, her body following suit.

Penny. It was a name only Cynthia would call her.

W brought her home, Cynthia wanted to name her Penelope, hoping for Noelle to live a life of pet and happiness, but William changed it to "Luna" without consulting her.

Cha didn't argue with him. Instead, when it was just the two of them, she called her "Penny".

Noelle couldn't quite remember when she had told Hendrix about this nickname. Maybe it was during a moment of tenderness or perhaps a casual mention she had made without much thought.

But this was indeed the first time she had heard him call her that name. It had been so long since anyone called her that. As she closed her eyes, tears rolled down uncontrollably.

Yer, besace she could dwell on her emotions, exhaustion overtook her, and she fell asleep.

ven she woke up, she was in a bedroom. The space beside her on the bed was already empty. If not for

the marks on her body and the lingering scent in the room, she might have thought everything from the previous night was nothing more than a wild and absurd dream.

Just as she set up on the bed in a daze, her phone rang. It was Jennifer calling. Chapter 132

"It seems you had a very restful night," Jennifer remarked, smiling as she sat across from Noelle.

Noelle paused for a moment before asking, "You set everything up last night, didn't you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Hendrix showing up on the rooftop, and... did you push me?"

The more Noelle thought about the embrace last night, the more she felt it was a coincidence. It was as if someone had seen through her hesitation and made the decision for Her.

And the only person she could think of who would do something like this was Jennifer.

Hearing her question, Jennifer simply smiled and replied, "Ms. Swanson, it's not fair to think that way

about me. How could I possibly manipulate something involving you and Mr. Freeman?"