The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 850

Steven stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Natalie.

Natalie knew she had hit the nail on the head when she saw his obvious reaction.

“Did you and Samuel get into a fight?”

“No...” Steven replied with a dejected look on his face. If anything, he actually preferred getting into a fight with Samuel than walking in on his dirty deed.

Of course, Natalie was no fool and could tell his response wasn't genuine. “Did Samuel bully you, then?”

Upon glancing at her and meeting her concerned gaze, Steven felt tempted to just tell her the truth about everything. However, he feared that doing so would hurt her deeply as a result. Having that dilemma felt like having a fish bone stuck in his throat, and it was making Steven extremely uncomfortable.

Natalie narrowed her eyes when she saw no response from him. “Hmm?”

penetrating gaze, Steven shrugged and tried to brush it off casually by saying, “No, it's nothing like that! I just woke up rather early today, so I'm still half asleep

she nodded

there's no point in probing any further if he doesn't want to

Natalie then made a telephone gesture at him as she continued, “If there's anything you don't feel comfortable talking to Samuel about, do feel free to give me

right, I will,”

genuine smile hurt his heart, causing him to clench

person to do such a thing, but he didn't deny it when I questioned him either! I don't understand this! Natalie is such a nice person, so why doesn't he know to appreciate her and be content with her? Why did he have

eleven by the time Samuel returned to

the room, he saw Natalie reading a book

face, highlighting her mesmerizing eyelashes and delicate facial

that he didn't feel like doing anything. All he wanted was to burn that image into the back of

I have left... I don't know how much longer I'll be able to look