“Okay. Don’t mention this matter to anyone else, understood?” Jasper Milton said in a low voice. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Natalie Wheeler coming toward him. He turned around and looked at her. His eyes were dark and cold.
Natalie went to the bathroom. She glanced at Jasper and felt that there was no need to greet him. She walked into the bathroom and washed her hands. From the reflection of the mirror, she saw Jasper coming in.
He just looked at her resolutely as if he was surmising something, but he did not say anything.
Natalie looked away, washed her hands, wiped them dry with a tissue, and went out as if she did not know him.
“Let’s chat for a bit,” Jasper said in a low voice as she walked past him.
“Sorry, I don’t have time,” Natalie refused directly.
“If you are playing hard to get, I advise you not to do it as it would not work on me. I will not give you any chance to talk to me next time,” Jasper said coldly.
Natalie’s lips twitched. She then walked straight ahead without stopping.
Jasper frowned and looked at her, his gaze deepening by the second.
When she returned to the private room, Allen had already poured some red wine for her.
She raised her glass and looked at the red liquid inside, swirling it slightly, as if she was thinking about something. She seemed as though she had entered into a trance.
“What’s wrong? Did you run into someone just now? You don’t seem to be in a good mood,” Allen asked with concern.
Natalie looked at Allen and took a sip of the wine. She then poured the whole glass into her mouth and swallowed the wine gradually.
She felt a little dizzy and her vision started blurring after chugging the wine. Her face flushed naturally, “Mr. Allen, you like me, don’t you? Or shall I say that you’re attracted to me?”
Allen smiled gently, “You’re the most straightforward girl I’ve ever met. Yes, I like you. I’m attracted to you.”
“Let’s get together then,” Natalie said directly.
“Huh?” Allen was surprised.
Natalie smiled and poured herself more red wine, “I only have one request.”
“Yes?” Allen looked at Natalie blankly, but there was not a trace of a smile in his eyes.
Natalie looked at his expression and smiled even more brightly, “Since we’ll be starting our relationship in such a simple way, if either one of us asks to break up, we will separate without any hesitation. Is that okay?”
“Oh… it’s just, a little too sudden,” Allen said awkwardly.
“Is it more sudden than you having a medical emergency on the plane?” Natalie took away the red wine glass in front of him, glanced at him calmly, and said,
“You should not be drinking wine with your current health condition. You should rest more too. Anyway, I can go back by myself. You should consider what I had said earlier. If you don’t want to begin a relationship with me, that’s okay too. Contact me once you have arranged for us to meet Mr. Stephen.” Natalie then got up.
“Aren’t you eating supper?” Allen asked.
“First, I do not usually give chances to men.
Secondly, the purpose of having supper with you was to talk about the meeting with Mr. Stephen.
Thirdly, if we get together, there would be plenty of chances to eat together in the future. If we don’t, this meal would just be a waste of our time.
Fourthly, the person I am now is the person I am going to be in the future. If I pretend to be a gentle and considerate woman now and let you discover my nature later in the relationship, it would only make us both suffer and regret ever getting together.
I am leaving now. Mr. Allen, have a sweet dream,” Natalie picked up her handbag.
“I’ll send you back,” Allen stood up as well.
“I apply the same concept for sending me back home too. Have a good rest,” Natalie walked out of the private room and called Eli.
“I’m leaving now. You haven’t gone far yet, have you? Wait for me at the entrance,” Natalie said bluntly.
“That fast? The dishes haven’t been served yet, right? Did you fail to persuade Mr. Allen?” Eli asked in surprise.
“Let’s talk about it in the car,” Natalie said in a low voice. She hung up the phone and walked into the elevator.
In the car.
Eli was shocked and her eyes were wide in disbelief. She stared at Natalie as if she was a monster, “Did you really propose to Allen?”
Natalie was very calm and she reminded, “Look ahead when you are driving.”
“No…” Eli was anxious and she stopped the car on the side of the road. She did not believe it at all, “Natalie, are you for real? This is not your style. You aren’t possessed, are you?”
“Allen does have a lot of strengths, but he has a distinct weakness too.”
“What’s that?” Eli looked at Natalie in confusion.
“He is not a loyal person,” Natalie said with certainty.
Eli was so angry that she hit Natalie, “You knew that he is not a loyal person, then why do you still want to date him? Are you out of your mind? Or is this side effect of the new medicine?”
Natalie turned to look at Eli and explained, “His condition fits my current situation well. I need a boyfriend to eliminate Jasper’s suspicion and Frederick’s entanglement. He could even protect me after you leave.”
“But he is a playboy. He might only be interested in you for three months. What would you do after that? Aren’t you going to be taken advantage of by him for no reason?” Eli was worried.
Natalie smiled and said, “Allen’s affection towards me is different from what you had imagined. He was just testing the waters. When I proposed to date him, he was unwilling to do so.”
Eli was confused, “What do you mean?”
“His gentleness and elegance are inborn. His cultivated self-restraint since he was a child made him unable to refuse a woman’s request unless it crosses his bottom line. So, if I do not give him my consent, he would not touch me.”
“Then…” Eli bit her words back, “What if he falls in love with you?”
“He is a perfectionist, while I am a person with a lot of defects. As time goes by, he will naturally think that I am not suitable for him,” Natalie said frankly.
“What if he doesn’t agree then?”
Natalie was still indifferent, “That would be great then. At least he would be pestering me in the future.”
“Is that so?” Eli had a strange feeling, “Allen stays in France and you’re in A country. You would not have much time to meet each other.”
“For me, his existence is just convenient for me to tell others that I have a boyfriend.”
“It seems like you are lying to him,” Eli said softly.
“He will find someone more suitable for him while he is dating me. I am just here to fill in his period of loneliness perhaps, his burnout period. When he finds his Mrs. Right, he will naturally break up with me,” Natalie said calmly to Eli.
“Are you saying that he hasn’t broken up with his fourth girlfriend yet?” Eli asked in surprise.
“I suppose so. With his family background, the woman who was introduced by his parents must be pretty good, and he could not reject them directly. But Allen has high EQ, and he should be able to deal with their relationship before it becomes official.”
“In that case, wouldn’t you have a very powerful love rival?” Eli was worried.
“I don’t even have a lover. How could I even have a love rival?” Natalie said. At that moment, she saw a figure flashing past in front of her.
Eli saw it as well and stopped the car in a hurry.
They immediately came down to check.
An old woman was lying on the ground and she shouted at Natalie, “Stella, I finally found you.”