As if Shane could read Natalie’s thoughts, he said in a low voice, “I’m sending you a picture now. Take a look.”

“Sure.” Natalie nodded.

A picture?

What picture? Soon after, Natalie received the picture from Shane.

Not knowing what to expect, she clicked on the message and opened the picture attachment.

It was a photo of her and Sean eating together in the hotel lobby. Natalie was shocked that Shane was in possession of such a picture.

When she regained her composure, she started to wonder who the photo was taken by.

“Have you seen the photo?” Shane asked.

Natalie rubbed her cheeks and answered, “I’m sorry, Shane. I didn’t lie to you on purpose.”

“Oh?” Shane narrowed his eyes before asking, “Then why did you lie, then?”

 

Natalie sighed and replied, “Fine. Since you’ve already seen the picture, I guess I can’t keep it from you anymore. I didn’t want to tell you because I didn’t want you to worry. Earlier today, I bumped into some thugs when I was walking out of the magazine company after visiting the artists and I was almost…”

Before she could finish her sentence, she heard a loud thud on the other end of the line which sounded like a chair banging against something.

 

he heard what she said and that the

“Shane…”

out his name but was interrupted by the man’s nervous inquiry.

those guys. I bought him dinner to thank him. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you to worry and I also didn’t want to divulge Sean’s whereabouts, at least for now. After all, he did

heard that Natalie was safe and replied, “Alright, I understand. However, have you ever considered the possibility that Sean and those thugs could be in cahoots with each

two thugs have been active in the area for a long time. You can find news about them on the internet. So I’m pretty sure that Sean wouldn’t purposely get them to put up an

pondered for a while and thought that it made some sense.

Shane, can you just let

Shane replied before she could even finish

she confirmed what she heard with the

replied before continuing, “But just this once. I

“Okay.” Natalie nodded.

all, Sean had indeed saved her and she could not repay his

under normal circumstances, she would definitely not

how did you get this picture?”

massaged his temples and sat down before replying, “An

confused. “Who could it

well. Silas is checking on it and we should have an answer soon,” Shane

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