The cashier locked gaze with Stanley and understood what the latter meant. He nodded at Stanley and mentioned that he would ask someone to send Joyce home.

Stanley mumbled a response, took his bank card back, and steadied Natalie out of the bar.

Upon reaching her car, Stanley asked, “Nat, where's your car keys?”

Natalie was stumped and narrowed her eyes at the man before her. “Mr. Shane, what did you call me?”

Stanley realized that he made a blunder right then. Instead of panicking, the man's lips curled into the ghost of a smile as he calmly replied, “I called you Nat. Don't you like it?”

The woman gazed into his deep-set gaze and felt herself zoning out. Her alluring red lips nudged as she intuitively replied, “I... like it.”

“As long as you like it.” Stanley's eyes glinted as he fumbled for her car keys in her bag.

After unlocking the car, Stanley helped her into the car. She had lost all coordination of her movements as she let Stanley control her every move like she was a puppet.

Stanley brushed his hand against her cheeks after he secured the seatbelt on her.

In a daze, Natalie did not try to resist throughout the whole exchange as if she had lost all sensation.

relished at the sight of her being all meek and submissive as

forehead as he mumbled to himself, “Nat, how

way, he would not have to resort to hypnotizing her into thinking that he was

If she was sober right now, she would have retreated away

twitched momentarily in dismay at the

closed the door on the passenger side and got into the driver's

thought he was Shane Thompson. In fact, the man was planning to tell

to tip in his disfavor. The twins had started to address Shane as their father and were

the steering wheel as his face distorted with pure hatred. Slamming on the accelerator, it took him only less than twenty minutes to get

Let's get off the car.” Stanley parked the car, and he looked

woman absentmindedly nodded her head and got off

hand and led her into

stopped by the building right after they entered

of the building. He turned around to the back

you sure?” Shane furrowed

“I'm positive,” Silas reported.

mistake Ms.

pursed his lips into a hard line. He got off the car, his gaze darkened as he looked at the entrance

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