Shane’s perfect-sculptured face was tense. “I did not send you home.”
“Hmm?” Natalie blinked her eyes in a daze. “You didn’t send me home?”
Shane nodded in response.
Natalie’s brows creased. “How could it not be you? You were the one at the bar just now.”
“You’ve mistaken Stanley for me!” Shane looked right into her eyes.
The woman shook her head. “That’s impossible. Even if I had too much to drink, I wouldn’t have mistaken Stanley for you.”
“You couldn’t have been mistaken, but what if Stanley’s hypnotized you?” Shane had his hands in his pockets and said with a frosty tone.
“Wh- what do you mean?” Natalie set her back straight. She had a hunch that what he was about to say would greatly challenge her beliefs and understanding.
The man looked straight into her eyes and parted his lips, “You’ve probably been hypnotized by Stanley back in the bar into thinking that he was me. I guess he was trying to catch you off guard and take you away.”
Natalie shook her head in denial and managed a stiff smile. “That’s impossible. He doesn’t even know hypnosis. I mean, even if he does, why would he do that?”
Shane’s face sank when he noticed that the woman was still siding Stanley. “It seems like you’ve never truly known this man. Otherwise, why would you have no idea that he knows hypnosis? As to why he’s doing this, it’s because that man has never given up on you.”
Natalie’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Shane massaged in between his brows and continued, “He knew that you would be more wary of him after he tried to kiss you back on the ship last time. He knows that you’re in love with me, and impersonates me so that you won’t…”
“Stop! That’s impossible!” Natalie removed the sheets and jumped off the bed as she stopped at him.
Stanley is a good man. I mean, he did scare me when he kissed me last time… But otherwise, he has done nothing that makes me feel uneasy.
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