She silently glanced at the dishes on the table. Sure enough, most of them were just her favorites.
The books in the study, the clothes in the checkroom, and the table full of her favorite dishes – she just felt everything was just too obvious to be a coincidence.
But the man did not say anything, so she also pretended not to know, and did not say anything either.
At the table, they had a quiet dinner together and neither of them said anything to each other.
After the dinner, she decided to take a stroll in the garden in front of the villa, and at the same time read some entertainment news for today using her phone.
Suddenly, the fresh fragrance of pinewood came from behind.
She was slightly stunned, turned her head to take a look, and saw Archie standing behind her.
"Don't look at your phone when you walk."
He said, reaching out and snatching her phone away.
Natalia wasn't paying attention to the road ahead, and suddenly stepped on a stone. She just stumbled and fell to the side.
"AHHH-"
A short scream sounded.
The expected pain did not come. Instead, the man grabbed her waist and easily brought her back into his arms.
"You should have listened to the words of wisdom from a mature man!"
He lectured her with a stern face.
Natalia felt ashamed and suddenly her face flushed. Since she did do something wrong, she could not say even a word to refute him.
She could only eye him angrily and said in stern tone, "OK, I know you are an old man. Does any mature man take advantage of young girls? Let go of me now!"
She struggled in his arms.
The arm that was placed on the waist did not let go but used more strength.
Archie laughed and said in a low voice, "I was just warning you and you really get angry? What advantage do I take hugging my own wife?"
Natalia stared at him.
The man finally gave up and let go of her waist to surrender.
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I should not have taken advantage of you. Since you do mind, why don't you also take advantage of me as well?"
At that, he leaned over, as if telling her that she could put an arm around his waist.
Natalia was furious.
'This man is really shameless!'
She turned to leave in a huff, and Archie, knowing that she was really angry, hurriedly pulled her back.
He coaxed in a soft tone, "Okay, I was just kidding! Are you really mad at me?"
Natalia ignored him.
Archie then said in a serious manner, "I have something serious to tell you, do you want to listen or not?"
Natalia slightly glanced at him.
Sensing that he wasn't joking, she decided to stop, "What is it?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to meet Stephen? He's now already back in the country. I will arrange for you two to meet each other tomorrow at noon!"
Natalia thought about it, and thought that there was nothing to do at noon tomorrow, so it was fine for her.
She looked at Archie, her eyebrows knitted lightly, and then she said seriously, "Archie McCarthy, let me make it clear first. Although I appreciate what you did for me, I do have principles."
"If Stephen is indeed wrongly accused, I can help him clear his name, save his reputation, and even help him go to the next level, but if all those accusations are just true."
"Then I'm sorry, even if he is your cousin, I won't help him!"
Archie looked at her with deep eyes and laughed lightly, "So you have principles? Protecting the vulnerable?"
Natalia rolled her eyes at him.
"You think I'm a saint?!"
She paused for a while and said in a deep voice, "I just think, if he is really a dishonorable person and he is not even willing to correct himself, then even if I help him out this time, he will make the same mistake the next time. I cannot always follow him to help him wipe his ass, he will sooner or later cause other problems."
"In that case, why even bother to waste my time on him? Indeed, it's not very difficult to make something in the entertainment industry, what is difficult is to maintain a good image for a long time. It takes more than just a good PR team, but the efforts of his own."
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