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.”

 

she registered Stanley’s term of

out for

They simultaneously halted.

she attempted to force out a smile. “Dr. Quinn,

daughter’s affections for Stanley. Heaving a huge

shrieked, stumbling backwards in

the case, actually hearing it herself proved to

in as he pulled Natalie into a warm

at the sudden contact but she bit the bullet and gave Annie

biting her bottom lip while she continued glaring at Stanley. Resentment flashed in her eyes, as though she was begrudged at

calm and collected when he brought Natalie out of the

In the corridor.

her shoulders to remind Stanley to remove

was when Stanley instantaneously pulled his hands back and

said, “It’s fine. Now I know why you want me to pretend to be your girlfriend

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