Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand novel Chapter 543

543 The Runway Show

Natalie followed Peter and entered his room with him. She said, "Dad, it's still early. Why don't we play chess?"

"I'm not in the mood," Peter said flatly

"Are you mad because of what they said about me?" With a worried look, Natalie asked Peter

"Why shouldn't I? Do you want to get married to that guy simply for the business interests of our family? You’re my little girl. | won't let it happen!"

Hearing that, Natalie said with a cheeky smile, "Dad, you really don't have to worry about it. Matthew is now running the company, and | am his grandaunt. He will not exchange my marriage for anything. Besides, we don't even have to do that. Our family business is doing great!"

Much to Natalie's surprise, Peter didn’t soften his face after hearing her words. Instead, he frowned, lost in thought. Well, Natalie, actually, the Carousel Group has faced many difficulties in recent years. Moreover, ever since Matthew took over the group, the board members have been giving him a hard time because they doubt that a young boy like him isn't competent enough to run such a large group at such a young age

Moreover, Matthew is indeed inexperienced in managing the Carousel Group. And Wayne has to help him frequently even though he has already announced his retirement. Alas! [just want you to live a carefree life. So, | rarely mentioned what was going on in our family business. You’re an innocent and simple girl. And 1 want you to be yourself. But, sometimes, | fear that you will get hurt because you're innocent and simple

As Peter had remained silent for a long time, Natalie realized

something was wrong. So she asked, "What's the problem, Dad? Is there something wrong with our companies?"

"No. Everything is fine, Natalie," Peter smiled and answered

"That's good. Don't worry about me, Dad. | don't want to get married at all! | just want to be at home with you. If | get married, I'll have to care for my in-laws and my husband. | don't want to do that!"

Natalie spent every day at home watching TV shows, wishing she could stay home for the rest of her life. And she had always been content with her life and considered herself the happiest person in the world. As a result, she had no desire to get married at all ee

The next day, Lemon's runway show was held at a downtown luxury hotel

Anna was nervous because Tammy was about to walk on stage. She was afraid Tammy would make a mistake and ruin the show that Andrew had worked so hard on for the past year. So, she paced back and forth backstage with a worried look

"Don't be so nervous! Come sit in front with me," After Anna repeatedly told Tammy to focus, Peace couldn't take it any longer and said

"But I'm still worried about Tammy, "Frowning, Anna looked Peace in the eye and said

"Just chill, okay? Tammy got this. Please have some faith in your daughter. It's not like the first time that she's done it. You know how good she is on the runway. Now, relax and find ourselves seats before someone else takes the seats in the front," Rolling her eyes at Anna, Peace said impatiently

"All right," Anna said reluctantly and followed Peace

Someone tapped Anna on the shoulder shortly after she took her seat, calling, "Anna."

Hearing that, Anna turned her head and smiled as she recognized Mona's voice. Today, Mona was dressed in a strappy pantsuit and a cashmere jacket

"Mona? What brings you here?" Anna looked at her stomach and said, "It's crowded here."

Mona laughed as she held her belly, "My due date has passed for a week. The doctor advised me to go out more instead of staying home all the time."

"Good, then you should get out of the house more often," Anna said with a smile

Sitting next to her, Peace handed Mona a bag of potato chips and said, "| think your kid will probably be a lazy bone. They won't even move in your stomach."

"Would anyone be lazier than you?" Anna asked, rolling her eyes

"I'm serious. Mona said that she hadn't felt a single movement from her baby when she was more than six months pregnant, and she wondered if something was wrong with the baby. So, she went to the hospital for a checkup, but everything was normal. Guess what? She was nearly eight months pregnant when the child kicked her for the first time."

Mona, too, couldn't help but laugh. She said, "Yep, that's a lazy kid."

Awhile later, Emily and Ryan arrived with their baby, Zac, who was a spitting image of Ryan but had pink cheeks and a round little tummy

When Zac saw Anna, he extended his chubby little hand and said, "Aunt Anna, hug!"

Anna then snatched him from Ryan's grasp, exclaiming, "Wow! You've gained a lot of weight, haven't you, Zac?"