“And you? Will you be waiting for me as well?” asked Shane, who never answered her question.
Natalie blushed and tilted her head down. She lied, “Nope, I won’t be waiting for you. I don’t care if you come home or not.”
She hung up immediately after.
Shane stared at his phone. The screen had reverted to the home page by then. He chuckled and put his cell phone away before calling Silas in.
“Mr. Shane,” greeted Silas as he stood in front of the desk.
Shane handed a stack of documents over and instructed, “I need you to deal with these issues. I will be heading home earlier today.”
Silas’ lips parted when he replied, “Understood.”
Huh, this is the first time Mr. Shane takes a step back and assigns me these tasks. Back then, he would act as if he didn’t know if it was his birthday or a public holiday. I knew it. It’s different after one gets married and has someone to celebrate the occasion with.
Silas shifted his gaze to the stack of documents he had with him. For the first time in his life, he wondered if he should get a girlfriend.
On the other side, Natalie put her cell phone away after making that call.
Jacqueline’s voice suddenly came from the second floor. “Ms. Smith, are you here to celebrate Shane’s birthday with him?”
Natalie frowned and tilted her head up. She looked right into Jacqueline’s eyes before pointing out, “I am his wife. Who else would he celebrate his birthday with?”
The light Jacqueline’s gaze turned a little dimmer, but she was quick to put her smile back on and said, “I don’t mean it like that, Ms. Smith. It’s just that… Aren’t you planning on divorcing Shane? So why are you…”
“I don’t want a divorce anymore. I can change my mind, can’t I?” growled Natalie before she crossed her arms and glared over. She then added, “I get to decide whether or not I want a divorce. This has nothing to do with you, so why are you being such a busybody? Oh, I get it. You’re hoping that I’d get a divorce so you can replace me. Is that it?”
Jacqueline acted like she was hurt. She bit her lip a little and said, “Ms. Smith, how could you even think that? Isn’t that a little too harsh?”
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