“That’s all we can do.” Joyce shrugged.
After that, she left to work on her tasks.
Natalie continued watching the fashion show, and after she finished with it, she closed the website and started sketching and creating the design drafts on her sketchpad.
When it was time to clock out, she received a text message from Shane which read: I have another meeting later. Silas will pick you and the children up.
In response, Natalie typed: Alright. You get back to work now and come home earlier.
Shane acknowledged with a brief ‘okay’ and nothing else.
Natalie let out a sigh and put her phone back in her bag.
Out of the blue, someone knocked on the door.
Natalie squeezed her fingers, and as she exercised them, she answered, “Please come in.”
The office door was pushed open and in came Silas. “Madam.”
“Mr. Campbell.” Natalie raised an eyebrow in amazement.
She didn’t expect that he would be there so soon.
“Mr. Shane asked me to send you back to the villa,” Silas added as he pushed his glasses up.
Natalie left her seat. “I know. He told me. Let’s go then.”
“Yes, Madam,” Silas answered. He then drove heading to the kindergarten to pick up the children.
When they reached the villa, it was already seven o’clock, and dinner was readily served by Mrs. Wilson.
At the table, Mrs. Wilson turned to Natalie several times, looking like she had something to say but reverted to silence eventually.
Even Natalie felt uneasy under her gaze, so she put down her fork and asked, “Mrs. Wilson, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?”
Upon listening to that, the two children turned to look at Natalie’s face in unison.
“There’s nothing on it. Mommy looks fantastic.” Sharon put her palms together under her chin which produced a blossoming gesture.
Natalie was amused by her adorable posture, and she reached out, patting her head affectionately.
Connor was very clever. He squinted exactly like how Shane would and asked, “Mrs. Wilson, do you have something to tell Mommy?”
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