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Nathan instinctively reached out and carried me on his back, smiling brightly. He gently told the excited golden retriever wagging its tail, “Goldie, don’t scare Victoria. Sit down.”

The dog, named Goldie, obediently sat on the floor, happily gazing at Nathan with its nose still sniffing around him.

“Did you come up with Goldie’s name?” I asked with a smile.

Nathan nodded. “Yeah. I was thinking of other names, but nothing sounded better, so I just got used to calling him that.”

“I didn’t know you believed in names bringing good luck,” I chuckled.

“Why wouldn’t I?” Nathan suddenly tossed me a bit higher on his back, and my chest landed against him, making his mood even better.

I clenched my fist and punched him lightly. “You did that on purpose.”

Nathan walked toward the living room with me on his back while Goldie happily followed behind.

The housekeeper had already gathered her things from upstairs, said her goodbyes, and left.

I looked around the small villa. With the housekeeper’s care, it felt cozy. The living room wasn’t big but had a nice layout.

immediately started circling around me. I actually liked animals. Back in my previous life, I took care of the pets Yvonne bought. I even raised

and he immediately squinted his

he’ll definitely stick with his owner,” Nathan said, smiling as he seemed eager for me and Goldie

went to brew a cup of tea and brought it to me, saying, “You had some alcohol earlier, so this tea

I felt like I was enjoying a single, free life now, and it

wonder so many young people prefer not to get married and

looked at me and suddenly said, “I’ll grab something from the

it?” I casually

without answering and turned

hanging down from the third

on the coffee table. The next second, Goldie opened his mouth and

back.”

was playing and happily

out laughing as Nathan tried to wrestle

back slowly with the

hips, unable to stay mad, and when he turned around to

time, don’t chew on random things.”

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