It was he who failed to protect her and stand by her during difficult times.Seeing Joshua's regretful expression following the sight of the pendant, Natalie knew what he was feeling, but she pretended not to notice and slowly picked up the pendant.She gathered the items into her bag and began to walk away.Furrowing his brows, Joshua said in a deep voice, "Stop."She did not halt her steps, clearly having made up her mind. As she was about to leave the gates of the Grayson residence, Joshua signaled to the bodyguard anxiously.Following his orders, the bodyguards promptly stood up and intercepted Natalie.She pretended to be annoyed, saying, "Let me go. I'm too ashamed to stay here."Joshua strode toward her, reached out, and gently pulled her back into the house.She had her gaze lowered. Staring at the woman before him, Joshua sighed and said, "Natty, stop being stubborn."She remained silent and refused to look at him.After a moment of silence, he said softly, "You've
Joshua stood up when he saw Lorelei. "Mom, you're here."Natalie stood up as well, looking obedient as she remained by Joshua's side.Lorelei snorted. "I thought you'd forgotten I existed."Joshua accepted a cup of coffee from Greg and placed it by Lorelei's hand. He didn't get angry at her words. "What's that supposed to mean, Mom?" He continued with concern, "Have you taken your medication today? How are you doing?"Lorelei pointed at Natalie. "Ask her what I mean. Ask her what just happened!"Natalie didn't say anything. Joshua glanced at her, then said, "It's my fault for not telling you about Natalie's return to the country. "I didn't have time to tell you because it happened too recently, but you can't take out your resentment on her."Or perhaps Natasha said some things to you about Natalie, making you prejudiced against her. Natalie's a great woman, though. She's not like what others say…"Lorelei sneered. "Do you know why Natalie is back in the country, then? She ch
Joshua said grimly, "Don't blame yourself for this. Mom's the unreasonable one. Don't worry, though. I'll have a proper conversation with her when I have the time."Honestly, I have no idea when she became like this. She can't even control her emotions anymore! "I'm sorry about this, but it seems you'll have to tolerate her after you've married me."Natalie played with her fingers. "Well, are you gonna spend the night with me, Josh? It's already so late."She and Joshua hadn't slept together since they met each other, and it wasn't for the lack of trying. None of her past attempts had succeeded; she wanted to give it another shot.Once she was pregnant with Joshua's child, Lorelei wouldn't be so adamant anymore. She would have even more reason to marry Joshua."I'll be sleeping at the company tonight. I'll drop you off at the apartment first," Joshua said calmly. There had been too many issues at the company. The research for the new drug they were developing had plateaued,
Herb Valley in Topola was the only place where licorice roots grew. Did that mean these herbs had been delivered from Topola? Who was behind them? And if they knew what drug Natasha was researching, were they watching her?She couldn't make heads or tails of it. She took the herbs out of the box and scrutinized them. Growing up in the Sullivan family had made Natasha know herbs like the back of her hand. It was obvious these herbs hadn't been tampered with. In fact, they seemed to be of premium quality.She raised an eyebrow. Since someone had delivered such quality goods to her, it would be rude for her to make their kindness go to waste. She wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth—it'd be a tragedy not to use such premium herbs for her research.As for whoever was watching her, it didn't look like she could pinpoint whether they were friend or foe for the time being. And even if the mastermind tried to do something to harm her in the future, she had her ways of findi
An idea occurred to Natalie as she took in Joshua's perfect face. She got up to make coffee. Then, she carefully brought it over to Joshua's desk. For some reason, she lost her grip on the mug and accidentally spilled some coffee on her skirt. She yelped.Joshua hurriedly grabbed some tissues to wipe the coffee away. "Why were you so careless? Did it scald you?""I didn't do it on purpose. I only wanted to make you some coffee; I don't know why I lost my grip on the mug. Don't get mad at me, please…" Natalie shook her head as she spoke. "I didn't get scalded. I waited for it to cool down a little before bringing it to you."Joshua couldn't tell whether she was actually injured because she was fully clothed, so he was worried. He pulled his phone out and made a call. "Have a doctor come to my office right now."Natalie shook her head. "I'm fine, really. There's no need to go to such trouble. It's just that I can't wear these clothes anymore."Joshua caressed her head and
Natalie couldn't recover from the blow of being pushed away. Why did someone have to knock on the door at that moment? She fumed.Then, she straightened her clothes and composed herself. She tried to keep her expression normal as she followed Joshua out of the lounge."Sir, something's cropped up…" Ben said while knocking on the door. He was halfway through his sentence when the office door opened. Joshua stood before him emotionlessly; Natalie stood behind him in her white dress.She looked just like Natasha! Ben couldn't help taking a few more glances. Whoever she was, she had a sort of guileless beauty that made one's heart go out to her.He couldn't help thinking about Natasha's face. Her beauty was also filled with innocence, but there were hints of allure. When combined, Natasha gave one the feeling that she was elegant and classy. She had an extra hint of iciness that Natalie didn't.Now that he was looking closer, Ben couldn't help thinking that Natalie and Natasha
Joshua's expression was ugly, but the anger in his voice wasn't obvious. "So, will the drug's production be delayed because of this failure? How long will it take?"The drug's production was of the utmost importance to Grayson Corporation. They'd failed to develop their anti-cancer drug all these years, and Blenoxane, their flagship drug, had been licensed to them by Radiance Biomed.Now that something was wrong with this anti-cancer drug, Joshua's heart raced as anger washed over him."It'll be delayed by… at least two years…"Two years? It'd be too late for them by the time they could produce the drug! Joshua's gaze turned ice-cold, and he exuded frostiness. "Do you think you hold some responsibility for this?""Yes, sir…" the person in charge said tremulously. He knew how important the drug was to Grayson Corporation. He couldn't help trembling all over."You can pack your things now. Don't ever show up before me again." Joshua's voice was cold and ruthless. He couldn't ca
It didn't take long for Ben to enter the room and say, "I've already spoken to the people at Radiance Biomed, sir. "They said their president isn't in the country and that they have no idea where he is.""Not in the country?" Joshua's frown deepened. He looked at Ben. "Are you sure they're telling the truth and that Zack isn't just looking for excuses not to meet with us?"Ben scratched his head. "We're pretty sure Radiance Biomed isn't lying—they haven't seen Zack for days. "The possibility of them lying occurred to me, so I probed a few other companies for some news. They haven't seen him around, either."Joshua twisted his silver cufflinks as his frown deepened even more. Then, he waved a hand at Ben. "You can go now."Natasha received a call from Ryan in the morning. He told her the laboratory was ready. She excitedly prepared to head over there.She drove to the laboratory, where Ryan was already waiting for her. Though he was her assistant, he hadn't seen her for thr