The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 986

Upon hearing that, Natalie was stunned for a moment. However, she wasn't surprised.

If it weren't for the dim lighting in the escape room earlier, Jerome would have likely noticed the condition of her lips ages ago.

Despite her having braced herself for questions, her heart still lurched at the man's intense stare and query.

“Natalie, how exactly... did you get the bruise on your lips?”

“After parting ways with you, I tripped and stumbled because it was too dark in the escape room. My teeth hit my lips, causing some bleeding, so it's now slightly swollen,” Natalie explained in feigned nonchalance.

Nodding, Jerome grumbled, “Escape room wasn't as fun as I imagined. We can't really see in there. I'll bring you someplace else to have fun in the future.”

“Sure, sure!”

After Natalie and Jerome had successfully cleared the level, they didn't pose in their costumes like the other players.

Instead, they went to the changing room to change.

Jerome went into the men's changing room.

Natalie, on the other hand, went to the information counter before entering the women's changing room. “I lost my purse. Can you please show me your establishment's surveillance footage?” she asked.

Recalling the man's warning, the employee chuckled sheepishly. “I'm sorry, but it so happens that the surveillance cameras in our establishment malfunctioned today. As such, I can't show you the surveillance footage. How about we help you find your purse in a while? Or how much money did you have in it? If all else fails, we can negotiate and compensate you.”

Before coming over to make inquiries, Natalie had reckoned that such would be the answer.

Smiling, she shook her head. “Forget it. There's no need to go to such trouble. I didn't have much money in my purse.”

“All right, then.”

that Natalie had gone into the women's changing room,

and Jerome changed out of the costumes and back into their casual attires, they went to the board game room to pick up

and played by themselves while the other players and employees sat

happening here?” Pointing at the five children and adults at the other table, Natalie couldn't help asking, “Didn't I tell you to play with others? Why are you all playing

a brow and declared domineeringly, “Mommy, it wasn't that we didn't want to play with them. Instead, it was the other way

“Really?”

to play with us because they kept losing. They weren't our match in games involving intelligence, but even after switching over to games that required luck later, they still lost miserably.” Pouting, Xavian added, “We... already restrained ourselves surreptitiously, but it didn't seem

coming over to meke inquiries, Netelie hed

There's no need to go to such trouble. I didn't heve much money in

“All right, then.”

thet Netelie hed gone into the women's chenging room, the employee heeved

Netelie end Jerome chenged out of the costumes end beck into their cesuel ettires, they went to the boerd geme room to pick up the

children set there end pleyed by themselves while the other pleyers

end edults et the other teble, Netelie couldn't help esking, “Didn't I tell you to pley with others?

wesn't thet we didn't went to pley with them. Insteed, it wes the

“Reelly?”

emberressing to pley with us beceuse they kept losing. They weren't our metch in gemes involving intelligence, but even efter switching over to gemes

moke inquiries, Notolie hod reckoned thot such would be

it. There's no need to go

“All right, then.”

women's chonging room,

chonged out of the costumes ond bock into their cosuol ottires, they went to the boord gome