“Screw off,” Natalie huffed, feeling both amused and slightly annoyed by Joyce’s comment. “You’re the one who can’t do it.”

“Do what? I’m not a guy, so it doesn’t matter. It’s different for Mr. Shane. Come on, answer me. How was it?” Joyce nudged Natalie’s shoulder with a devilish glint in her eyes.

Natalie walked into her office. “Nothing happened.”

“Nothing at all?” Joyce said in shock. “But you’re newlyweds! How could Mr. Shane bear it?”

Natalie sat down and started massaging her nose bridge as she replied, “He went to the hospital to visit Jacqueline last night.”

“What?” Joyce was clearly taken aback. “So he spent the night with Jacqueline?”

Natalie hummed in response.

“But why?” Joyce asked in confusion.

Natalie turned her computer on and started telling Joyce about everything that happened last night.

be so shameless? She probably got herself sick on purpose to get Mr. Shane’s attention so she

 

to come and visit him,

already fully convinced that

 

she did it on purpose or not. Let’s just leave it behind us,” Natalie said with a

show you how important she is to Mr. Shane! I mean, she managed to get him

“They’ve known each other since they were kids and are also god-siblings. It would be even weirder if he didn’t visit Jacqueline

understanding it but Jacqueline clearly isn’t. Trust me, this won’t be the last time. She definitely has more tricks

last night never to do

that promise,” Joyce said with a shrug. She clearly wasn’t entirely convinced by

tell and simply pursed her lips,

she didn’t

with me no matter what happened to

answer was no. If it came to a matter of Jacqueline’s life and death, Shane would have no way of really leaving her to

she was in

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