Chapter 1816 An Awkward Meal

When I reached home, I saw a few luxurious cars parked at the gate. I assumed they belonged to Nathaniel’s guests, so I didn’t pay much attention to them.

However, I soon learned that it was a mistake. The moment I entered the place, I saw Cameron and Zachary sitting there.

“Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?”

I had just placed the bags aside when I heard John saying, “Emma and I are here, too.”

I couldn’t make heads or tails of what was going on and had to ask for help by signaling John.

John wasn’t free to say anything, but he discreetly gestured for me to look in the direction of the staircase.

I followed his line of sight and saw Nathaniel walking down the stairs in a casual outfit. As he did so, he said, “I asked everyone to come over because I know that you miss hanging out with your family. Did I guess right?”

He had made his way to me by then. His eyes looked straight into mine as he added, “I know you lost a lot in the past, and I will get everything back for you.”

was exasperated when I saw how strangely confident he seemed, but I didn’t complain

so I

was that things between John and I were fine, but we still had to keep

an easy-going guy, but his obnoxiousness still made

stop throwing a tantrum. Let’s forget about all that unhappy past after having a meal together. When

responded to Nathaniel’s words, and the aura of the place became so overwhelming that it was hard to

didn’t want Nathaniel to keep making things so awkward for everyone, so I smashed a plate and yelled, “That’s enough! I will solve

slammed the door. Fury burned in my veins as I

entered the room

carefully closed the door and walked toward me. There was a pause when he stood behind me, but his hesitation didn’t last long. Soon enough, his long arms

I moved to the side to avoid his

All his stunned gaze saw was my furious glare

his hands in his pocket before sighing deeply. “I honestly don’t

natural that someone like him would not understand what was going on. Anyone with even a smidge of conscience and morality would be able to empathize with the situation. No one could pretend that nothing had happened after learning that someone close to them had chosen to aid an inhumane criminal like Nathaniel. It was only natural that

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