The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 326

Natalie was holding her breath. Just as she lifted her hand, getting ready to slap Marcus, he immediately returned to his seat and let out an awkward cough. "There's construction on some stretches, and it gets bumpy in places. Better keep your seatbelt on."

As soon as he finished his sentence, he buckled himself up as well.

Natalie was at a loss for words.

The ride was smooth all the way to Holden Residence, and Natalie never spotted any roadwork throughout.

She glanced at Marcus, only to see him grinning at her. Unruffled, he leaned back and closed his eyes, as if being caught in a lie was nothing worth worrying about.

The corner of Natalie's lips twitched a little. "What a bastard… I knew he did it on purpose!" she thought.

"Don't be mad, okay?" Marcus said. "I'll bring you to The Book Sanctum."

"Okay."

Natalie trailed behind Marcus. Connie was still staying at Holden Residence to take care of Charles. When she saw Natalie come, she ran outside to welcome her.

"Doctor… I mean, hi, Ms. Walker!"

Connie rushed toward Natalie. She was so excited that she almost called Natalie "Dr. Elim".

"How's Grandpa Charles?" Natalie asked.

"He's feeling much better now. Other than taking the medicine on time every day, he exercises with me in the morning too!"

Connie continued with a beam, "Mr. Holden Senior also gave me a lot of gifts! They're all valuable stuff."

Natalie chuckled. "You can bring Grandpa Charles to the hospital for a full-body checkup five days later. Once you confirm that he's all good, you're good to go."

"Will do," Connie replied happily. "Ms. Walker, are you here to visit Mr. Holden Senior?"

"Yes, and I'm going to take a look at The Book Sanctum in Holden Residence as well."

"Mr. Holden Senior is at the garden. Let me bring you there. Also, they recently got a new batch of pretty flowers."

Connie looked at Marcus, who was standing behind Natalie, and waved at him. "Hi, Mr. Holden."

Marcus responded in a flat tone, "Hello."

"Marcus, I'm going to have a chat with Grandpa Charles, so you can go find the sketchbook first. I'll let Sheldon take me to The Book Sanctum later," Natalie said.

"Okay."

Connie widened her eyes in shock at how Marcus had just agreed obediently. The way he spoke and talked to Natalie—it was like they were in a relationship!

She figured she had to be imagining it.

Connie took a moment to calm down. Then, she led Natalie to the garden to see Charles.

As they were walking to the garden, Natalie noticed the new batch of flowers Connie had mentioned.

The white jasmine flowers were in full bloom on both sides of the path and in the center of the garden.

The jasmine flowers were different in size, and they were trimmed in different shapes too. Since there was a huge amount of jasmine flowers, a burst of fragrance would fill the air as soon as someone passed by.

The green foliage was dense, and the white flowers bloomed at the tops, arranged in an orderly fashion—truly a refreshing sight to see.

"The workers built a new glass conservatory. I heard it was Mr. Holden who had ordered them to build it, and there are a lot of jasmine flowers planted in it," Connie whispered as she guided Natalie to the garden. "And there's more than one color of the jasmine flower; they've been specially bred in all shades.

"Who knows why he likes jasmine flowers so much all of a sudden."

Natalie didn't know how to respond. After all, it wasn't because Marcus liked jasmine flowers, but because he wanted to repay his lifesaver after he found out who she was.

On top of that, she was using jasmine flowers as her profile picture.