Chapter 879

Natalie's eyes narrowed sharply to a slit the instant his voice trailed off, and it took a while for her to compose herself.

“You have to be kidding me, surely. Am I right, Mr. York?”

“Did I give the game away?” Knowing that that might have exceeded her boundaries, Samuel accepted the opportunity she provided to backpedal.

“Whatever that was, I'm sorry to say that I wasn't amused.” Natalie's slender brows bunched up in seriousness. “I am quite sincere about repaying you, but may I ask that you not try to have a laugh at my expense? The affair of the heart is an extravagance that I can neither afford to deal with nor clamor after, ever again.”

Once bitten, twice shy.

That episode with Samuel had stung her so badly that just the very thought of it had her hurting.

Though Natalie's visage was pretty much bereft of emotion, Samuel was nonetheless able to sense through his silver mask that she was merely putting on a brave front.

He wanted so badly to reach out and caress her lovely face, which made it a massive struggle for him to refrain from doing so.

“If you've nothing else for me, Mr. York, I shall like to take my leave.”

a bow toward

knuckles that clung to

returned to her own place, it was

help but be amused by the haphazard postures they had adopted on their own beds amidst

prior dissipated as soon as she laid

resist smiling, for in spite of everything, there was the certainty of having a home wherever they were

to the children, and since she

not even spent enough time in the kitchen to allow the dough to set, her own face and hair had already been

was of many things, the talent for cooking did

thought of the disparity between that man's mastery of the culinary arts and her own lack thereof then snuck up on her. Akin to a fine needle

about not thinking about him, those intrusive inclinations of hers kept barging in against her will. It was as

I be unable to accomplish anything without Samuel? She refused to allow herself

yeast with the intent

the process of wrapping an apron around herself. When she saw Natalie in action, she immediately called on her

the yeast?” replied Natalie, whose face had been caked a

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