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

“Shane…”

interrupted by

“Don’t worry. Sean was the one who saved me. Otherwise, I might have already fallen prey to those guys. I bought him dinner to thank him. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you to

a sigh of relief when he 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 other? Otherwise,

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 act. I’m sure he

and thought that it made some sense.

paused for a moment before replying, “He has already left. But Shane, can you just let him off this

replied before she could even

she confirmed what she heard

before continuing, “But just this once. I won’t let him off the

“Okay.” Natalie nodded.

same sentiments. After all, Sean had indeed saved her and she could not repay his kindness

circumstances, she would definitely not soften her stance

how did you get

before replying, “An

was confused. “Who could

sure as well. Silas is checking on it and we

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