The Real Heiress Is Coming Back (Hannah Carter) novel Chapter 344

Chapter 344 Don’t Freeze Up

Chapter 344 Don’t Freeze Up

That evening, the atmosphere in one of the private rooms on the sixth floor of the Imperial Hotel was tense.

Barnaby had been sent by Edmund to represent the Thole family in a business meeting with the CEO of Nocturne Group.

Yates Group was one of the top ten powerhouse families in Kingwood, specializing in smart furniture tech. They wanted to order custom chips from the Thole family and team up to develop new products.

For the Thole family, landing Yates Group as a business partner was a real score-they didn’t get clients like this every day. But during the negotiation, the CEO of Yates Group found himself staring at Barnaby’s cold, striking face, and for some reason, even though he was supposed to be the one in charge, Barnaby’s presence flipped the whole power dynamic-he almost felt like the one getting bossed around.

Once the contract was signed, the CEO felt like he’d just been granted a pardon. He scrapped his plan to invite Barnaby to the after-party and got out of there fast.

As Barnaby sat in the car on the way back, he checked the time It was still early, so he told Ronin to swing by Nocturne Grand instead.

Nocturne Grand had a private room reserved just for Barnaby and his friends, including Tristan. The bartender brought over their drinks and then left them to their own devices.

Barnaby called Tristan. “You in Kinswood?”

“Yeah, Barnaby, I’m here. What’s up?” Tristan’s laid-back voice came through the phone.

Barnaby said, “Come out for a drink.”

“Hell must’ve frozen over!” Tristan blurted out, totally shocked.

Getting Barnaby to go out for drinks was always like pulling teeth, and ever since he got a girlfriend, it was basically impossible-he was the classic “girlfriend over friends” type. So for him to actually call and invite Tristan out? Tristan couldn’t help but wonder if Barnaby was in a bad mood or something.

Barnaby poured himself a drink with one hand. “Don’t give me that. The usual spot-are you coming or not?”

“If you’d called yesterday or tomorrow, I’d be there in a flash, but tonight I’m tied up-got plans with my girl,” Tristan said.

Barnaby scowled and knocked back his drink. “Suit yourself. Go do your thing.”

He hung up and called up Finneus.

“Yo, Barnaby?” Finneus picked up.

Barnaby poured himself another drink. “You free now? Wanna hit up Nocturne Grand for a drink?”

Finneus coughed awkwardly. “Ah, Barnaby, I’m down south at the moment. No way I can make it.”

Barnaby hung up and called Magnus. The call barely rang before it was cut off, and then Magnus sent a text:

[On a mission.]

Barnaby texted Axel next, and Axel replied that he was stuck working overtime.

Barnaby scrolled through his contacts, but none of his friends were free to grab a drink tonight. The only one left was Ronin, sitting off to the side, distracted, scrolling through his phone and texting nonstop, only pausing now and then to refill Barnaby’s drink.

“Busy?” Barnaby asked.

Ronin quickly put his phone away and shook his head. “Not at all.”

Barnaby slid a glass over, poured Ronin a drink, and said, “Drink with me.”

Ronin quickly waved him off. “Can’t, gotta drive you home later.”

Barnaby frowned, clearly annoyed. “Just have Hale come get us

Ronin’s assistant was named Hale.

“Hale took the day off. Family emergency, so he probably can’t make it,” Ronin said.

Barnaby was speechless.

Successfully unlocked!

in silence, but found it pointless. Finally, he

Since Ronin didn’t want to drink, Barnaby didn’ set his glass down, got up, and said, “Let’s head tack

Ronin was still glued to his phone, scrolling through group chat When Barnaby said they were leaving, he blurted out,” Huh? It’s still early, isn’t it?”

Barnaby shot him a look, and Ronin instantly shut up. He got up and followed Barnaby, still texting as he walked.

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On the way back, Barnaby set in the back seat, watching the fights bur part the window Sultanly he fet a won

loneliness wash over him

Ever since he started dating Hannah and knew what having a he felt like, he just cost ye not who does just work and nothing else

These days, all he wanted was to wrap things up fast and rush tome just to see her

Whenever he was with her time sped by in a blink, but when she wasn’t around, every minute created by and re hit even harder.

If only she could be just mine, never leaving my side….

1 wish I could hide her away, so nobody could ever steal her from me he mused.

As these thoughts swirled in his mind, Barnaby’s eyes flickered with a my of emotions, creting serving to rote him. When he snapped back to reality, he realized Ronin was taking a detour

“Why aren’t we taking Chang’an Road?” Barnaby asked.

Ronin looked a bit uneasy. “Uh, there’s a traffic jam over there

Seeing Barnaby didn’t say anything else, Ronin breathed a sigh of relief. He kept the or at a sexy weig in front of the courtyard house at exactly midnight.

Barnaby got out of the car and opened the back door. The lights in the counerdd wese on, and right free in the camer stood the girl who’d been on his mind all night, smiling softly at him

“Happy birthday, Barnaby, Hannah said, her voice gentle and warm

Seeing her, Barnaby felt his heart do fips-one second scaring the next caching down.

He strode over and hugged Hannah so tight, it was like he wanted to foe her right into timsaf

“You remembered? Were you hiding this from me on purpose? Banaby pressed his foreneed to tes no oca ON

*Just wanted to surprise you, like you did for me back then

Hannah began, but before she could finish, Barnaby silenced her with a deep, Ingering des

Hannah was almost out of breath, pressing her hands to his chest to push him away. Tjust warmed to surprise you ste gasped.

Bamaby pinched her nose with a grin. “Look at you, picking up bad habits. Just wat and see how I deal with you org you won’t be able to walk for the next three days.”

Hannah’s ears flushed red. ‘Don’t be so explicit she whispered

*Can’t handle a little teasing? Just wait till the real action starts don’t go soft on me Bamaby teased his voce low and tul of mischief.

“Quit it!” Hannah mock-scolded, cheeks still pink. “I made you a cake-it’s in the living room.”

Forget the cake-I’d rather have you,” Barnaby said.

‘No… mmph…” Hannah tried to say something, but Barnaby silenced her with another kiss

He scooped her up, kissing her as he carried her inside.

With every step toward the west wing, Barnaby kept whispering all sorts of filthy teasing things in her ear making s cheeks burn and her ears go bright red

Barnaby always loved talking dirty in bed, and behind closed doors, Hannah could handle it. But right now, it was just way too embarrassing

The more she tried to push him away or protest, the more freddo Barnaby got-hus kisses only grew more tense Barnaby was wrapped up with Hannah, lost in their kiss, when they stepped into the main hal-only to toe. There was a whole crowd standing there, all of them staring wide-eyed at the two of them en shock

The place was decked out for a birthday party, with cake, fruit, and red wine spread out on the table.

Wait a second-weren’t these the same friends he’d just called

What are they all doing here?

Did they all team up to prank me or what?

Barnaby was speechless.

Hannah was frozen, her mind blank

claiming they were busy tonight?

The looks on their friends’ faces said it all-So this is the real Barnaby? Never thought you two were this wild when nobody’s watching!

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Hannah didn’t even need to guess-no doubt they’d heard every single word.

She was so mortified she wanted to crawl under a rock and drag Barnaby with her. If only she could disappear right now!

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Chapter 345 You’re The Best Gift

Chapter 345 You’re The Best Gift

Hannah wriggled free from Barnaby, and a flicker of awkwardness flashed across his handsome face. He murmured to Hannah, “Why didn’t you tell me they were here?”

‘How am I supposed to keep up my cool in front of them now?’ scoop

Hannah was speechless.

‘Who was the one who stopped me from saying anything?’ she grumbled inwardly.

“Barnaby, happy birthday!” Candy said with an awkward smile, setting off her party popper.

“Happy birthday, Barnaby!” Tristan, Finneus, and the others joined in, popping their own party poppers.

After the pops echoed through the room, they all turned to Barnaby, hoping he’d say something to lighten the mood. But he just kept his poker face and didn’t say a word.

The living room went quiet, and the tension in the air got even worse.

“Are we really supposed to stick around and watch this go down?” Magnus awkwardly whispered to Tristan, barely daring to speak up.

Tristan shot him a look that clearly said, ‘If Barnaby’s bold enough to do it, are you really brave enough to watch?’

“It’s getting late, so we’ll head out now. We’ll leave you two to your sweet romance,” Candy said, giggling as she linked arms with Tristan and led everyone out.

Hannah was speechless.

Barnaby was speechless.

Soon enough, everyone was gone, leaving just the two of them in the spacious living room, awkwardness thick in the air- along with their pet piglet peeking its head out from the study doorway.

“So… should we get back to it?” After a long pause, Hannah said, her eyes landing on the tiramisu cake sitting on the table.

She’d spent hours making that cake tonight-‘All that effort, and not even a bite? No way, she thought.

At her words, Barnaby’s eyes sparkled with playful intent, and he wasted no time pinning her down on the couch.

Hannah quickly pressed her hands against his chest. “Hey, what are you up to?”

Barnaby buried his face in her neck, kissing her softly. “Just doing what you said-keeping it going,” he teased.

“I meant keep the birthday celebration going! Cake and presents not this!” Hannah protested.

“You’re the best gift I could ever ask for,” Barnaby murmured, his voice low and full of affection.

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The next day.

Hannah’s nine o’clock alarm blared right on schedule. Barnaby reached for his phone on the nightstand, about to turn off the alarm and go back to sleep, but Hannah was already up.

Seeing her all groggy, Barnaby said, “Come on, stay in bed a little longer. I’ll keep you company.”

As soon as Hannah moved, she felt like she’d been steamrolled she was sore all over.

But she still dragged herself out of bed. “No way.”

‘If I stay in bed any longer, I’ll never be able to get up again, she thought.

Since Hannah was up, Barnaby rolled out of bed too. They washed up and grabbed breakfast together, starting their morning side by side.

“Come on, let’s go check out the gifts I got you.”

She led Barnaby to the east wing, where two sleek black gift boxes tied with ribbons sat on the desk in the small office.

As soon as Barnaby saw the boxes, he already had a pretty good idea what was inside. He tilted Hannah’s chin up and gave her a deep, lingering kiss.

“Go on, open them,” Hannah said, gently pushing him away.

Barnaby stepped forward and carefully untied the ribbons. Inside was a single custom container, holding two thumb-sized pieces of steel-gray metal.

Successfully unlocked!

He picked them up and examined them closely, qocky reason the elements: californium, the most expensive element in the world, and tungsten, the metal with the highest elting point.

They’d made a promise to collect two elements from the periodic table every year, until they’d gathered them all.

And the two elements Hannah had chosen, side by side in the same box, symbolized that their love was both priceless and

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