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.”

 

Stanley’s term of endearment for Natalie. “Hold

called out

They simultaneously halted.

a strained look as she attempted to force out a

was well aware of his daughter’s affections for Stanley. Heaving a huge sigh, he said, “Annie, this is Ms.

Annie shrieked, stumbling backwards in

she had speculated that to be the case, actually hearing it herself proved to be harder

chimed in as

the sudden contact but she bit the bullet and gave Annie a tiny grin.

Stanley. Resentment flashed in her eyes, as though she was begrudged at him for having a

collected when he

In the corridor.

remind Stanley to remove his

was when Stanley instantaneously pulled his hands back and acted as though he just realized.

said, “It’s fine. Now I

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