Upon leaving the prison, Natalie fished out her phone and saved the conversation she had with Alice. Then, she got into her car and drove to the kindergarten to pick the two children up.

After picking them up, she dialed Shane’s number to ask what time he was getting off work.

Glancing at the documents in front of him which needed his urgent attention, Shane’s face grew as dark as ink. “I think I’ll be back late tonight.”

He had already passed a lot of his work to Silas so that he could leave earlier.

Unfortunately, some urgent documents which had to be dealt with immediately were sent from abroad.

Thus, he probably had to work overtime.

Natalie chuckled upon hearing his grumpy voice. “It’s okay. I’ll wait for you.”

“Mm-hmm. I’ll call you when I’m done.” Shane’s expression softened along with his tone.

Natalie nodded. “Okay.”

With that, she tucked her phone away and put the car into drive.

the twins displayed on his phone screen for a while.

then, there was a knock

displeased by the interruption. In spite of

opened and Jacqueline walked in.

Mr. Shane

when she called him by his name and placed her stuff at the

Natalie established that she did not like it, he decided that it was

froze on her face and she clenched

very soon, she schooled her features and pretended as though nothing happened. Loosening her fists, she approached his desk with a smile. “Alright,

well yesterday and wanted to have a day off today? Why did you come

feel fine now. I was bored at home so I thought I might as well come in for work. This way, at least I can talk to my colleagues. But then I remembered today’s your

gazed at

a frown. “Only Jackson?

asking me to go out and spend my birthday with

What’s she thinking?

you in the middle of an argument? I thought you wouldn’t want to celebrate your

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