Chapter 15

It just happened that they’d been waiting for ages at The Aerie, hoping to catch a glimpse of the clusive FireWing, but to no avail. They planned to swing by the Wright family for lunch, so Brian had instructed him to pick up a couple of boxes of pastries from here.

“Mr. Howard, would you like…”

Brian’s gaze settled on Natalie, and he fell silent in the car.

Natalie’s paper bag had been knocked from her hands, and as she looked up, her eyes flicked toward Gracia, who had pretended to be engrossed in her phone, feigning ignorance.

“Pick it up.” Natalie said in a low voice, devoid of emotion.

Instead, Gracia stepped on the pizza, kicking it aside.

“I said pick it up, not step on it.” Natalie continued, her voice still low.

“Are you talking to me?” Gracia acted surprised, pointing at herself and asking softly.

“I’m talking to a dog.” Natalie replied coldly.

“You…” Gracia was stunned, and then anger flared within her.

dog would get upset by that.” Natalie said, the corners of her

it!” Gracia snapped back, and her brows knitted

It was our mistake for not handing it to the customer

interested in acknowledging Gracia’s pettiness and

Natalie’s indifference, insisted. “I’d like to see who

stood by, not daring to

on a shop assistant?” Natalie turned to Gracia. “If they don’t want to repack it, that’s fine. You can pick

what?” Gracia raised her eyebrows slightly, challenging

want to see how much clout you

Natalie spoke, she pulled out her phone and dialed 911. “Let’s deal with this at the police station. I’m not bothered. But for

murmur,

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grabbed her hand. Turning

Gracia, whose face had turned a shade of thunder. She hailed a cab at

her get into the cab, his

approached the Wright family’s front door, her phone buzzed with a message from King. (They’ve upped their offer

was

she pocketed her phone, she overheard the gardeners talking about Matthew coughing up blood the night before. He had terminal lung

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