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.

that he was leaving. Then he turned to the woman beside him and said, “Nat,

“Sure.”

turned pale as she registered Stanley’s term of endearment for

out for

They simultaneously halted.

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

of his daughter’s affections for Stanley. Heaving a huge

stumbling backwards

to be the case, actually hearing it herself proved to be

girlfriend,” Stanley chimed in as he

shoulders tensed at the sudden contact but she bit the bullet and gave Annie a

biting her bottom lip while she continued glaring at Stanley. Resentment flashed in her eyes, as though she was begrudged at him for having a

feigned ignorance and was calm and collected when he brought Natalie out of

In the corridor.

to remind Stanley to remove his

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 pretend to be your girlfriend for

why’s that?” Stanley looked

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