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A Cue for Love Chapter 1021
How Can It Be You
Samuel’s eyebrows furrowed tightly, and his dark eyes glinted as he kept trying to recall when he had seen Heidi.
After mulling over it, he felt that the only possibility was that while waiting for Natalie at the entrance of the Leitz family, he had unknowingly crossed paths with her.
However, since Samuel only loved Natalie and had no interest in other women, he only thought of her adoration as purely troublesome.
Glancing at the rearview mirror, Jesper noticed Samuel’s piercing gaze and cautiously asked, “Mr. Bowers, although Heidi is merely the second daughter of the Leitz family, I heard that Geert is very fond of this daughter he thought he had lost. Recently, Mrs. Bowers also has business dealings with the Leitz family, so to rashly offend her…”
Offending Heidi is an easy feat. The difficult part is going against her will, which will only affect Mr. Bowers’ power in Loang, and likewise affect the business dealings between Mrs. Bowers and the eldest daughter of the Leitz family.
“So what?” With a firm gaze, Samuel asked in a low voice, “Are you expecting me to give in to this woman’s desire? So what if other women covet it? My body and heart belong to my wife.”
Jesper was rendered speechless, feeling that he had said too much.
Anyway, when it comes to something that would harm the interests of Mrs. Bowers, even dilemmas aren’t negotiable. What’s the use of talking too much? It’ll only result in having to witness Mr. Bowers’ proclamation of affection…
“Mr. Bowers, what are your plans?” Jesper asked gingerly.
“Find a mall afterward and switch outfits with me.” Samuel slowly rolled up his sleeves with a cold gleam in his eyes as he continued, “Let’s be courteous first. When you meet Heidi, pass on a message to her for me…”
Jesper did not have much experience dealing with women, but since it was Samuel’s instructions, no matter how troubled he felt, he could only bite the bullet and agree.
When they arrived at the mall, Samuel and Jesper entered the men’s restroom simultaneously and came out at the same time not long after.
The stalkers were instructed to tail the person with a white shirt and suit pants, so upon seeing Jesper clad in a white shirt, they followed him without any hesitation.
Samuel watched the group of idiots tail Jesper with a contemptuous smirk before leaving the mall in a low-key manner.
At dusk, those men finally made a move on Jesper.
The latter abandoned his body’s conditioned reflexes and allowed himself to be knocked out by a blow to the back of his head and lifted onto a small courier truck.
Upon reaching Fullmoon, Jesper was blindfolded and pushed into a private room covered with red silk.
The private room was decorated amorously, with the red silk thin as a cicada’s wing bathing every item in the room in a red glow and a sensually sweet fragrance from the aromatherapy permeating the air.
An atmosphere like that would naturally arouse one’s sexual instincts.
Heidi observed the man being pushed into the room with her chin resting on her right hand, unable to conceal the delight in her eyes.
She had never developed such strong feelings for a man to the extent of putting her foot down and sending someone to abduct him in this manner.
But what’s the problem with that? I fell in love with him at first sight.
She knew very well that such strong affections only happen once in a lifetime, and she would not get another chance again.
Hence, she had to hold on to him no matter what!
Heidi pulled the shawl off her shoulders, revealing her snow-white shoulders, lifted the red silk, and slowly walked to the man’s side.
As the room was dimly lit, coupled with the fact that the man was blindfolded and his hands were tied, she did not notice anything unusual at first.
However, when Heidi untied the ropes on the man’s wrists and removed the blindfold from his face, she screamed in shock when she discovered that the person in front of her was not Samuel.
“You’re not that man! How can it be you?”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1022
Not Willing To Give Up
Noticing that Heidi had gone quiet, Jesper uttered coldly, “I’ve conveyed Mr. Bowers’ message.”
She cried with a heavy heart, “Wait! I still have something to ask you.”
Jesper stopped and took a deep breath. “Go on, Ms. Leitz.”
“Those photos…”
Understanding dawned upon Jesper, and he replied, “You can rest assured that these photos don’t mean anything, Ms. Leitz. As long as you don’t continue to be so obsessed, these photos will never—”
“I wasn’t asking about that!” Heidi interrupted, “I’m asking about these photos. Has Samuel seen them? Does he think that I’m a filthy and utterly shameless woman?”
Jesper did not expect her to ask him that question. He looked more unsettled, but his tone was still professional and calm. “I’ve made myself very clear just now. Mr. Bowers is married with children. As for whether or not he had seen the photos or what his thoughts are of them, they’re of no importance to you…”
Tears filled Heidi’s eyes, and she instinctively gnashed her teeth.
Jesper shot her a glance. Feeling that he had said enough, he turned and exited the private room, leaving behind Heidi, who looked as though her soul had left her body.
She clutched her chest as tears kept slipping out of her reddened eyes.
I love Samuel so much. If I’d known that I would meet a man like him, I would never have done such an absurd thing! What do I do?
Despite knowing Samuel’s true identity and knowing that he had a significant other, Heidi felt like she had been bewitched, caught in the abyss of love. Not only was she unable to extricate herself, but she was also falling deeper and deeper into it!
Married with children?
The image of Samuel holding an umbrella for Natalie under the rain suddenly came to her mind.
The man would rather get mostly drenched under the pouring rain but still acted like the most loyal knight, holding the umbrella above her head and not allowing a single drop of rain to fall on her. I’d simply thought it was an act of “loyalty” toward his female superior back then. Now that I think about it, with his status, why would he go to such lengths if Natalie isn’t his loved one? Now I know… Everything was destined from the first sight!
Despite knowing the truth, Heidi still could not let it go.
How she wished that the woman treated like a precious treasure by Samuel was her, not Natalie!
My appearance is exquisite and more prominent than Helma’s. Although I can’t compare to her in terms of status, now that I’ve been recognized by my father as the second daughter of the Leitz family, we won’t lose the slightest to Natalie on wealth and background! I won’t accept this! I refuse to accept this outcome, and I don’t want to give up!
At the thought, she picked up the scissors on the table and cut off the red silk in the private room, leaving them scattered all over the ground in pieces.
Natalie was completely unaware of everything that had happened on Heidi’s side as she was currently dissecting a mouse in the lab.
She had purified a particular toxin from Samuel’s blood and injected it into the mouse. In less than two minutes, the mouse made a shrill cry and died from bleeding through all its orifices.
Modern medicine focused on microscopy, while traditional medicine was about macroscopic observation.
From Natalie’s perspective, as long as she could cure the poison in Samuel’s body, she was willing to attempt either way.
Hence, she was now dissecting the mouse and removing its heart and liver for testing.
Ross was her assistant in Chanaea, but since he could not leave the country due to other responsibilities, Natalie hired a new female assistant, Xenia Wilson.
Xenia was a little surprised to see Natalie’s skillful and professional techniques.
She had naively thought that since Natalie had hired her to become her assistant, the latter would leave the dissecting work to her. However, little did she expect such a breathtakingly beautiful woman to be so impressive, as the mouse was neatly dissected in no time.
“Your technique…” Xenia’s eyes flashed with incredulity.
“What about it?” asked Natalie with a frown.
Xenia exclaimed with heartfelt admiration, “It’s amazing!”
The corners of Natalie’s mouth lifted slightly. “It’s all right, I suppose. My skills in dissecting mice aren’t as good as dissecting people.”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1023
Targeted Simultaneously
Xenia furrowed her brows upon hearing that. Only then did she suddenly realize that she had underestimated Natalie.
After completing the dissection process, Natalie threw the scalpel on the tray beside her, took off her mask and gloves, and said, “Xenia, I’ve placed all the necessary dissected items in the petri dish. I’ll leave the testing to you.”
In response, Xenia gave her a thumbs up.
After leaving the lab, Natalie went to the garage to get her car and prepared to go back to Dream to continue with her work.
At that moment, Heidi was observing Natalie, who was walking out of the building, through her sunglasses from the driver’s seat of a Maserati. Her eyes flashed with strong resentment and jealousy as her expression grew murderous.
So this is the woman Samuel loves! I must admit that she’s indeed beautiful. But my looks are comparable to hers. So what if she’s married with children now? That doesn’t mean that she can’t get a divorce in the future.
Heidi took off her sunglasses and fell into deep thought. If my advances on Samuel are unsuccessful, why don’t I shift my target onto her instead?
Meanwhile, there was also a black motorcycle in the parking lot. The female rider wearing a helmet watched as Natalie drove her car out of the parking lot before glancing at her watch, recording the latter’s movements.
Zophie’s eyes gleamed with malice.
I only have one chance to kill Natalie, so I must succeed.
Dark clouds loomed over the sky.
Natalie felt some tightness in her chest but did not dwell on it, merely thinking that the air pressure might be a little low.
It was a little late by the time she returned home, but Emma was kind enough to leave her some food.
Natalie could not help but ask curiously, “I can just eat alone, Emma. Why did you save me two portions?”
“One is for you, and one is for Mr. Bowers,” Emma explained.
“Isn’t Samuel already home? Did he not have dinner with the children? Why didn’t he eat?”
Emma grinned from ear to ear. “I already told him to eat with the children, but he insisted upon waiting for you to come back and eat together.”
She then added, “I used to complain that Mr. Bowers must be a heartless man as he left so many kids for you to care for on your own. But now that I think of it, I’m the one who had misjudged him. Your children have grown, and yet, he pampers you more than he pampers them. This shows that he truly loves you!”
Emma had experienced quite a lot of ups and downs in life, and yet even she spoke highly of Samuel.
Instead of changing the topic bashfully, Natalie nodded proudly. “Yes! I am very lucky to be able to meet and marry him!”
Emma responded with a smile, “I’ll call Mr. Bowers to come down for dinner then.”
She was about to turn around and go upstairs when she saw Samuel coming downstairs. “It seems that I don’t have to. He’s already heading down.”
Emma left after laying out the food.
Natalie held her plate and bit her fork as she asked, “Did you hear what I said to Emma just now?”
“Which part?” Samuel asked with a grin, “Is it the part where you said you’re lucky enough to marry me?”
His precise repetition made her blush instantly.
Still keeping up the pretense, huh? He obviously heard the key phrase, but he’s still pretending to ask which part I’m referring to.
“Why are you asking the obvious?” Natalie pretended to be stern. “I think you just want to bully me!”
“How can I bully you when I love you so much?” Samuel said with a deep gaze, “If you think I bullied you, you can do the same to me. Be it double, triple, or a hundredfold, I’ll allow you to do it without complaints.”
Natalie muttered, “Samuel, where did you learn to say such words from? Why does it feel like you’re getting better at saying sweet nothings after not seeing you for more than a month?”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1024
Loss Of Taste
“This one month has allowed me to completely understand what it feels like to be separated from your loved one.” Samuel’s eyes narrowed slightly as he slowly added, “Many words that I previously found to be cheesy seem to be so much easier to convey now…”
He did not utter those words half-heartedly but with unprecedented sincerity.
Contrary to him, Natalie was merely joking. However, she did not expect to receive such a serious response from him, so she could not help but feel a little surprised.
Not wanting to continue listening to his sweet nothings, she picked up some food and said, “Enough of that. Let’s eat while it’s hot.”
“Okay.”
Natalie preferred spicy food while Samuel’s taste was milder.
However, as Emma was taking care of Natalie before Samuel came along, the food Emma prepared had all the heavy flavors that Natalie preferred.
Emma had prepared pickled fish that day. No one knew what kind of spices she used, but even Natalie, who enjoyed spicy food, could not help but take a few more bites.
However, after Samuel had some of it, his visage was still pretty much bereft of emotion.
“What do you think of the fish, Samuel?” Natalie asked with a slight frown.
He narrowed his eyes. “Why do you ask?”
Natalie’s left hand clenched into a fist, but she still pretended to be calm and asked, “Don’t you think the pickled fish that Emma prepared today is quite mildly-flavored?”
Without hesitation, Samuel nodded and replied with a smile, “Yes. This fish is very bland. Maybe Emma knows I don’t like heavy-flavored food, so she made it tasteless. I’ll tell her to pay attention to the taste in the future.”
Natalie was stunned by his words.
The fish… is bland? How can it be?
She kept her eyes glued to him for a moment as if she wanted to see right through him.
Samuel couldn’t tell that I was lying, and he, a person who dislikes heavy-flavored food, had almost no reaction when he ate the pickled fish. There’s only one possibility… He has lost his sense of taste. He can’t taste anything at all!
Natalie clenched her fist tighter, and she could feel her heart aching.
This man… Even though his condition has begun to deteriorate and the toxin has begun to erode his nervous system, he still acts as though nothing’s wrong before me to the point that I can’t even tell that the poison has taken effect.
Although she knew that Samuel was acting to deceive her, she still had to play along with him.
He’s keeping it a secret because he doesn’t want me to worry. In the same way, I’ll keep mum because I don’t want him to worry about it.
At that thought, Natalie unfurled her fist, placed her hand on the table, and held his hand. “You don’t need to tell Emma about this. It’s fine to eat milder-flavored food since you like it. Besides, it’s also good for your health.”
Samuel nodded with a smile. “As you wish.”
“Okay.”
Despite the pain in her chest, she had to smile widely so that he would not detect anything.
Both Natalie and Samuel were extremely stubborn. Unless absolutely necessary, neither of them was willing to show their weak side.
The next day, Natalie received a call from the Leitz family.
“Is this Ms. Nichols speaking?”
Natalie had only met Helma a few days ago, and Anna was also busy with the design draft. By right, even if Helma wanted to see the design draft sooner, she wouldn’t be this eager to see it.
Hence, Natalie was a little surprised to receive the call but quickly composed herself.
“That’s me. Can I help you?”
“Ms. Leitz would like to meet you,” the man on the phone drawled.
Natalie subconsciously felt that the design direction of the jewelry might need to be revised, so she nodded. “No problem. I’m free at any time.”
“I’ll set the meeting as tonight then. I’ll send you the location later.”
“Okay.”
After hanging up the phone, Heidi turned off the male voice changer and reverted to her original alluring female voice.
“I’d like to see if Samuel will still want you if you were defiled, Natalie!”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1025
Will Not Disappoint Them
In the afternoon, the plane Steven took cut across the sky and landed at Yaleview International Airport.
After arriving in the city, he eagerly rushed to Natalie and Samuel’s residence.
When Emma opened the door and saw yet another good-looking young man standing at the doorstep, she grew curious. What’s going on lately? Ever since I started working for this family, all the men I saw are more handsome than the celebrities on television.
“Who are you?” she asked hesitantly.
“I’m here for—”
Steven was just about to answer Emma when he heard Franklin and Sophia walking toward him.
Sophia crinkled her bright eyes upon noticing that Steven had also come to Yaleview. “Uncle Steven,” she called out to him softly.
“Ms. Sophia, Mr. Franklin, did you just call him Uncle Steven? He’s your—” Emma gasped in surprise.
“That’s right.” Franklin crossed his arms over his chest and nodded. “He’s Daddy’s younger brother, our uncle.”
Steven could not contain his excitement when he saw Franklin and Sophia again. At once, he wanted to dash over and embrace the cuddly girl.
Alas, it seemed that Franklin had seen through his intention as the boy pulled his sister behind him, leaving Steven’s arms hovering in the air.
“Franklin, I just wanted to hug Sophia.”
“That’s not allowed.” Franklin arched his brow and said domineeringly, “If you want to hug Sophia, you’ll have to go through me, Xavian, and Clayton. You have to get our permission first before you can touch her. Now that they’re both not here, this matter is non-negotiable.”
Steven was rendered speechless by his words.
No matter how long it has been, they still have me wrapped around their little fingers, even though I’m their uncle.
After finding out his identity, Emma hurriedly invited Steven into the house.
In the living room, Samuel was discussing something with Justin.
The latter was puzzled when he did not see Natalie anywhere, so he inquired, “Samuel, where’s Natalie?”
“She was tired last night. Since she might be busy again tonight, I asked her to rest now.” Samuel took a sip of coffee before answering him at a slow pace.
Ever since Natalie learned about the poison in his body, she had been burying herself in medical books and journals, despite saying nothing about it. It was all to find an antidote or any means to slow down the poison’s effects.
To conceal her real intention from him, she used work as an excuse to lock herself in the study and researched intensively, forgoing food and sleep. The night before, she stayed up late and only returned to the bedroom to sleep beside him at four in the morning.
The woman assumed that he knew nothing about it, but the truth was that he had been awake the whole time, waiting for her to get in bed with him.
The both of them tacitly put up an act. Perhaps it was not hard to see through each other’s acting. However, the couple had come to an unanimous decision to turn a blind eye to the truth.
Samuel’s answer was nothing out of the ordinary, but Justin took it to mean something far from pure and innocent.
Unable to suppress his shock, he coughed violently. “Samuel, your body is truly…”
At that moment, he was thoroughly impressed with Samuel’s physique.
He’s poisoned, yet he can still tire Natalie out until she needs to sleep in. And when she’s done resting, he plans to continue with it at night.
Seeing the astonishment on Justin’s face, Samuel knew he had misunderstood. “What nonsense are you spouting? You can make fun of me, but not her. She has been really tired lately… It’s all for my work and the poison inside of me…”
The realization dawned upon Justin. He was the one being vulgar. In an instant, he sobered and asked, “Natalie’s drained from work. Should we ask her to stop for a while?”
“Stop? Do you think money is what’s driving her to work so hard?” Samuel chuckled and answered his own question, “The reason she works so hard isn’t only for herself but for the thousands of employees working for her. She’s Dream’s chairwoman now, their leader. If she stops, her followers will have to stop too. She’d rather tire herself out than disappoint those that follow her loyally.”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1026
Let Bygones Be Bygones
Right after those words fell from Samuel’s lips, Justin felt like he had just heard his best friend profess his love for his wife again.
“Natalie is truly an impressive woman! She’s not lesser than any men,” he praised from the bottom of his heart. “Compared to her, I realized my life had been running too smoothly. The talents and capabilities I’m so proud of are nothing compared to hers!”
Justin’s words were sincere, so he did not expect Samuel to tease him about it.
With joy brimming in his eyes, Samuel inclined his head in agreement. “Those are hard facts.”
Justin could not come up with a quip.
While Samuel and Justin were happily chatting away in the living room, Steven walked into the room under Emma’s lead.
The second he saw his brother, he strode over to the latter.
Worried that Steven would get too impulsive and punch Samuel, Justin shot to his feet and stood between the brothers.
With one arm placed before Steven’s chest, he exclaimed, “Steven, calm down! Things are not what you think they were. Everything was a misunderstanding. Calm down first. We can talk it out slowly—”
Steven’s brows were furrowed as he demanded, “Justin, move out of the way!”
“I won’t!” With a determined look, Justin insisted, “Steven, your brother isn’t who you think he is! He didn’t let anyone down!”
Steven shot a deep look at Samuel, who was behind Justin, and spoke. “Justin, you don’t have to explain anything. I got it! I misunderstood him before, but there aren’t any more misunderstandings now. I know about everything.”
Justin was taken aback by the revelation and stared at him with disbelief written all over his face.
Even Samuel narrowed his eyes at Steven. He, too, was unaware that Steven had already found out about the truth.
Justin questioned dubiously, “Did you say that you know about everything? Who told you? What else did that person tell you?”
Just as Steven was about to explain everything to him patiently, a woman wearing a white nightgown ambled down the stairs. Although the cotton nightgown was plain without excessive decorations, it perfectly outlined her voluptuous figure.
Under their gazes, Natalie took her time to walk toward them.
“Justin, I was the one who told Steven.”
As the missing puzzle clicked into place, Justin caught on belatedly and nodded with a dazed expression.
Meanwhile, Samuel’s gaze swept across her exposed legs underneath the hem of her nightgown. They were long and fair and gleamed under the natural lighting. They were so beautiful that they hurt his eyes, yet he found it impossible to look away.
Natalie wanted to greet Steven, but Samuel had already grabbed her wrist, stopping her from taking another step forward.
“What’s wrong?”
The man then took a blanket from the couch and wrapped it over her waist, covering her legs.
“Uh…” Natalie felt a little awkward and mumbled, “It’s just a slightly shorter nightgown. You don’t have to go to this extent.”
“Unless they are women,” Samuel retorted coldly.
Women? Women!
Steven and Justin immediately fell silent and averted their gazes.
After Samuel was done putting the blanket around Natalie, Justin lamented, “I thought I would be here to talk business, yet all I did was watch a romance movie, and it doesn’t seem like it’s stopping anytime soon!”
Natalie’s hearing was sharp enough to hear his remark. “Justin, if you’re not happy about it, feel free to find a girlfriend and act lovey-dovey in front of us,” she teased immediately.
Justin shook his head. “No! Please don’t! I’m perfectly happy with being single. I absolutely do not want to fall in love.”
At that, she stopped teasing him, putting her hand over her mouth to cover her smile. Those words mean nothing. I used to declare I would cut off love from my life in the past, but look where I ended up. In the end, Samuel’s gentleness has me completely ensnared.
Still, she did not forget about the earlier topic. Smiling, she said to Samuel, “By the way, I secretly told Steven about it. Since I already knew the truth, I figured I didn’t have to hide it from him. You two should let bygones be bygones.”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1027
I Cannot Bear To Waste Time
Steven nodded and turned to Samuel with red-rimmed eyes. “Sam, I’m your younger brother. I should’ve realized sooner that you were poisoned, but I—”
The lump in his throat made it impossible for him to continue his sentence.
“But I acted like an impulsive teen and said some terrible things to you. I even got physical with you. I’m sorry. Sam, I hope you can forgive me, your immature brother.”
Steven’s apology was straightforward and sincere.
Samuel patted his brother’s shoulder and said earnestly, “Why are you apologizing? You’re the type that can’t hide your feelings, especially to people who are the closest to you. Since I needed to hide it from Nat, I had to hide it from you too. Moreover, I don’t have much time left and my death won’t be a piece of good news. Thus, I would rather have you hate me than have everyone be depressed with me.”
Steven understood it. He understood everything.
As sadness filled his heart, he nodded without a word. There was no need to state everything explicitly.
He was aware of the sacrifices Samuel had made for him and the Bowers family.
The Bowers family’s path to glory was not that smooth in the earlier days. Samuel was the one who shouldered all the pressure so that their family could retain their honor. On the other hand, Steven was able to live freely, never once experiencing the harshness of the world.
“Sam, I’m only here to talk to you and will leave afterward.” Steven said somberly, “I don’t know anything about antidotes, and I also know that you and Natalie’s feelings for each other are deep-rooted.
You’ll be anywhere she is. All I can do for you as your brother is to manage the company well in your place while you’re away so that you can concentrate on being with Natalie and be cured of the poison.”
Gazing at Steven’s reddened eyes, Samuel was shocked by his heartfelt words.
Steven is my brother, who has different likes and dislikes from me. Before I met Natalie, I never knew the difference between like and dislike. However, Steven was born a carefree spirit, a traveler who hates being restricted. Despite that, he was able to say those words willingly. He has matured much compared to the past.
“Thank you.” Samuel extended his hand.
Steven grabbed it and laughed. “Sam, since when have we become so courteous with each other?”
The tightly clasped hands were filled with a passion that only existed between blood brothers.
Natalie and Justin were glad to see the brothers clear the air, and they watched them with a smile on their faces.
Steven did not stay for dinner and got a ride from Justin to the international airport for his flight back to Dellmoor.
Samuel caressed Natalie’s cheek and removed a fallen lash from beneath her eye.
“Thank you,” she said.
“What is there to thank me?” His gaze was filled with affection as he continued, “I should be the one to say thank you. You couldn’t have just told Steven the truth.
It can’t be as simple as that; you must have said something else too. Not only did he not blame me for lying to him, but he also took the initiative to shoulder the Bowers family’s burden. Honestly, I’m curious. What did you tell him?”
Natalie wrapped her arms behind his neck and said, “It wasn’t anything special. I just asked him to listen to his heart and decide whether he loves or hates you more.”
Samuel was stunned. “Is that also why you didn’t get mad at me for hiding it from you?”
“I was mad. How could I not be?” Natalie lifted her head and gently touched the tip of his nose with hers. “If you only have six months left to live, we would’ve wasted one-fifth of the time from all the unnecessary dawdling!
It’s exactly because of that one-fifth of the time we’ve wasted that I don’t want to waste another hour, another minute, and another second on pointless things. No matter how much time is left, I will cherish every moment between us. I can’t bear to waste even a second of it.”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1028
Coward
Samuel saw the seriousness in Natalie’s eyes. Of course, I knew how she felt about me. It’s just that I never thought the poison in me would relapse one day after staying dormant all these years.
Despite the profound affection in his heart, he resigned himself to his fate with the passage of time.
Not knowing what to say, Samuel pressed his lips to hers as he found himself drowning in desolation.
The kiss was so gentle that it was engraved in her bones.
They did not express their feelings out loud, but their kiss had revealed too much grief and longing.
When their lips finally separated, Natalie blinked away the sadness in her eyes and put on a smile. “It’s my fault today. I promise this will be my last time saying anything depressing. After today, we’ll spend every day in our lives happily together.”
Samuel ruffled her hair lovingly and cooed, “Okay, I’ll listen to everything you say.”
“Ms. Leitz asked to meet with me tonight…” She paused to glance at the clock hanging on the wall. “It’s almost time. I have to go now, or I’ll be late.”
“Ms. Leitz?” The man narrowed his eyes. What Ms. Leitz? Which Ms. Leitz?
“Ms. Helma from the Leitz family.” Natalie continued, “I think she wants to meet me to discuss the custom-made jewelry for the banquet. Maybe she changed her mind about our previous agreement and wants to tell it to me face to face.”
Samuel had always been respectful about her work, so he would not interfere with all her business affairs. Yet, that time, he voiced, “Did Ms. Leitz give you a call personally?”
“No.” Natalie shook her head. “It was her subordinate, I think.”
“I’ll accompany you.”
“I don’t think there’s a need for that,” she said, thinking it would be troublesome for him. “Even though you have Steven managing the Bowers Corporation in your stead, you can’t be my driver the entire day. It’s a waste of talent!”
Samuel’s eyes darkened. “I’ll not only accompany you today…”
“What are you planning on doing?”
“I’ll settle some of my problems today,” he replied contemplatively, then pinched her cheeks adoringly. “You don’t have to go out of your way to learn about it. You just have to know I won’t let anyone harm you. Think of it as a show if you’re bored.”
The couple had been through so much together, so they knew each other like the back of their hands.
When Natalie heard Samuel’s words, her eyes twinkled, and she smiled flirtatiously. “I’ll be watching from the sidelines then.”
Two hours later, Heidi sat at a dining table, facing a screen that was playing the live feed of surveillance cameras.
She watched as the woman on the screen entered the reserved private room in the restaurant.
As her lips quirked, a hint of malice flashed across her eyes. Despite holding the fork and knife elegantly, she had cut the steak into tiny bits.
“Natalie Nichols, you took the bait just as I expected!”
Heidi cut up the entire steak but did not take a single bite of it. Instead, she sipped on her wine and watched the woman’s every movement from the screen. When she saw the woman in the private room pass out after taking a sip of her drink, her smile grew wider. The cruelty in her eyes could barely be concealed.
The subordinate who stood beside her was terrified and asked hesitantly, “Ms. Heidi, I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to make a move on her secretly. After all, she’s Ms. Helma’s friend.”
Heidi picked up her fork and stabbed it toward her subordinate’s eye.
“Ah!” her subordinate shrieked instinctively.
However, the fork halted less than a centimeter from the subordinate’s eyeball.
“What a coward!”
Seeing the frightened look on her subordinate’s face, Heidi felt thrilled and laughed gleefully.
“What are you scared of? No one will know I’m the mastermind as long as everything wraps up smoothly.” Heidi looked toward the screen with a sharp gaze while a bloodthirsty grin played about her lips. “Stop behaving so timidly! You’re so useless!”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1029
A Very Fine Specimen Indeed
Between the two Leitzes, Heidi and Helma, everyone recognized the genial and gracious Helma as the offspring of the lawfully wedded spouse and knew that the willful and domineering Heidi had been brought back by Geert only when she was close to adulthood.
The sight of the malefic look in Heidi’s eyes drove a creeping fear into the hearts of her subordinates.
“I’m done eating, for now,” said Heidi smilingly while she wiped the grease off her hands with a silky smooth handkerchief. “With me, all of you! Let’s get in there and see how that woman gets sullied!”
The vileness of those words formed a juxtaposition with the glee within Heidi’s eyes when she uttered them.
No matter how horrified her subordinates were, they could only force themselves to reply, “Understood—”
Leaving that supervised room behind, Heidi came upon the secret room hidden within the restaurant’s private room.
That hidden extension that could only be made accessible by activating a switch had not existed inside that restaurant’s private room previously. Its construction, completed within three days, was commissioned by Heidi expressly for Natalie.
Seeing the woman’s eyes covered and her limbs shackled by thick lengths of chains got Heidi cackling even more depravedly.
Mother lost everything in order to save Geert Leitz. Even after she found out about that man’s true identity through the news, she chose to remain silent in order to preserve his family and his future prospects, only to die alone in sickness and despondency. If only Mother had been more courageous… She could have been wedded to Father, and I wouldn’t have to live my life bearing the shame of being an illegitimate child, overshadowed in everything I do by Helma! Therefore I, Heidi Leitz, will never allow myself to become weak and cowardly like Mother was!
Approaching the chains for a closer inspection, Heidi was able to see the reddish welts the woman had left on herself from straining against her bindings. A smidgen of contempt then glinted across Heidi’s eyes.
“Get those three men who we have found earlier in here,” Heidi turned and barked at her subordinates.
“Understood!”
Shortly after, the three men returned to the concealed secret room once more.
Though each of the trio was different in height and build, all were remarkably hideous in appearance and more or less bore some manner of physical disability. The raggedy clothes they had on infrequently gave off a nasty odor.
Picking up on that unbearable stench, Heidi reflexively held a hand to her nose and said in a hoarse voice, “You three, make sure that you show Ms. Nichols here a good time!”
Heidi then paused briefly before she started exclaiming boisterously, “You guys should really treasure this rarity of an opportunity, as this, after all, may very well be the only woman you’d ever be able to touch for the rest of your lives…”
The three disabled men giggled and nodded their heads wildly when they heard what Heidi said. Then, they began to turn their smitten gazes toward the woman at the heart of those array of chains.
Although this woman’s eyes are veiled, it is still easy to tell that she is a real looker with an outstanding figure as well. She’s a very fine specimen indeed.
Under ordinary circumstances, these three men would never have the chance to even touch a woman. The thought of them being able to ravish such a lovely creature had them looking like vultures eyeing a cadaver.
Heidi’s subordinates felt gutted inside when they stole a glance at the chained-up woman. They had actually no intention of rounding up those degenerates but were helpless to do otherwise as these revolting types were exactly what their employer specified.
As much as they felt it was a waste for such a beautiful thing to be tarnished like that, it was not known whether their lamentation was more for her, or for themselves.
“Would you like to go back and rest, Ms. Heidi?”
“No.”
As repulsed as she was by the smell, she nevertheless insisted on staying put.
Even if there are surveillance cameras around, how could that ever compare to the experience of watching it live? Besides, I want to see what else is there to this Natalie Nichols that enables her to get Samuel so besotted, other than being good in bed!
“What are you waiting for?” Heidi shot a look at the three men. “Go on and take her!”
A Cue for Love Chapter 1030
Bunch Of Weaklings
Rubbing their palms together, the trio exchanged quick looks between themselves.
The tall and simian-like man at their lead could hardly contain himself. “I’ll go first!” He made his way toward the chains as he spoke with his eyes filled with avariciousness.
When the man was undoing the buttons on the woman’s clothing, he suddenly felt a hot tingle upon his fingers. It felt discomfiting, as though there were tens of thousands of ants gnawing at him.
It got him thinking that it must be because of his lack of contact with women and touching such a heavenly creature for the first time that brought about that stirring in his heart that, in turn, led to the numbness and burning sensation on his fingertips.
Undressing her is only the beginning. Only what comes after is the real deal!
Consciously enduring that piercing pain, the man continued to work away at the buttons. One, two, three… There are a total of five of them. By the time he got to the fourth one, the pain in his hands was already causing him to twitch and shiver.
“My hands…” the man suddenly howled.
While preparing herself to enjoy the show, Heidi became startled by the man’s cries. “What’s that racket about? What’s wrong with your hands?” she asked with a frown.
Both of the man’s hands were hurting so badly that he was no longer able to tell which one was hurting more.
If it was akin to the sensation of getting gnawed by ants at the start, his hands now felt like they were being plunged into boiling oil. The pain was so excruciating that it even caused his voice to falter. “My hands… It hurts… I can’t move them anymore! It hurts so much! Help me! Please!”
Things went from bad to worst for the man who slumped down, half-kneeling in front of the chains. He was in so much pain that he was sweating buckets and close to collapsing.
The masses had thought of the woman, dressed in a flowing white gown with her eyes bound by a white sash and arms and legs restrained, as an earthly object of desire. Now with the man prostrating before her for forgiveness, that scene evoked a feeling that he was earnestly begging a goddess for her mercy.
They were shocked at themselves for conceiving such a peculiar notion, yet that was what they felt about the imagery they had seen with their own very eyes.
Walking up alongside him, Heidi drove a foot into the man. “Oh, quit whining and get on with it! I’ve spent good money for your pleasure, so don’t you pussy out on me now!”
The man doubled over and fell, but the pain in the spot where Heidi kicked him simply paled in comparison to what he felt in his own hands. At present, the degree of pain had already exceeded his own threshold, and it made him wish that he could just chop his own hands off.
“Ouch… Ouch… Ouch…”
Seeing the lanky man writhing on the floor in agony got Heidi gritting her teeth. She then glared at the other two. “You, and you. He’s out, so you’re up!”
When the other two men saw the lanky one close to wanting to end himself, they feared ending up like him and were so petrified that they dared not move.
“No… I can’t…”
“Argh! I don’t dare to!”
That got Heidi bellowing in sternness, “Hopeless fools, all of you—shirking from such a deal that has been presented to you on a platter! There’s nothing scary about her; it’s he who is being useless! Can’t you see that her limbs have been restrained by chains? What could she possibly do to any of you?”
Those two remained wary in spite of what Heidi said. At one point, they almost seemed tempted to act, but seconds later, they found themselves right back where they started.
“Bunch of weaklings!”
Grabbing whatever random item was within her reach, Heidi hurled them toward the pair. One of the men with a lame foot got bloodied in the face when he was not able to duck in time.
“I’ll show you how it’s done!”
Taking a deep breath, Heidi made her way in Natalie’s direction. The chain-bound woman suddenly wriggled, eliciting a sharp, aggravating sound when metal grated against concrete.
So what if you’ve awakened? What are you going to do while still locked up in chains?
Coming alongside Natalie, Heidi sought to continue undoing the former’s buttons, but it was not long after her hands made contact with Natalie’s clothes that she felt a searing sensation coming instantly from her fingertips. Hiss!
Withdrawing her hands did not stop the pain. Heidi conversely began to feel that same painful sensation of bug gnawing and oil boiling.