Justin tilted his brows the moment he caught sight of Natalie. He was seemingly astounded to see her there.

Seconds later, he regained his usual composure and nodded slightly at Natalie with a courteous smile. After that, he lowered his head to remind Joyce, who was taking a pair of slippers for him, “Joyce, your friend is here.”

“Huh?” The latter rose to her feet in bafflement. “My friend? Where?”

“Joyce,” Natalie called out to her in an instant.

Dumbfounded, Joyce momentarily stiffened before she turned around. She gaped at Natalie for quite a while before she could eventually utter a word. “Nat, why are you here?”

Wearing a look of a surprise amid jubilance, she moved toward Natalie at once. “Why didn't you notify me earlier that you'll be coming?”

Natalie grabbed her hand and responded mischievously, “I was thinking of giving you a surprise!”

Joyce giggled. “Undeniably, I'm on cloud nine now. But I've to admit that I was stunned a while ago too. What makes you think of coming here all of a sudden? You have never mentioned that you would come, have you?”

“Well, I can't avoid deciding on last-minute trips at times,” Natalie replied casually.

“Yeah! I agree with

after, something came to her mind. She asked curiously, “Nat, when did

catching up with your

kids are not here?”

them stay in J City,”

all, Sean Thompson is still

of the two ladies engaged in their conversation, Caitlin smiled. Seconds later, she put down the clothes in her hand and headed to the kitchen to make

walked away, Natalie's

pretending that she did

Smiling sheepishly, she pointed at the latter. “Ah! Nat, let me introduce him to you. He's Justin Sutter, my best childhood playmate in the

enunciated deliberately and teased, “Oh, I see! He's your childhood playmate! Why didn't you mention that

for twenty years. If Justin didn't come to

Joyce, my heart is broken,” Justin lamented exaggeratively. Even so, there

retracted his gaze from her before stretching out his hand toward Natalie to greet her

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