“What did you say?” Annie instantly froze.

Shane, too, glanced at Natalie warily.

Apologizing to Annie profusely in her head, Natalie quickly muttered her last statement a second time.

Instantly, Annie’s face blanched as she staggered back a few steps, reeling from the shock.

Andre rushed forward to support Annie, who would have collapsed otherwise. Everyone else seemed utterly dumbfounded by the turn of events.

Natalie felt a tinge of remorse for what she had said, though there was no way of retracting her words now.

“Please excuse us, Ms. Mackenzie. I’ll bring Annie home to rest for a while. We’ll come back later to visit you,” Andre said ruefully, a forlorn expression on his face.

Mercede nodded graciously. “Of course. We’ll see you out.”

She then gestured for the housekeeper to accompany the Hills out of the house, leaving only Natalie, Shane, and herself in the living room.

sofa and indicated for them to do so. Hauling Natalie over, Shane asked, “Why

 

like to know why as well,” Mercede said languidly, crossing

for years, Mercede was able to deduce right away that Natalie had been lying. However, she had not interfered out of

 

rather embarrassedly. “I didn’t want to lie either, but I

furrowed her brows in an effort at recollection,

mean?” Shane questioned, still

to be a lot more complicated than she thought. “Joyce

before he reasoned, “Are you

lip

not realistic at all,” Shane pronounced

“How do you

Stanley was looking

being realistic too. But Joyce is my friend, and I’ll still do everything in my

thought, Natalie looked at Shane anxiously. “Shane, do

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