Chatper 87


    Chapter 87


    Natalie hurriedly finished speaking, not lingering a minute longer, as she turned on her heel and


    vanished into the night.


    Madelyn had meant to convey that Brian was fuming, which meant Natalie couldn’te in, but given


    the situation…


    She watched Natalie’s retreating figure for a long while before it hit her. Natalie didn’t know Nathan was


    her son!


    How could that be? How could Natalie not recognize her own child? It was utterly bizarre!


    Madelyn didn’t know the circumstances under which Brian had taken newborn Nate back to the country


    from abroad. Brian never shared the details with anyone.


    But for whatever reason, the fact that Natalie didn’t recognize her child was undeniable!


    Judging by Natalie’s expression, could she have thought Nate was Madelyn’s child?


    Rooted to the spot, she was jolted back to reality by Brian’s voice behind her. “Madelyn, who was that?”


    “It was no one, just someone who rang the wrong doorbell,” she replied with feigned calm, swiftly


    picking up the ornate box from the ground and tossing it into the nearby rose bushes.


    When she returned indoors, Brian was standing halfway down the spiral staircase, watching her


    expressionlessly.


    Madelyn offered him a smile. “You’re still hurting, and you’ve got a fever. Why are you out of bed?”


    Brian’s gaze drifted past her shoulder and through the window to the dimly lit garden outside. He was


    sure he had heard a woman’s voice at the door.


    “Good timing. You’re awake. Time for your medicine.” Madelyn turned away from his probing eyes,


    poured him a ss of water, prepared his pills, and handed them to him.


    Brian’s eyes sharpened as he studied her. “Wrong doorbell, huh? Why talk outside for so long?”


    “The ce is big. The woman didn’t know where number ten was, so I was giving her directions,”


    Madelyn replied, herposure unshaken.


    Brian held her gaze for a few seconds before taking the pills and swallowing them down.


    “Let me help you back to your room.” Madelyn set the ss aside and gently took Brian’s arm, her


    voice soft.


    As they passed Nate’s room, Reid stood at the doorway, giving Madelyn a strange look.


    Judging by the time of the phone call, the visitor must have been Natalie. But Nate had thrown


    up just then, and Reid hadn’t managed to go down to open the door in time.


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    Natalie hadn’te in, and there must have been a reason. But as a bodyguard, it wasn’t his ce to


    pry.


    Halfway home, Natalie’s phone buzzed with a video call from Nina.


    Natalie mustered her spirits to assure her she was okay and asked, “Weren’t you supposed to go to the


    hospital to visit King today? Why are you back home?”


    Nina pouted. “King got transferred to another hospital, a ce far from us. It’s a half–day drive, so


    Uriah didn’t let me go.”


    Natalie frowned slightly, asking, “Why was he transferred?”


    “I don’t know.” Nina shrugged. “I tried to video call King, but someone else picked up. He was sleeping,


    and I couldn’t talk to him.”


    After a brief pause, Natalie softly said, “Okay, I see. Be good while you’re home alone.”


    King’s condition was not like most. He didn’t need more than four or five hours of sleep a day, so he


    couldn’t possibly be sleeping during the day, which meant King’s condition must have worsened.


    She immediately called Uriah, and as expected, Uriah said the medicine King needed for digesting


    blood clots had suddenly run out. He had contacted all the local hospitals, and none had it in stock.


    *Could it be avable somewhere farther away?” she asked anxiously.