Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 53

Halfway through the meal, the private room door swung open,

In walked a joyous Hackett Blackwell with a bottle of wine. “Why didn’t you tell me you are back, Edward? Look, I’ve brought you wine, bro. How’s that for a good friend, huh?”

He then placed a bottle of wine worth 140,000 dollars on the table.

Hackett pulled over a stool and opened the wine to have a drink with Edward Landor.

Meanwhule. Edward placed the peeled prawns on the lazy Susan and turned it to Natalie. Then he slowly removed his disposal plastic gloves.

Hackett was surprised to see Natalie and blurted, “Nat-” Then he realized she was Trevon Wilson’s secret wife. “Oh. Miss Foster, I didn’t expect to see you here.” he said awkwardly.

On the contrary, Natalie was not surprised to see him. “Hmm, do you need some cutlery, Mr. Blackwell?” she asked. Hackett and Trevon were in the same social circle, after all

On the other hand, Edward was curious how Natalie knew Hacken in the first place. “You two know each other?” he said.

They did not share the same social circles to his knowledge

Did he miss something in the past three years while overseas? Edward wondered.

Edward then turned his gaze to his sister, Sherri: he looked at her intently

Sherri was shocked by her brother’s stare, She was speechless, not knowing whether to continue with her meal or stop eating altogether.

Sherri quickly cleared her throat. “Ahem, well, we met Mr. Blackwell by chance. Yes, by chance. Mr. Blackwell, isn’t that right?” she fumbled, trying to explain

Then she lowered her eyes, trying to keep a low profile. She glared at Hackett from the corner of her eyes, signaling that he would die a painful death if he did not keep his mouth shut.

Hackert kept his eyes glued to the food in front of Natalie. Was Edward cuckolded? he wondered.

Natalie quickly shared half of her food with Sherri.

Edward had given her so much food that she could not finish alone.

to

Hackett. “I have a prior engagement. We shall meet again soon, Mr. Landor. Keep the

did not stop Hackett from leaving. Today’s gathering was with his friends;

a crazy bugger! Don’t mix with such people, Edward, Sherri muttered.

meet him?” Edward hounded her

Hackett returned to the other private room hurriedly. He saw Mia Blackwell pouring a glass of wine

Trevon

than an inch away from each other up close, it looked like they were snuggling

out what happened in his absence. He had only stepped out for a while.

would

was dying to share the juicy gossip. He took out his cell phone and texted Frank instead.

did

became impatient and reminded him there was a text notification.

know,” Frank replied

no intention of reading

a deep breath. “See

read the message. The latter had no choice but to look at

like a short essay I saw Natalie dung with Edward and Sherri Landor next door-no big deal. But Edward served her like a queen. Don’t look like a casual relationship to me Natalie may be innocent, but Edward may feel otherwise. Do you think she’s cheating on Trevon?” Frank finished reading patiently. The corners of his mouth curled into a slight smile. Then he looked at the two lovebirds. snuggling

Natalie cheated on each other. Wow! What a pair! Hackett

finished their meal

luggage while Natalie had

bumped into

long black down jacket Edward held

greeting Edward. “Hey, Mr. Landor. Are you about

see. What a coincidence that

Natalie lowering her head. She would not have come here for dinner if she had known earlier. What kind of social faux pas was this? Trevon

bumped Natalie’s arm and signaled her to look

with question marks all over her

chin toward Trevon and gestured Natalie to look.

down jacket leaning against him; her face was red from drinking. Hackett supported her along. fearing she might

had thought Trevon was working hard in the past few days, not knowing he was at his favorite haunt seeking merriment.