A Cue For Happiness

Chapter 165 The Choice Is Yours

With her back facing Samuel, Natalie felt her heart pounding hard.

She huffed but immediately got grasped by the waist.

Samuel’s husky tone went on. “Even though I’ll patiently wait for your consent, I can’t make any promises on holding myself back if you keep doing things that tease me.”

“I didn’t do anything!”

“You’d better not, or else you know what’s coming.” Samuel then tightened his arms around her waist and planted a kiss on her hair. “Get some rest, now. Goodnight.”

Natalie closed her eyes, forcing herself to fall asleep in that position.

She thought she would be too flustered to sleep, but surprisingly, she snoozed soundly through the night.

When she woke up the next day, Samuel was already gone.

Rubbing her eyes, she walked out of the room and heard someone making coffee in the kitchen.

“Morning, Sweetheart…” She mumbled as she walked into the kitchen half awake.

Samuel smirked to himself. “Morning.”

Upon hearing his voice, Natalie’s eyes rounded as she hurriedly snapped, “You? I thought Xavian was the one in the kitchen. The ‘Sweetheart’ I’m referring to is him, not you.”

“I didn’t ask.”

Blushing, Natalie knew that she could not outsmart him and that she was already lucky enough as he did not take advantage of her.

“Where are the kids? Why don’t I see any of them?”

Samuel poured the boiling water into the coffee pot, then brewed a cup of black coffee while explaining, “I’ve completed the transfer procedures for Xavian’s new kindergarten, so I got Billy to send all three of them there.”

“What about you?” Natalie glanced at the clock on the wall. Isn’t he supposed to be at work by now?

“Waiting for you.”

“Me?” She did not understand.

“I’ll go to work after I help you change the dressing on your wound.”

The thought of how he had changed her dressing the day before sent a chill down her spine. Thus, she wasted no time refusing. “That’s okay. I’ll do it myself.”

her. “You can either take

still as he strips me. Not to mention, he ripped off

could not go against him, Natalie relented, “I’ll take

and removed her shirt, revealing the bruises down her back from

this picture. Kenneth aggressively caned me, yet his grandson is tending to my

to switch out

previous experience, Samuel was afraid that he would suffer from getting blue balls again, so he dressed her wound quickly this time

but their hearts

work while Natalie departed toward the Major Crimes

cases,

two scarcely rare ingredients for the latter’s medicine; The first was a trumpet vine

was struggling to locate the second ingredient —

suggested, the fruit was a vivid shade

instructed. “I promised Hans that I would

“Yes, Boss.”

Natalie left the Major Crimes Unit building to hail a

before a taxi driver with a

cap inside a car, so she could not help

her odd looks, the driver

before getting into the taxi and checking

became blurry, and her head felt heavy as time

165 The Choice Is

Natalie felt her heart pounding

huffed but immediately got grasped

though I’ll patiently wait for your consent, I can’t make any promises on holding myself back if you keep doing things

“I didn’t do anything!”

arms around her waist and planted a kiss on her hair. “Get

closed her eyes, forcing herself

flustered to sleep, but surprisingly, she

next

room and heard

She mumbled as she

smirked to

rounded as she hurriedly snapped, “You? I thought Xavian was the one in the kitchen. The ‘Sweetheart’

“I didn’t ask.”

that she was already lucky enough as he did not take advantage

the kids? Why don’t I see

of black coffee while explaining, “I’ve completed the transfer procedures for Xavian’s new kindergarten, so

the