Chapter 134

“What’s up?” Gavin exchanged a few words with Natalie but she remained silent, prompting him to glance at her again with concern. “Are you okay?”

Natalie turned to look at him, taking a few seconds before responding in a hushed tone. “It’s nothing, just feeling a bit under the weather.”

Gavin decided not to pry further since Natalie wasn’t forthcoming.

The silence lingered between them all the way back to the Prestige Penthouses. Natalie remained quiet throughout the drive.

As soon as Gavin’s car came to a stop, she grabbed her purse and hurriedly opened the door to get out.

“Want me to walk you up?” Gavin, noticing her unsteady steps, quickly got out of the car and offered.

“There’s no need, you better get going. It’s getting late.” Natalie replied in a rush.

Gavin was baffled by her urgency, everything had been fine earlier at the James family dinner. He wondered if something had happened, or perhaps King had assigned her an urgent task.

Scratching his head, Gavin watched as Natalie disappeared around the corner of the flower bed before returning to his car.

fished out her access card from her purse. Just as she grasped it, a pair of tailored suit pants came

impeccably dressed, with not a hair out of place. But now, his

Brian curled his lips into a mocking

scene at the Global Mall today. Quite the

quickly tried to

As he drew closer, Natalie caught the strong scent of whiskey on his breath. He had been

you turn off your phone?” he asked in a

chin.

Natalie responded in a flat tone, “My phone ran out

stare, Brian reached out

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took out her smartphone from her purse,

seconds and then released it, but the screen remained black.

deliberately not charged her phone before leaving for the James family dinner, an engagement she couldn’t miss, having arranged it

she asked quietly. “Did you do something

chuckle, responding with a question, “Didn’t you say you’d rather marry a vegetable? Why did you get your sights set on the

hours ago, he was reflecting on his regrets about the years of cruelty and neglect he had shown her.

to his sympathy. Perhaps his overtures were

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