Suddenly, the door to the lounge swung open. A petite figure sprinted over and spoke, “Dad! I heard from the butler that Dr. Quinn is here. Is he here?”
“Isn’t he right over there?” chuckled Andre as he looked in the direction of Stanley.
Annie traced his line of sight and saw the man of her dreams. Her eyes lit up and her cheeks reddened.
She took small strides and stopped right in front of Stanley, tugging onto the corner of her blouse as she coyly muttered, “Hi, Dr. Quinn. It’s been a while!”
Natalie arched her brows at that.
This girl is smitten with Stanley!
She turned to Stanley with a playful look on her face.
Upon seeing the devilish gleam twinkling in her eyes, his eyes turned stony.
However, he quickly turned to Annie and gave her a gentlemanly smile, one that barely reached his eyes. He had a distant look in his eyes when he responded, “Hello, Annie. Nice to see you.”
“Yeah, it’s been almost half a year.” Annie lowered her head as she shyly giggled.
Just as she was about to probe further into his life, he mentioned that he was leaving. Then he turned to the woman beside him and said, “Nat, let’s go.”
“Sure.”
Annie’s face turned pale as she registered Stanley’s term of endearment for Natalie. “Hold on!”
She called out for them.
They simultaneously halted.
Annie had a strained look as she attempted to force out a smile. “Dr. Quinn, who’s this?”
Andre was well aware of his daughter’s affections for Stanley. Heaving a huge sigh, he said, “Annie, this is Ms. Natalie. She’s Dr. Quinn’s girlfriend.”
“Girlfriend?” Annie shrieked, stumbling backwards in shock.
Even though she had speculated that to be the case, actually hearing it herself proved to be harder than expected.
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