atalie headed to a quiet bar, settled into a s
ifted through the room, she l
was probably in
mpered person, how would she take care of Waylon on
ining while cleaning up after Waylon, an
then suddenly remembered something
ternational's headquarters, there was surpr
iting his name to attract clicks, with bare
, showing nothing but a message: "Acce
some trace online, how could a perso
mien so my
e mystery, a new friend request appe
message was brief
go served as the acco
ively scanned the bar, wondering whether
with their own business, and nobody se
ecided that even someone as influential as Damien cou
tated briefly before tapping the bu
message her, sending an adorable s
shortly after. "If there's anyth
linked. S
really somehow figured out s
as with th
so cute with the image of a power
*
back to the villa unt
had vomited seve
nausea, Vera had cleaned him u
lon stopped making a fuss and f
had left her ut
on the mattress, an idea sudd
hat he would end things with Natalie, onl
to shower Natalie with his attent
wanted, then perhaps she could
e Natalie believe she had spent the night with Way
oving her dress when Natalie's cool voice cut through
leaning against the doorframe,
f and pulled the zipper up. "I got something
drobe casually, and held it out to her. "I appreciate you looking after W
no excuse left to linger.
wound. "Shall I arrange a taxi for you,
ous look, then marched ou
om, broken only by Waylon's sl
bed and bent closer to
long ago began stirrin
oment he saw her at college orientation, and he
r financial help. When she turned down his money, he chose to work alongside h
ve up his habit of sleeping in and got to the libr
that he ended up in the hospital. The university reprimanded him for the incident,
ced anyone caring for her so wholeheartedly. Little by
She even rejected lucrative positions at major companies to remain b
everything between t
and honestly, she no longer
red, his voice hazy wi
ed Natalie out
I love you
ipper and brought it down o
as still pretending to
sgust
of his sleep. Blinking groggily, he mad
he recalled someone looking after
talie who had tak
else would do someth
good to have y
ylon drifted off again, sinking s
rike, but then stopped when she noticed t
ld leave marks, and people would
lost, Waylon would undoubtedly
*
talie's prediction w
ering from the effects of the previous night's drinking. He hurried bac
he Ashton residence, Vera's soft
to the company this morning to reassure the shareholders.
and Natalie walked through the door. His temper flared all over again. "
med by fear. "Dad, you can't
xplained, "She put the wrong numbers in the contr
n Natalie and barked, "Do you
e shareholders, while all you do is cause trouble. You even managed to sabotage a deal that was practically guaranteed to succeed. H
d cast a sidelong
n cautious about intimacy and had neve
that he was impotent and pleaded with he
onvinced that Natalie was to bla
CEO's lounge the previous day, Natalie knew p
een saving himself for th
st she could avoid sharing a bed with
e, you shouldn't hold it against them for being hard on you. They're only concerned about y
scoffed
ever conceived, yet she was still p
the case, she had t
ed her hand over her abdomen. "Beatrice, Arthur, please calm down. We wer
d at each other, complete
he other hand, looked
Waylon had actually slept wit
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