Victoria thought about it. "I'll come back after I rest up for a month."
Natalia blinked. "That soon?"
"Yeah."
Victoria seemed to have something on her mind, but she didn't tell Natalia about it. She simply smiled. "When I'm back, I'll come meet up with you."
Natalia nodded. "Okay. I'll pick you up, then."
"Sure."
The two hung up.
A month later, Victoria really came back from Othua.
As promised, Natalia went to pick her up that day.
She had a child around her, so she kept things as low profile as possible to keep herself from getting snapped by tabloids.
Natalia picked her up, got in the car, and looked her over carefully.
Thankfully, Victoria looked like she was doing perfectly fine. Except for having gained a little weight from her pregnancy, she didn't look too different.
Natalia breathed a sigh of relief.
She hugged Victoria.
"You're finally back. I missed you so much."
Victoria laughed. "If Archie were to hear that, he'd get jealous."
Natalia laughed too and smirked, "Forget him."
Victoria settled down right in Eqitin without going back to Julio.
Natalia had found her a place beforehand; a quaint little mansion not far away from Pinewood Manor.
The house had originally been owned by Archie, but then Archie had given several dozens of his real estate property all to Natalia, so they all belonged to her now.
After settling down mother and son, Natalia let her rest up for a couple of days before throwing a welcome back party for her.
Victoria knew that Natalia only did all that because she was worried that she wouldn't fit in.
So she didn't refuse her good intentions and agreed right away.
Two days later, Natalia sent own invitations and called Max and company all over to go sing and eat at night.
When they arrived at the karaoke bar, everyone else had already arrived as well.
Anne had break today, so Natalia brought her in too.
They got off the car and saw Victoria at the doorway.
She'd been waiting there specifically for them. Recognizing her, Anne ran up and give her a fierce hug, smiling sweetly. "Auntie Victoria."
Victoria was so happy her mouth couldn't close properly.
She returned Anne's hug and examined her. "Good girl, Anne. You've grown prettier again. Let's see if you've gotten any taller."
She took a step back and chuckled, "My, looks like you have."
Archie led Natalia up. Victoria looked at the two of them and laughed, "It's been a while, Archie. Looks like you've been living well. You've got a glow about you. What, your married life's going well?"
Natalia smiled awkwardly and glared at her.
Before Archie could reply, she said, "It's fine. What can you do, right?"
Victoria smirked, "Well, of course I can congratulate you for finding true love."
Natalia winked at her. "Speaking like you don't have someone. I'm telling you, your true love's here tonight too."
Victoria jolted, and before she could react, a car engine sounded from behind.
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