At the dinner table, Albert was pleased to see Natalie and Justin looked happy together.
"Grandpa, who were you talking to on the phone for like almost an hour?" Natalie asked, feeling curious as Albert looked cheerful.
"Do you remember my friend, Andrew?" Albert asked.
"Yes, Grandpa? How is he?"
"He’s doing well, but he was a bit sad to hear that you’re really married," Albert added with a chuckle.
Natalie raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Huh? Why?"
Albert explained, "A while back, he had brought up a marriage proposal for you with his sister’s grandson. But you were already involved with Ivan, so I had to turn it down. After that wedding incident, he thought maybe you didn’t really want to marry Ivan and that’s why you created the fake marriage certificate. He figured his sister’s grandson still had a chance. But now... well, you’re already married."
Natalie laughed, shaking her head in amusement. "Your friend is quite strange, Grandpa. Considering my ’terrible’ reputation, anyone would keep their sons and grandsons far away from me. I hope his sister won’t strangle him when she finds out for which girl he was offering her grandson."
"He doesn’t care what the world thinks. He knows how you truly are just like I do," Albert’s tone was serious. "Anyways, he told me his sister is coming to the city and he would bring me to meet her. I had met her long back when we were young and I don’t even remember her now." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"Well, that’s great. You’ll get more friends," Natalie said, smiling as she added more food to Albert’s plate.
Throughout the conversation, Justin remained quiet, listening as the two chatted. His attention was more on the meal, cooking his own wicked plan in his mind.
’If I get to eat what she cooks, I don’t mind staying here forever. Or once I take her back to Harpers, I will make sure to fire the chef and make her cook everyday.’
After dinner, Albert retired to his room after a small stroll on the deck, leaving Natalie and Justin alone. Natalie gathered the dried clothes and brought them to the bedroom, where Justin was already seated at the work desk, focused on his laptop.
Given that he was going to sleep in this room, after she had begged him to, she didn’t mind it either, preparing to have a room mate for a while.
She started folding clothes and casually informed. "I will iron your clothes tomorrow before you leave for work."
Justin hummed, busy with his work.
Once she finished putting the clothes away, Natalie headed to the bathroom for a shower.
Justin, who was busy working, heard the sound of water running, which caught his attention. He turned to look at the bathroom door, only to realise Natalie was showering, and gulped at the thought of it.
’Why is she coming here?’ he wondered.
’How does she smell so good all the time?’
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