“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 had a

 

like to know why as well,”

Natalie’s mentor for years, Mercede was able to deduce right away that Natalie had been lying. However, she had not

 

embarrassedly. “I didn’t want to lie either, but I was thinking of

effort at recollection, looking sympathetic. “Ah, so that’s

you mean?” Shane questioned,

sighed. This was turning out to be a lot more complicated than she thought. “Joyce likes

reasoned,

lip as she asserted,

not realistic at all,” Shane

Natalie retorted, “How

Stanley was looking at

I know I’m not being realistic too. But Joyce is my friend, and I’ll still do everything in my power to help her succeed. It’s selfish, but I’m

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

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