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.

the road for a while now. I'm tired and need to find a place to eat. That's it.

before Marcus could say another

expression turned even darker. Charles' actions made it obvious

dining table, Natalie put down her cutlery and walked

away. He said he missed

unsurprised. "Don't be mad. Come

have to show up sooner or later. But Grandpa Charles running away like this just

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

Since that's the case, let's have Charlene stay with Hector for now. We'll eat first, then go see

Marcus calmed down and returned to the

say something. But every time she

but efficiently. After finishing, they only said goodbye to Hector and completely ignored Charlene as they walked out of the

glared at Hector angrily. "Hey, why

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

adult. You should

tone turned cold. "I was being nice by distracting you with food. If you were any

long pause, she suddenly stood

people? And the reason I only stared at

"I'm just a harmless fan! Yeah, I might have been a little too

she spun

Stop right

up to chase after her. If anything happened to her while she was under his care, Natalie

arrived at the

she didn't feel

"Mom."

"Laura."

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

a

do something with her time, but Connie was afraid she would tire herself out, so she had given her a