Nathaniel Nathan felt a sense of satisfaction at her words, but he feigned impatience. "I get it. After I leave, I won’t even glance at another female."
Vera Xavier: "..."
After finally coaxing Master Nathan to leave, she felt ntally and physically exhausted. ’Great. After all that commotion, there’s no way I can calm down and read.’ She simply took off her clothes, got into bed, and prepared to sleep.
Then, to her utter dismay, she realized she was actually worried about him!
She was worried he might encounter danger on his mission. Worried his post would be too remote. Worried about whether he’d have enough to eat and a warm place to sleep.
Vera Xavier sat up and pressed her temples. ’I must be a real masochist,’ she thought. ’After everything he put through, he’s barely gone, and I’m already starting to miss him.’
’I’m a hopeless case!’
The next few days were relatively peaceful. The only difference was that Cara Preston no longer put on a fake, friendly act whenever she saw Vera. Instead, every ti they crossed paths, Cara would glare daggers at her.
Vera Xavier had no complaints. After all, the sight of Cara Preston always nauseated her. Now that Cara was no longer getting in her face, she was happy to have the peace and quiet.
Her deskmate officially beca Shane Caldwell. She hadn’t known much about Shane in her past life, but in this one, she had already pegged him as arrogant.
She wasn’t sure if what she’d said last ti had provoked Shane Caldwell, but after they beca deskmates, he stopped making those sour, jealous remarks. Instead, he began frantically working through practice problems.
Vera Xavier found this version of him much less trouble than she’d anticipated, except for the one comnt he made when he first started his drills: "Vera Xavier, I swear I’ll take back the number one spot you stole from !"
Vera Xavier responded coolly, "Then good luck with that."
At the ti, Shane Caldwell seed to get angry and shot her a fierce glare, but she didn’t pay it any mind.
When she got ho from school that afternoon, she was surprised to find Master Nathan there. She greeted him politely, "Hello, Mr. Nathan!"
The mont Master Nathan saw her, he broke into a grin that stretched from ear to ear. "Just call Grandpa. Adding my last na makes it sound so distant!"
He even winked at her after he finished speaking. ’Great,’ she thought. He had managed to take a simple sentence and give it a completely different flavor.
’Now she finally understood why Nathaniel Nathan always said such outrageous things. Apparently, it was hereditary.’
Zachary Preston, who was standing nearby, smiled as well. He could tell Master Nathan genuinely liked Vera and wanted her as his granddaughter-in-law. He said, "Mr. Nathan has sothing he wants to say to you."
Vera Xavier looked toward Master Nathan, who said with a smile, "I’ve always been direct, so I won’t beat around the bush. I’m here to ask you to co stay at my house for a while. You might not know this, but Nathaniel left for a mission last night, so he isn’t ho. You’ve t our housekeeper, and she’s not exactly soone who can take charge. Plus, I have a heart condition. So, just in case, I’d like to ask you to co over and keep an old man like company. Would you be willing?"
Vera Xavier froze. ’I know that with the Nathan Family’s wealth and connections, they could easily hire a professional caregiver from a hospital or a nursing ho,’ she thought. ’For Master Nathan to co here and ask to be his so-called companion... this has to be Nathaniel Nathan’s idea. I’m almost certain of it.’
Before Vera Xavier could speak, Cara Preston, who had co ho right behind her, piped up with an objection. "I’m afraid that isn’t very appropriate, is it? Mr. Nathan, you’re not in good health, and my sister isn’t a professional caregiver. Even if she went to the Nathan family ho, she wouldn’t be of much help."
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