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.

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

hung up before Marcus could

Charles' actions made it obvious that he was running away because he

Natalie put down her cutlery and

said he missed

much," Natalie said, completely unsurprised. "Don't be mad. Come and eat. He can't avoid

schemes will have to show up sooner or later. But Grandpa Charles running away

doubts if he hadn't run. But now that he has, I'm sure he's definitely involved

stay with Hector for now. We'll eat

Marcus calmed down and returned to

Charlene kept glancing between Natalie and Marcus as if she wanted to say something. But every time she opened

but efficiently. After finishing, they only said goodbye to Hector and completely ignored Charlene

Charlene glared at Hector angrily. "Hey, why did

exactly were you trying to say?" Hector didn't want to argue with her, but he didn't like the way she kept staring at Natalie and Marcus with

You should know what's appropriate

"I was being nice by distracting you with food. If you were any older, I

long pause, she suddenly stood up, her face

that? Can't I admire good-looking people? And the reason I only stared at Natalie and Marcus —not you is

mad that her eyes turned red. "I'm just a harmless fan! Yeah, I might have been a little

at him, she spun around and

Charlene! Stop

up to chase after her. If anything happened to her while

Marcus arrived

by Connie. Otherwise, she didn't

"Mom."

"Laura."

had been working on. "Nat, look. I painted this while I had

was a little

the poison in her body had 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