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.

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

“Sure.”

pale as she registered Stanley’s term of endearment for Natalie.

called out for

They simultaneously halted.

as she attempted to force out a smile. “Dr. Quinn,

a huge sigh,

Annie shrieked, stumbling backwards in

though she had speculated that to be the case, actually hearing it herself proved

chimed in as he pulled Natalie into

the sudden contact but she bit the bullet and gave Annie a tiny grin. “Hi, my

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

collected

In the corridor.

her shoulders to remind

pulled his hands back and acted as though he just realized. “Sorry

shook her head and said, “It’s fine. Now I know why you want me to

Stanley looked up at

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