Suddenly, the door to the lounge swung open. A petite figure sprinted over and spoke, “Dad! I heard from the butler that Dr. Quinn is here. Is he here?”

“Isn’t he right over there?” chuckled Andre as he looked in the direction of Stanley.

Annie traced his line of sight and saw the man of her dreams. Her eyes lit up and her cheeks reddened.

She took small strides and stopped right in front of Stanley, tugging onto the corner of her blouse as she coyly muttered, “Hi, Dr. Quinn. It’s been a while!”

Natalie arched her brows at that.

This girl is smitten with Stanley!

She turned to Stanley with a playful look on her face.

Upon seeing the devilish gleam twinkling in her eyes, his eyes turned stony.

However, he quickly turned to Annie and gave her a gentlemanly smile, one that barely reached his eyes. He had a distant look in his eyes when he responded, “Hello, Annie. Nice to see you.”

“Yeah, it’s been almost half a year.” Annie lowered her head as she shyly giggled.

about to probe further into his life, he mentioned that he was leaving.

“Sure.”

she registered Stanley’s term of endearment for

out

They simultaneously halted.

had a strained look as she attempted to force

huge sigh,

stumbling backwards in

speculated that to be the case, actually hearing it herself proved to be harder

girlfriend,” Stanley chimed in as he pulled Natalie into a

at the sudden contact but she bit the bullet and gave

lip while she continued glaring at Stanley. Resentment flashed in her eyes, as though she was begrudged

and was calm and collected when he brought Natalie out

In the corridor.

shrugged her shoulders to remind

when Stanley instantaneously pulled his hands back and acted

of doubt, Natalie shook her head and said, “It’s fine. Now I know why you want me to pretend to be your

that?” Stanley looked up at

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