Natalie had no choice but to do what Joyce had said.

When she accepted the call, she put it in speaker mode so that Joyce could also hear the conversation. Then, she placed the device on the table.

“Hey, Stanley,” she greeted.

“Nat, I saw Mr. Shane’s post,” informed the man. “You guys got married?”

“Yeah.”

“Oh, so it’s true. I thought I’ve guessed incorrectly.” Stanley let out a smile that did not quite reach his eyes before adjusting his glasses. “Well, congratulations.”

Not knowing Stanley’s actual reaction, Natalie smiled as well before thanking him.

“See? I told you he was only going to ask about this.” Joyce mouthed.

Natalie ignored her as she asked Stanley about his condition.

Right when he was about to reply, a woman’s shy voice echoed from his end of the phone. “I’m back, Dr. Quinn.”

 

the voice, Joyce’s body shuddered and she jolted

could make out who the voice belonged to. It

 

is and has

at her friend

she kept on looking down to

back to the

question, Stanley threw a glance at Annie, who was pouring soup out of a thermal flask. “She’s just making sure that I’m fine,” he

that, he hung

some more questions, but she had no chance to do so, seeing how the

you mentioned Annie. Do

other woman as she nodded. “Yeah, but we’re not that close. I met her when Stanley brought me to a wedding last time. She’s

to go off in Joyce’s head. “I heard about her before. But I’ve never met her, I can tell

Annie fancied Stanley because she had noticed the affection in Annie’s tone

strong of a reaction, but then again, no woman could act calm

I found out about that when I first met her.” Natalie

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