Suddenly, the door to the lounge swung open. A petite figure sprinted over and spoke, “Dad! I heard from the butler that Dr. Quinn is here. Is he here?”

“Isn’t he right over there?” chuckled Andre as he looked in the direction of Stanley.

Annie traced his line of sight and saw the man of her dreams. Her eyes lit up and her cheeks reddened.

She took small strides and stopped right in front of Stanley, tugging onto the corner of her blouse as she coyly muttered, “Hi, Dr. Quinn. It’s been a while!”

Natalie arched her brows at that.

This girl is smitten with Stanley!

She turned to Stanley with a playful look on her face.

Upon seeing the devilish gleam twinkling in her eyes, his eyes turned stony.

However, he quickly turned to Annie and gave her a gentlemanly smile, one that barely reached his eyes. He had a distant look in his eyes when he responded, “Hello, Annie. Nice to see you.”

“Yeah, it’s been almost half a year.” Annie lowered her head as she shyly giggled.

 

Just as she was about to probe further into his life, he mentioned that he was leaving. Then he turned to the woman beside him and said, “Nat, let’s go.”

“Sure.”

 

turned pale as she registered Stanley’s term of endearment

called out for

They simultaneously halted.

look as she attempted to force

Heaving a huge sigh, he said, “Annie, this is Ms. Natalie.

shrieked, stumbling backwards

though she had speculated that to be the case,

Stanley chimed in as he

bit the bullet

glaring at Stanley. Resentment flashed in her eyes, as though

collected when he brought Natalie out of

In the corridor.

shrugged her shoulders to remind

hands back and acted

said, “It’s fine. Now I know why

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