“What did you say?” Annie instantly froze.

Shane, too, glanced at Natalie warily.

Apologizing to Annie profusely in her head, Natalie quickly muttered her last statement a second time.

Instantly, Annie's face blanched as she staggered back a few steps, reeling from the shock.

Andre rushed forward to support Annie, who would have collapsed otherwise. Everyone else seemed utterly dumbfounded by the turn of events.

Natalie felt a tinge of remorse for what she had said, though there was no way of retracting her words now.

“Please excuse us, Ms. Mackenzie. I'll bring Annie home to rest for a while. We'll come back later to visit you,” Andre said ruefully, a forlorn expression on his face.

Mercede nodded graciously. “Of course. We'll see you out.”

She then gestured for the housekeeper to accompany the Hills out of the house, leaving only Natalie, Shane, and herself in the living room.

do so.

know why as well,” Mercede

deduce right away that Natalie had been lying. However, she had not interfered out of consideration that

her throat rather embarrassedly. “I didn't want

an effort at recollection, looking

you mean?” Shane questioned, still

was turning out to be a lot more complicated than she

a sip of water before he reasoned, “Are you trying

bit her lip as she

at all,” Shane pronounced curtly. “Stanley

retorted, “How do you know

way Stanley was looking

Joyce is my friend, and I'll still do everything in

thought, Natalie looked at

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