Chapter 61: Julia’s Demand

Julia’s eyes widened in realization. "It seems your ’friend’ is a woman—or perhaps your friend has an odd fondness for lip gloss. Or," her voice rose dramatically, "is he a man who swings the other way? Justin, don’t tell me you swing the other way too, and that’s why you keep rejecting all the blind dates I set up!" Her tone was full of mock horror. "Am I really not going to have my own great-grandchildren?!"

Justin ran a hand through his hair, frustration building. The start of this day had already been a disasters, and now this?

Noah, standing off to the side, was visibly struggling to keep from laughing. It was rare to see his normally composed, commanding boss so utterly helpless and frazzled.

"Grandma, stop being so dramatic. You know that’s not the case," Justin sighed, walking into his room and unbuttoning his shirt to change into his usual attire.

But, of course, Julia followed him right in. "If it’s not, then what is it?" she pressed.

"Grandma, I’m not a kid anymore. You really shouldn’t be barging into my room when I’m changing," he remarked, tossing his shirt aside and grabbing a fresh one from the wardrobe.

"I’m your grandma, and you’ll always be a child to me," she shot back, but she did turn around, facing her back at him to give him some privacy. "Now, tell me what’s really going on."

"Nothing is going on, Grandma," Justin repeated, pulling on his clean shirt and hoping she’d drop the subject.

Julia, of course, wasn’t having it. "Fine, then tell me when you’re planning to introduce me to my granddaughter—your sister, Natalie."

Justin froze, his words slipping out before he could stop them. "She’s not my sister."

"Brat! How dare you say that?" Julia snapped, whirling back around, her eyes full of outrage.

that, he realized that deep down, his heart had already rejected the idea of Natalie being his sister. There was something in him

he had to soothe his

Harper yet, Grandma," he said, trying to

but she’s still your sister," Julia insisted stubbornly. "And I want to

felt like his time

be another blunder. He didn’t know how Natalie would react to know it and also, ask him why he didn’t tell her before. His

into a mess soon, a kind of mess which would be difficult for him to

him lost in thought, Julia raised her eyebrows. "Did you hear

He fixed his clothes and turned to face her. "I’ll take you to meet her, but you have to promise me you won’t tell her she’s your granddaughter. I’ve told you before—she’s already dealing

for a moment, then nodded. "Alright, but at least find a way for

her as the owner of the house, and we’ll pretend it’s just a coincidence that you showed up at the same time." Justin said, and

grin spread across her face. "I knew you’d come up

had always been a drama queen. No wonder Natalie and Julia shared blood and

two women in my life are going to be

when have I started counting Natalie as the woman in my life as well?’ but then he concluded, ’Once I bring her back home as a daughter of Harper family,

you thinking about?" Julia’s voice broke through

smoothly. "Let’s figure out when I can arrange

left the room together, Julia added, "I didn’t know she’s an interior designer. I thought she was just

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