“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.
took a seat on the sofa and indicated for them to do so. Hauling Natalie over, Shane asked, “Why did you say that Stanley
like to know why as
right away that Natalie had been lying. However, she had not interfered out
her throat rather embarrassedly. “I didn’t want to lie either, but I
Mercede furrowed her brows in an effort
mean?” Shane
was turning out to be a lot
sip of water before he reasoned, “Are you trying to matchmake Joyce and
lip as she
at all,” Shane pronounced curtly. “Stanley
“How
Stanley was looking
realistic too. But Joyce is my friend, and I’ll still do everything
Natalie looked at Shane anxiously. “Shane,
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