Naturally, he was happiest about Natalie not correcting her friend.

“No,” answered Sally as she shook her hand and head. She was still staring at Shane when she said, “I simply recognized him from the articles in the magazines.”

“Ah, I see,” replied Natalie while nodding.

Sally seemed excited when she asked, “Nat, when did you marry Mr. Shane?”

“I…” muttered Natalie. She didn’t really know how to answer that question.

Shane set Sharon and Connor down before answering, “A few years ago.”

Natalie turned to him in astonishment.

Shane happened to look over as well.

Their eyes met.

Natalie felt like she was engulfed in love when she saw his dark brown eyes that always looked mysterious.

 

They were looking into each other’s eyes until Sally slapped her own forehead and commented, “Right, that is so dumb of me. Your kids are running around now, so it must’ve been a while since you two got married. I have really asked a dumb question.”

Natalie forced her lips to curve up into a grin, but she didn’t say anything.

 

could she say,

affirmatively, it would make her sound like she was eager to marry Shane. However, if she clarified that misunderstanding, she would be exposing Shane’s lies right in

turned a little more considerate. He signaled the kids to head over to Silas and

“Understood,” replied Silas.

me,” requested Shane after he turned

Natalie. She couldn’t make heads or tails of what he

his head in the direction of

and agreed to following

and led

that she cupped her hands together and commented, “Mr.

does love Ms. Smith,” replied Silas as he put the

noticed that something was off with the way Silas spoke, so she frowned a little and

said Silas. His expression was a little stiff because he just realized that he made a mistake. Unfortunately, he couldn’t explain that Shane and Natalie were never married, so instead, Silas grinned like he was embarrassed. He lied, “I just got used to it because Ms… I mean, madam prefers being addressed by her maiden name when she was out and about on her own. She wants to remain professional and didn’t want

nodding. She put her curiosity and suspicion aside

kids, and the adorable twins in front of her had already melted her

wiped his sweat off of his

I dealt with the situation appropriately. If I can’t, I would have made a fool out of my boss since he was the one who said that the two of them have

to the dressing

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