Chapter 45: Closeness

Natalie stuttered slightly, caught off guard. "I was just checking to see if you were doing it right and won’t ruin my vegetables."

"I almost sensed a pervert here," he commented, picking up another vegetable to wash.

"Don’t get carried away with your imagination," she snapped back, frowning as she turned to face her side of the kitchen counter.

"It’s your imagination that seems questionable," he retorted smoothly.

Was he up to getting on her nerves again? Just a while ago in the bedroom, how well he talked like a gentleman, almost making her forget about his mean side. But now he was back to his annoying self, making her want to beat him up.

She nearly slammed the pot she was holding onto the counter and spun around to face him. "What do you mean? What did I imagine?"

Seeing her riled up once more, only prompted him to tease her more.

"Maybe you liked my hands," he suggested with a smirk, "and who knows what else you were thinking."

"Shut up, alright? I was just thinking that you have good hands, and I might want to draw them. It’s an artist thing, something a narcissist like you wouldn’t understand," she shot back, turning her focus back to her work.

"You know how to draw?" he asked, his tone more serious.

she replied curtly, clearly

was wrong to ask Justin to help her in the kitchen. She did it because she didn’t want to leave Justin alone with Albert in case her grandpa asked

She heard Justin again.

hands, but my entire body is perfect that one can only dream about drawing. So, I can understand you whenever you stare at me,

she shot back sarcastically as she moved closer to him, picking

their ego," he replied

"You seem to have a very wrong sense of self-awareness." She snatched the vegetables from his hand, intending to

she could stumble into the kitchen counter behind

the vegetables slipping from her grasp

but to his

"Hold me," she whispered.

whispered back in the

her teeth, and whispered again in urgency, "Just

his hand to her back, holding her securely as he looked down at her to know what was

grandpa leave with a wide smile on his lips,

her back

of me in broad daylight? Asking for help seemed like just an excuse to get me here," he murmured, his

wrong. I was..." she started, but her words faltered as his face moved even closer, making

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