The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 41

Samuel’s calm breath started to turn heavy, and he withdrew his arm. Then, he turned to leave.

Looking at his back, Natalie was baffled by his weird attitude.

Didn’t he want to punch me in the face? Why hasn’t he said anything and just walked away?

She racked her brain for a long time but still could not figure it out. What did I do to anger him again?

After she had used the restroom, Natalie walked back to the restaurant. She noticed that Ross was the only one sitting at the table, and Xavian was nowhere to be found.

“Where is Xavian?”

“He said he wanted to use the restroom urgently.”

“But, I didn’t see him on my way back here.”

Afraid that she would be worried, Ross offered, “Why don’t I go to the men’s restroom and look for him? After all, he is still a small kid.”

“There’s no need for that.” Natalie then took a gulp of her drink and smiled wryly. “You won’t find him in there. He must have wanted to go somewhere else but was afraid that you would be worried and decided to lie to you. Don’t treat him as a mere five-year-old kid; he’s more cunning than most adults.”

a smile. He could

the enticing night and the events that followed thereafter six years ago were a nightmare, then

she would not use all her final strength to jump

Why do you say things that feel as if whatever that happened to

you as well?”

turned cold. “It so happens that I had been treated highly by my closest and beloved family and then thrown into the deepest, never-ending abyss

for Ross to guess it correctly, but hearing it personally from her was a different

talking about it casually, there was a possibility that what she had gone through

Samuel was standing outside of

on the table near the window at the

she was letting her guard down in front of the man and allowed him to see

man? How could he make Natalie look like this?

his deep eyes turning dark and grim, his face became rigid, and

frustrated, and his perfectly long fingers took out a stick of cigarette from its box.

much like

at the young kid standing in front of

was very adorable. Furthermore, his cherubic

on his face. One look at them would not let anyone think that the two looked similar. However, once he looked at the young kid closely, Samuel could definitely say that