pened and retorted, “It’s not like I can force her into things”
ly two years ago and moved to
Natasha crnised bet arms ever her chest and glated icily at him “Tll have you know that I’m aware you turned down the engagement arranged by the family two Evernorth for her uke
she had once secretly opened his locked drawer, so the name “Enrica” had lett a deep impression on her
Zayne still did not know that Natasha had him all tigated out, so he looked rather uncomfortable to hear what she said. “She had someone she lived back then” She was furious at his unwillingness to fight for his love. “If you knew that her heart belonged to someone else, why did you remain in Evernorth for two years?
He avoided her gaze as he explained. “My company just so happened to be expanding their business here.”
“You’re absolutely hopeless! Good women like her are helpless against persistent men. If you had just been a bit clingier with her, you would’ve properly on her heart and been married to her by now. If you keep up your aloof act and cause me to lose my granddaughter–in–law because of it, I’m never letting you hear the end of it!”
He frowned at that. “I’ll practice discretion, Grandna, in please don’t stick your nose into Encica’s affairs.”
Natasha’s anger flared at his mention of the word “dication“. “I’m going to die from listening to your stupidity one of these days!”
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She decided then and there to involve herself in getting them together. Since Zayne was not living up to her expectations, she would have to work harder on her end. She just had to en that the granddaughter–in–law who was finally within her each did not slip away
After making up her mind, she turned away from Zayne and left, unwilling to say another word to
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The chicken noodle soup was done, so Forica helped Natasha serve the food
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Halfway through these meal, Natasha said enthusiastically, “I murally live here alone, Enrica, so I’m aboays hoping for people in live this place up. Since it‘ state to have you sinn, how
cene toves, did that mean the and Zayne would have in sleep in the mem
Exica sittened. This apartment was not verlage and consisted only stará soek the Durinctively rebelladay the thought of string weinight.
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glanced subtly they before he spoke up night, she have to wake
Natasha’s sigestion. “She still has tego to work tommiew, and you place nooitar away from her company, if she stays for the tam too, if not liar. It’s too much of a burden to put on her, so let’s just larger it.”
Natasha played da kay at hin
This useles granben of hers? She had served him an opportunity on a golden platter, frst he was still ertising to take it!
Since Zapne had taken it open himself to disjupt her plans, she fould only let the matterrAL
After dinner, she went into her bedroom and at a hile, com o caring abs. This bracelet is, Eric Coder welcome from me
Envica was stunned upon seeing the emeraldbacelet. She might not know her way around teralib, but sering its smooth texture and clear shine, she could pass that it was probably
se hastily tried to cafese the gin. “I can’t accept such an expensive, Ms. Fulcher Senior
Natasha sighed in dismay. “Oh, dear Entiça. We’re already family, but you’re still treating on the see’re not. Since I’m giving if in you, just accept it.”
She then rook Enrica’s waist and put the bracelet on her. She scrutinizedition a moment befour nodding in satisfaction. “Tes, not bad it suits you very well.
Teeling a little at a loss, Entica locked pleasinghe an Zayne, who gained on the emerald be acelet.
When Natasha humed het back, be quietly comfortedter saying “Don’t worry. It’s a fake emerald, so it’s not worth much.”
Enrica hruth sighed in rebet at that she thought to herself that the braceler’s packaging box was quite exquisitely made for a lake. There were even intricate, tirely deaded flowers carved
Ar around Grove pim, Zayne get up and announced that they were leaving, so Enrica relictantly said goodbye to Natasha and let with him.
doce they were downstairs, the asked sheepishly, “How much did the purchases today end? I’ll transfer the money to you.”
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She had actually forgomen to bring a gift along to visit Natasha and had arrived empty–handed Fortunately, Zayne did not forget and had brought quite a lot of gifts with ham. Otherwise, theu act would have fallen through
Zapter plused be offer, saying, “There’s no need for that You’re here to help me, it’s only tight that pay for these expenses.
However, Encica was very insistent. “Mex. Talcher Sembocadores me as het aan
er, and Lalso like her very much, so consider it a small token of my appreciation and stop
Zayne smiled imperceptibly. After thinking over for a conds, he said, “I spent 168 dollars in total You can just trader me 150 dollars.”
Enrica was a Lile suspicious. “Are you sure all tour items only cost over 200 dollars?”
There was en wine and a whole cale among the gifts he had bought
my grandmother.
Hemplanet, “Most of them were pults from my company, so i just brought them along to ghee romme
They had all been ghs fawn business partners, so they wouldn’t have been used anyway.
Entica assumed he meant that his company had pven these gifts to their employees and saidenviously, “Your company really provides their employers good benefits.”
ils imply hammed and did not continue to discus the topl
bove returning to their rooms.
dinou making a cab home, the two of them said good night to each other befor
Enrica had really strange dream that night in her eam, she was uning happily down an old–looking street, playing a game of tag with a boy who was a few years older than hat. The Two of them ran and ran until they eventually rollapsed into giggles.
o kicked very gentle stuck her head out of a window and called them to diner…
That was hose the dam dragment played out. She could all semember the contents of the dream when the first woke up, but she had completely forgotten about it after she was done washingup
The day after that was a Saturday because Sunday was court day, she spent the entire day wallow
In the evening. Enna called her and demanded, “Where’s the hundred thousand dollar? Your three days are almost uplHave you gotten the money real
Enrica hadrigally wanted to walt und the lawsuit was over before informing For about the money, but since she had nothing to do at the moment, she might as well get in over
she replied, “The tooney’s Brady. Come downstairs in half an hour. Let’s meet up at that coffee shop around the corner”
She did not want Charles to wory, as she could not let him know about this.
Enna rused and hung up the phone
bag and let her room
Incapai plone down and took a deep breath, then smiled bo nadly to and the mirror li was unly then that she picked up her big
She knocked on Zayne’s bedroom door, but there was no response, so he was probably out at the moment.
She then locked the front door and had the key on a shelf near the entrance Snapped a photo of the location and set it to Zayne. Tming out for a bit, let the key here.”
He responded quiddy. “You don’t havens. Thave a spare key, sajand holdon to that one”
She replied with an “Okay” befoer returving the key and putting it back into her bag
Their conversation ended there, and Zayne did not text her anything else, so she headed downstairs to wait for the bas
On the other side of the city, in the top–foon office of a landmark badang, Zyme was sing at a deck in a comfortable, high–end leather chai with several documents in front of him.
He had a szerm expression on his handsome face, and his ba ours were slightly faced. It looked as if he had entered a business problem with hundreds of billions of dollars on the line.
alked closer, war would enakan ilun her had a phone in his hand, and there was a Whatsapp chat daplayed on the screen.
His slender, well–defined hands tapped at the screen. He hejt typing out a message and deleting it, repeating the cycle again and again. It kerused as it he wanted to ask something, but wis afraid of overuepping his bound and coming the other party to lesliepulsed.
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