Chapter 26
Chapter 26 Take Care of Your Man
The more Natasha spoke, the less confident she became. While she was still ring at Gwendolyn
with fierce hatred, she didn’t have the courage to open the door and confirm her guess.
“Why don’t youe in and find out yourself?” Gwendolyn shrugged, unperturbed, and opened the
door.
Then she pointed at the spot Maverick was previously standing at. “He’s right there!”
Natasha felt her heart clenching, but when she looked in the direction Gwendolyn was pointing it, she
saw only an empty wall.
“Are you toying with me?” Furiously, she glowered at Gwendolyn.
Gwendolyn was stunned, too. He was just standing there! Does he have superpowers or something?
Upon observing Gwendolyn’s expression, Natasha realized something was fishy. Hence, she
exasperatedly pushed Gwendolyn aside and searched through every stall in the restroom.
Gwendolyn stood behind her, wondering where Maverick was hiding.
After the two women went through almost all of the stalls, their lines of sightnded on thest one, its
door left ajar.
Natasha took in a deep breath and pushed the door open.
Like the other stalls, there was nothing inside.
The realization of what had unfolded dawned on Gwendolyn when she noticed an opened window to
the right of the stall. I didn’t expect the person in charge of Wright Construction Group would one day
be forced to escape through a window. I can barely hold back myughter.
Natasha was dumbfounded and started suspecting Gwendolyn again when she saw the grin on the
latter’s face. “If you’re the only person in the restroom, how do you exin the ringtone from earlier?”
In response, Gwendolyn waved her hand instead of answering the question as though she was saying,
“Figure the answer out yourself.”
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Lividly, Natasha threatened Gwendolyn with gritted teeth. “You no longer have any ties with Mave,
Gwendolyn! I’m warning you, stay as far away from him as possible! If I find out you still want to seduce
him, I won’t let you off!”
Gwendolyn smiled and replied, undeterred, “I’m not the type of person who’ll get back with an ex.
However, if you piss me off, I don’t mind snatching everything you want away, including the man.”
“You!” For a moment, Natasha couldn’te up with a retort because she was stunned by the cold
look in Gwendolyn’s eyes.
Before Gwendolyn left, she spared one more nce at Natasha and scorned, “Onest thing. Keep
that man of yours under control, and don’t let him bother me again because both of you disgust me.”
“You b*tch!” While that irritated Natasha immensely, she had no idea what she could do. Why didn’t
those thugs fromst night seed? Godd mit!
After she washed her hands, she stomped out of the restroom angrily.
She only took two steps away from the restroom when she heard a familiar voice calling out from
behind. “Tasha.”
When Natasha twirled back, she saw Maverick sauntering out of the male restroom calmly, which put
her worries to rest. Maybe I was too anxious earlier. It’s possible that the ringtone came from the male
restroom. “Did you hear what I said in the restroom corridor earlier, Mave?”
“I did.” He nodded.
She blushed instantly. I hope my shouting carlier didn’t leave a bad impression on him! “I’m sorry, it’s
my fault. I thought you were in the female restroom earlier, so I lost my cool. I promise I won’t ever
suspect you or yell again.”
Silently, Maverick gazed at her with an unfathomable look.
When he noticed the bruised look in her eyes, he suddenly recalled herte–night visit yesterday. He
didn’t see her, so she spent a huge chunk of the night standing in front of the mansion’s entrance and
talking about the past.
While he felt somewhat threatened, he waspelled to keep his word and agreed to her request for
them to get engaged.
However, at some point, Natasha started to look more and more unfamiliar to him, so much so that he
sometimes wondered if she was the bright–eyed girl he had met years ago.
“You seem to have changed a lot after staying overseas for a few years,” Maverick uttered
expressionlessly before stepping past Natasha and toward the restaurant.
Upon hearing that, Natasha was stunned, as though she had been struck by lightning. Why did he look
at me like that? Did he figure something out?
Joaquin was about to search for Gwendolyn when she returned to her seat.
In response, he released a sigh of relief and inquired, “Why were you gone for so long, Gwendolyn?”
“What’s the matter?” she answered with a question of her own after noticing his expression.
“Mr. Harris sent someone to ry a message to you. The messenger said that he found something
regarding the matter you asked him to investigate yesterday and that you should visit him when you
have the time.”
“All right, I’ll visit him now.”
“Hey, wait! At least finish your food first!” As he shouted begrudgingly, Gwendolyn had already left in a
car.
Meanwhile, Maverick sent Natasha back to the hotel once their meal ended.
Staring at the cold, sterile room, Natasha somewhat unhappily pulled his hand and acted coyly. “We’re
already engaged, Mave. Can’t I return to the mansion with you and stay there instead?”
Reflexively, Maverick frowned. I told her I couldn’t bring her back to that mansion. Why is she bringing it
up again?
Even though he was not pleased he stillforted, “Just wait a little longer, all right? I’ll ask someone
to arrange a suitable residence for you as quickly as possible.”
Upon detecting his dissatisfaction, she felt even more aggrieved. Why does Gwendolyn have the right
to live in that mansion as thedy of the house for three years while I can’t even step foot into the
building?
As much as she wanted to ask him that question, she knew he disliked women whoined and
had jealous fits.
“It’s fine if I can’t go to the mansion, but can you stay and keep mepany in the hotel for a night? I
don’t like how deste the hotel feels.” Most men would find it impossible not to be moved by her
delicate, submissive voice and sympathetic, aggrieved demeanor.
However, Maverick didn’t even spare a nce at her. It was rather hard to tell what he was thinking by
looking at his surreptitious expression.
“I still have matters to take care of in thepany. You should rest early.” Then he forcefully pulled his
hand away from hers and left.
After the door closed, she slid onto the carpet and sat, her eyes wet with tears.
Why did everything change after I returned to the country? He’s not as doting and caring to me as he
once was. Is it because he has found out the truth? Fear crept onto her countenance.
Just as she thought about it dejectedly, the door was opened again, and a pair of men’s ck leather
shoes entered her vision.
“Mave! I knew you wouldn’t-” Before Natasha could finish her sentence, she raised her head and saw
that Noah had entered the room, not Maverick.
Her excitement was swiftly reced with sorrow once more.
It pained him slightly to see how lonely she appeared. However, he had no choice but to ignore her
feelings for the moment. “I’m sorry for disturbing you, Ms. Mossey. However, there’s something urgent I
need to ask you about.”
“Ask away. I’ll answer your question seriously.” Natasha squeezed out a smile, which wounded him
emotionally even more.
Softly, he inquired, “Did you know Ms. Shalders was surrounded by a bunch of thugs when she left
workst night?”
She responded in bewilderment, “What? Is Gwendolyn fine?”
“She’s fine. Luckily, Boss was therest night and took care of the thugs. However, he wanted me to
investigate the mastermind behind the assault.” As Noah exined, he studied her expression.
In response, she seemed to release a sigh of relief. “That’s good to know.”
Then, she acted as though she suddenly understood what Noah really meant and gazed at him in
disbelief. “Did youe here to ask me that question because you think I was the one who sent those
thugs to hurt Gwendolyn?”