A Cue For Love

A Cue for Love Chapter 879

The Man In The Silver Mask Part Four

Natalie’s eyes narrowed sharply to a slit the instant his voice trailed off, and it took a while for her to compose herself.

“You have to be kidding me, surely. Am I right, Mr. York?”

“Did I give the game away?” Knowing that that might have exceeded her boundaries, Samuel accepted the opportunity she provided to backpedal.

“Whatever that was, I’m sorry to say that I wasn’t amused.” Natalie’s slender brows bunched up in seriousness. “I am quite sincere about repaying you, but may I ask that you not try to have a laugh at my expense? The affair of the heart is an extravagance that I can neither afford to deal with nor clamor after, ever again.”

Once bitten, twice shy.

That episode with Samuel had stung her so badly that just the very thought of it had her hurting.

Though Natalie’s visage was pretty much bereft of emotion, Samuel was nonetheless able to sense through his silver mask that she was merely putting on a brave front.

which made it a

you’ve nothing else for me, Mr. York, I shall like to take my

a bow toward Samuel, Natalie about-faced

silhouette drift away from view, the knuckles that clung to his sides

Natalie returned to her own

got back in was to head upstairs to check on her five children. She could not help but be amused by the haphazard postures they had adopted on their own beds amidst their slumbering and collected herself enough to tuck in their little hands and feet tidily

prior dissipated as soon

not resist smiling, for in spite of everything, there was the certainty of having a home wherever they

of dawn had already broken beyond the windows by the time she was done attending to the children,

spent enough time in the kitchen to allow the dough to set, her own face and hair had already been peppered with flour

was of many things, the talent for cooking did

mastery of the culinary arts and her own lack thereof then

about not thinking about him, those intrusive inclinations of hers kept barging

She refused to allow herself to become convinced of

Natalie unsealed a pack of yeast with the intent of emptying its

an apron around herself. When she saw Natalie in action, she immediately called