“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.
to do so. Hauling Natalie over, Shane asked, “Why did you say
like to know why as well,”
been lying. However, she had not interfered out of consideration that it was
cleared her throat rather embarrassedly. “I didn’t want to lie
her brows in an effort
mean?” Shane
turning out to be a lot more complicated than she thought. “Joyce likes
he reasoned, “Are you trying to
bit her lip as she asserted,
Shane pronounced
“How do you know
way Stanley was looking at Joyce,” Shane
right, I know I’m not being realistic too. But Joyce is my friend, and I’ll still do everything
thought, Natalie looked at Shane anxiously.
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