Rather than stopping them, the housekeeper merely chuckled approvingly at the rambunctious two. After they had disappeared into the house, she turned to Natalie and welcomed her warmly, saying, “Ms. Smith! You’re here.”
Natalie flashed a friendly grin at the housekeeper in return. “Is Ms. Mackenzie home?” she asked.
“Yes, she’s entertaining guests today,” the housekeeper replied. She then looked curiously at Shane, who was standing beside Natalie.
Natalie smiled. Holding onto Shane’s arm, she announced, “This is my boyfriend, Shane.”
“Hello, Mr. Shane,” the housekeeper politely greeted.
“Hello.” Shane gave her a slight nod.
The housekeeper turned back to Natalie, then exclaimed, “This is wonderful! If Ms. Mackenzie were to meet Shane, she’d certainly be overjoyed.”
“Why?” Shane inquired, raising an eyebrow.
The housekeeper beamed at him. “Ms. Mackenzie has always thought that Ms. Smith’s life was a little too barren of romance. That lack of experience was rather apparent in her designs. She’s been longing for her to experience love in the hope that it’d translate into her work.”
“Oh?” Shane narrowed his eyes, examining Natalie’s face, which was now crimson with embarrassment. “Have you really never been in a relationship before?”
Natalie mumbled an inaudible reply.
She was too ashamed to admit that she, a grown woman of twenty-six years of age, had yet to experience her first love.
Shane’s lips, however, curled up slightly. He seemed pleased at the thought.
A moment later, another thought struck Shane, and his face grew grave once more.
If Natalie had never been in love, how did Sharon and Connor come about, then?
Shane took another long, hard look at Natalie’s lovely face as if he could find the answer to his riddle there.
Unfortunately, he was greeted with nothing but Natalie’s utter bewilderment.
“Shane, what are you looking at me like that for? Is there something on my face?” Natalie asked self-consciously as she searchingly felt her face all over.
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