The Captain I Married by Chance novel Chapter 265

"By the way, Nora, where is that boy?"

Nora was so caught up in the thought of her secret watcher that she entirely missed the casual familiarity in the old man's tone.

"You're joking, Grandpa. Why would he be here?"

None of her visitors today had been strangers.

"That doesn't make sense. He—"

Grandpa pulled out his phone. "Let me just call and ask him."

"As your fiancé, the least he could do is show his face after you've been through something like this."

Nora wanted to tell him not to bother.

After all, they were total strangers, and they weren't even married yet. There was no need to force an awkward meeting.

But the call was already connecting, so she kept her mouth shut.

Deep down, she figured this was as good a time as any to finally meet her elusive fiancé.

It would give her a chance to gauge his attitude. If he was just treating this as a business arrangement, maybe they could agree to live completely separate lives after the wedding.

A prenuptial agreement guaranteeing a clean, amicable divorce down the line would be the absolute best-case scenario.

They could just be roommates on paper and save each other a massive headache.

"You brat, Nora is in the hospital! Where the hell are you?"

"I know you're busy, but you don't treat a lady like this! Do you have any idea how miserable it is to be hospitalized? You're just going to abandon her? Is that how I raised you? You absolute fool!"

Nora hadn't intended to eavesdrop, but Harold's booming voice made it impossible not to.

Her stomach tied itself into a knot.

If he yelled like that, the guy was going to think she was whining to his grandfather behind his back.

She really didn't want to start things off on a hostile note with her future roommate.

She was just about to speak up when the door opened, and Nathan strolled in, his phone pressed to his ear.

He left his precious grandson to weather the incoming storm entirely on his own.

Nora, of course, would never lash out at an elder, so she had forced a polite smile as she bid Harold goodbye. But the moment the door clicked shut, her gaze dropped, and she refused to even look at Nathan.

Hearing her unnervingly calm question, Nathan walked over to the bed, looking entirely lost. "Nora—"

"Answer the question!"

Her voice cracked like a whip. She looked up at him, the glacial fury in her eyes sending a spike of panic through his chest.

"You knew that in a month, you were the one I was supposed to marry. Why didn't you say anything?"

"I'm sorry, I..."

Nathan's hands slowly balled into fists at his sides.

He had a million things he wanted to say.

But he had no idea where to even start.