Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 282: Insufferable Brothers

"Shh!" Justin held her shoulders gently and spoke in a calm, composed tone. "I didn’t want you to overthink and be anxious until you met her. Just go to her and do what comes naturally in the moment. Not planning will let your true thoughts and feelings shine through, instead of you trying to overthink every word and action. This isn’t a business meeting where you have to plan and act strategically. Besides, you’ve known for over a month that you’d be meeting her, so you must have already thought about it plenty. Has that truly helped?"

Natalie looked at him silently for a moment, processing his words. Realizing he was right, she shook her head to answer him.

He caressed her cheek gently and said, "Just be yourself, alright?"

Natalie nodded again, and together they headed inside, Justin holding her hand to comfort her nerves. With each step forward, Natalie could feel her heartbeat quickening, and she tightened her grip on Justin’s hand.

Behind the closed window glass of a room on the first floor, a woman stood, watching the couple as they walked inside. Her calm gaze, still as water, revealed nothing of her thoughts or emotions.

Inside the drawing room, Eric welcomed them. He looked at Natalie and introduced himself.

"Let me take you to Ms. Shaw," Eric offered.

Natalie glanced at Justin, who gave her an assuring look. She followed Eric upstairs to the first floor.

Justin turned to Leo, who gave a light nod, as if understanding Justin’s unspoken message. Leo then led him toward one of the rooms where Aiden was staying.

Justin entered the room and found a man sitting comfortably on the bed, engrossed in reading a file. Aiden looked up at Justin and frowned, clearly not pleased to see him.

Justin, unbothered by the reaction, sat down in a chair and asked casually, "How are you doing, elder brother? Enjoying yourself while nursing your crippled leg?"

Leo and said, "Do I need to

two brothers would trade jabs, neither willing to act like mature adults. Mocking each other

brother," Justin said calmly. "It might slow

about my peaceful

after you," Justin replied with a smirk. "That

fun as you must be while trying to recover those lost

longer, turned to leave, unwilling to waste his time

Aiden asked before

them how annoying both his boss and his boss’s brother were. Instead, he sighed inwardly and said, "I’ll be with Eric since Ms. Natalie has gone to

his attention back to Justin. "So, you finally

"Do you want me

Aiden

"Why? Afraid she’ll ask why you pulled off that stunt about her secret

Justin’s gaze, unfazed. "Do you truly want her to

tell her right now, I can bring

at Justin. "Just shut up. You’re reaping the benefits of it, so enjoy it and keep your mouth shut like

mockingly. "My dear brother, how afraid you are of

of here,"

because they were brothers, Justin found it endearing to annoy this man and simply couldn’t

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