Upon leaving the prison, Natalie fished out her phone and saved the conversation she had with Alice. Then, she got into her car and drove to the kindergarten to pick the two children up.

After picking them up, she dialed Shane's number to ask what time he was getting off work.

Glancing at the documents in front of him which needed his urgent attention, Shane's face grew as dark as ink. “I think I'll be back late tonight.”

He had already passed a lot of his work to Silas so that he could leave earlier.

Unfortunately, some urgent documents which had to be dealt with immediately were sent from abroad.

Thus, he probably had to work overtime.

Natalie chuckled upon hearing his grumpy voice. “It's okay. I'll wait for you.”

“Mm-hmm. I'll call you when I'm done.” Shane's expression softened along with his tone.

Natalie nodded. “Okay.”

With that, she tucked her phone away and put the car into drive.

into a smile after staring at the photo of Natalie and the twins displayed on his phone screen for a while. Then he locked his phone and threw himself

a knock on the

evidently displeased by the interruption. In spite of that, he said in a clipped tone,

door opened and Jacqueline walked

me as Mr. Shane here,”

she called him by his name and placed her stuff at the office, he had turned

not like it, he decided

froze on her face and she clenched her fists

her features and pretended as though nothing happened. Loosening her fists, she approached

Why did you come here out of the blue?” Shane put down his pen and interlaced

I was bored at home so I thought I might as well come in for work. This way, at least I can talk to my colleagues. But

gazed at him

a frown. “Only

go out

What's she thinking?

her gaze and feigned pity. “B-But aren't the two of you in the middle of an argument? I thought you wouldn't want to celebrate

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