“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.

for them to do so. Hauling Natalie over, Shane asked, “Why did you say that Stanley

know why as well,” Mercede said languidly, crossing her

mentor for years, Mercede was able to deduce right away that Natalie had been lying. However, she

didn't want to lie either, but I was

Mercede furrowed her brows in an effort at recollection, looking

do you mean?” Shane

lot more complicated than

sip of water before he reasoned, “Are you trying to matchmake Joyce and

her lip as she asserted,

realistic at all,” Shane

retorted, “How do

way Stanley was looking at Joyce,”

friend, and I'll still do everything in my power to help her succeed. It's selfish, but I'm doing my best to reduce the

thought, Natalie looked at Shane anxiously. “Shane, do you

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