“Really?” Yulia sensed that her daughter was not being truthful.

Natalie lowered her head and tried to steer the topic, “Yep. Mom, when are you coming back? Let me know the date and time so that I can go pick you up at the airport.”

“Why do you care about all that? I’ll contact you once I’m back.” Yulia waved her hands to dismiss her daughter’s idea.

Natalie patted herself on the chest as her attempt to steer the topic was successful. “Sure thing. Remember to contact me then.”

That way, she could make some preparations so that her mother would not find out about her and Shane.

Natalie was hoping to only let the cat out of the bag after her mother had caught onto something. She’s going to be able to take it better then.

“Alright, alright.” Yulia replied before hanging up.

Natalie put her phone down and wiped the nervous sweat off her forehead.

Shane entered the room and noticed that the woman was letting out a huge sigh of relief. Perplexed, the man raised a brow and asked, “What’s the matter with you?”

“Nothing, my mother called me to tell me that she’s going to come back for that court case with Harrison.”

 

“What court case?” Shane tugged on his tie and made his way over to Natalie’s side.

The woman recounted what her mother said about Harrison trying to get Jared to fulfill his legal filial responsibility.

 

his shirt and said,

“I know.” Natalie smiled.

for the bathroom. “I’m going

the tie he took off, rolled it

filled the room, and it inexplicably made

finally came out of the shower, and noticed that Natalie was in a daze as she

regained her composure and cast him a glance. His bathrobe was hanging loosely on him, exposing his firm chest. A tinge of pink appeared on Natalie’s cheeks, and the woman turned her head to one side as she cleared her throat. “I took a long nap in the afternoon

had only been a few

have trouble sleeping, let’s

it?” Natalie cocked her head to one side, puzzled by his

made Shane’s heart flutter.

the towel wrapped around himself and pinned her

realized what the man meant, and

next day, Natalie woke up feeling sore all over, but the culprit was no longer by her

it was already over nine. She

and the villa was left with only Shane and

sitting on the sofa in the

and noticed that he was reading about the interview that he did in the television

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