Inheriting the good looks of Natalia and Archie, Anne boasted impressive beauty.
In spite of that, she began to keep a watchful eye on her figure.
Natalia discovered that Anne was secretly cutting down on her diet, shunning meat and taking low-calorie vegetables and fruit only.
Natalia was somewhat worried.
She knew that growth and nutrition, instead of appearance, were what mattered most to kids of Anne's age.
Therefore, Natalia tried all means to feed Anne meat at every meal.
Seeing that she had no choice, Anne ate the meat Natalia gave her.
Then she asked curiously, "Mommy, who is Daddy talking to on the phone?"
Glancing at Anne, Natalia said calmly, "It's nothing to do with you kids."
"All right," Anne replied.
The girl gobbled her food up and said, "I'm finished."
Modelling himself on his sister, Oliver stopped eating.
He put down the cutlery and declared in a babyish voice, "Mommy, I'm finished, too."
Natalia looked at the two kids with resignation.
She wiped their mouths clean and said, "Go and play then."
With a cheer, the kids immediately ran to the playroom.
Watching them, Natalia gave a silent smile and shook her head.
Sitting alone at the dinner table, she stared at the sumptuous meal without appetite.
She looked back and saw Archie still on the phone, with his back to her.
Her brows knitted.
Although Felix didn't make it clear on the phone what he was calling for, Natalia sensed instinctively that it was something of great significance.
Otherwise, proud Felix would never come to Archie.
So thinking, Natalia cast her eyes down, feeling a trace of alarm.
Before long, Archie finished the call.
Seeing him back, Natalia asked immediately, "What happened? What did Felix call you for?"
Archie cast a calm look at her, handed back her phone, and said, "Let's finish the meal, and then I'll tell you."
Natalia was choked by his words.
She grew more curious, but said no more and continued eating.
After dinner, Natalia asked two nannies to look after the kids in the playroom and put them to bed on time.
Then she and Archie went upstairs to the bedroom.
On entering the bedroom, Archie said, "Felix wants to team up with me, saying he has found out who it was that tampered with your plane and went after you before."
Natalia was astonished.
She widened her eyes in disbelief.
After she and Nancy had come back safely from the plane crash, they had dispatched many people there to look into the case and find out about the backstage manipulators.
Group after group of people they had sent, but there had been no news whatsoever.
Finally, they had obtained a little information on the whereabouts of the killers that had gone after Natalia.
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