The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 518 Cannot Avoid It

Natalie sat across from Hector and Charlene. She glanced around the room but didn't see Charles or Sheldon.

"Where are Grandpa Charles and Sheldon? I don't see them today."

"Mr. Holden Senior left The Herbalist's Sanctuary early this morning with Sheldon," Hector said. He had woken up slightly earlier than them and had heard about it from Matias.

Joshua had instructed Matias to care for them, so when Charles and Sheldon left, Matias was the first to know.

"Do you want me to call Matias over and ask him for details?"

Natalie looked at Marcus, who had just come back with some food. After a brief moment of thought, she shook her head. "Let's ask Marcus first."

"After all, Grandpa Charles is his biological grandfather. Let's see what he has to say."

Charles leaving so suddenly-right after she had brought Charlene over last night -was a little too well-timed.

"What's wrong?" Marcus sat beside Natalie and noticed the serious expressions on both her and Hector's faces. "Did something happen?"

"Grandpa Charles left early this morning," Natalie said with a cold expression. "I just brought Charlene here last night, and now he's gone first thing in the morning. What perfect timing that is."

Marcus' face darkened immediately. Without even touching his food, he took out his phone, got up, and walked away to make a call.

The phone rang for a long time before Charles finally picked up. "Hello, Marcus. What's wrong?" His tone was calm, with no hint of guilt or hesitation.

"Grandpa, didn't I ask you to meet Charlene today? Why did you leave so early?" Marcus forced himself to stay calm, trying to keep his tone even.

"Marcus, I don't want to meet strangers."

"Do you not want to meet her, or are you afraid to?"

"Marcus, I've been away from home for a long time. I miss it, so I decided to go back," Charles said, clearly trying to change the subject. "If there's nothing else, I'll wait for you to bring your mother home.

this morning and have been on the road for a while now. I'm tired and need to find

hung up before Marcus could say another

phone tightly as his expression turned even darker. Charles' actions

her cutlery and walked over to

He said he missed home

guessed as much," Natalie said, completely unsurprised. "Don't be mad. Come and eat.

sooner or later. But Grandpa Charles running away like this just confirms that he knows Charlene's family. And the

if he hadn't run. But

Hector for

returned

wanted to say something. But every time she opened her

only said goodbye to Hector and

they left, Charlene glared at Hector angrily. "Hey, why did you

to say?" Hector didn't want to argue with her, but he didn't like the way she kept staring

You should know what's appropriate

you with food. If

long pause,

was just fangirling over my favorite couple! What's wrong with that? Can't I admire good-looking people? And the reason I only stared at Natalie and Marcus

red. "I'm just a harmless fan! Yeah, I might have been

she spun around and stormed

Charlene! Stop right

up to chase after her. If anything happened to her while she was under

Natalie and Marcus arrived at the

eat or use anything unless it had first been checked by Connie. Otherwise, she didn't feel safe. After years of being harmed by others, she had developed a deep sense of

"Mom."

"Laura."

working on.

a little

been expelled, her health had been slowly improving with proper care. She wanted to do something with her time, but Connie was afraid she would tire herself out, so she had given her a sketchpad