Natale spat out a mouthful of ck blood. After resting on the couch for a while, het vision gradually cleared, and she saw the tall, beautiful woman who had just been a blurry


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    Instantly, Natalie froze in shock at the sight before her -The woman had timed out to be Marcus. Her give shot down to her chest.


    Marcus had just coveted her with a nket, wrapping it tightly around her. But the silver needles were still in her chest, and she remembered that she had unbuttoned her shim to ce them.


    That meant Marcus might have seen her body.


    Natalie''s expression shifted for a moment before she regained herposure. No matter what, Marcus had saved her.


    “Are you alright?” Marcus asked, his voice soft with coorm


    Natalie paused, them remembered her dispose. She was pretending to be a man.


    She lowered her voice, deliberately shitting it into a sultry, smoky bone. Thank you for saving me,


    Mus seemed to rx, though a flicker of doubt remained. "Are you here to see De Elim for treatment?


    Natalie nodded. "Yes"


    Marcus''s tone grew colder as he said, "She''s rather responsable, isn''t she? Learning a patient alone after acupunctures caress."


    His thoughts tuned to Charles-he suddenly worried about letting Natalie une acupuncture treatment o Natalie blinked, contused. How did her aciquncture treatment be a matter of inresponsibdity?


    “Dr. Elim is very cesponsible,” Natalie said firmly as she turned away to adjust her clothes under the nket, "And today''s incident has nothing to do with her.


    “It seems Eke you have quite a strong opinion of her”


    “Not at all.” Marcus replied, settling into the couch opposite her. He watched intensely as the man meticulously packed away the silver needles.


    The man''s hands were long and delicate, almost too cefined for a young man. They reminded him strangely of Natalie''s hands.


    “May I ask your name?” Mareusingained, his gaze lingering on the boy''s face,


    Natalie ersitated for a brief moment before responding slowly, "Nathaniel”


    Marcus''s eyes narrowed ever so slightly. Nathaniel? Wait, was this Natalie?


    Natalie stood up, carefully packed away the acupuncture kit, and walked into the pharmacy room, pushing open the door


    Comidir wax muttering to herself while brewing medicine. Seeing Natalie, she quickly rose to her teet Before Connie could say anything more, Natalie coward her mouth with her hand. “Is the medicine ready? From now un, call me Nath. I''m your distant rtive, Nath Got it?


    Connie was about to scream in lear when Natalie interrupted her again.


    "No screaming.” Natale''s voice was sharp, her face devoid of warmth. Her cold gaze silenced Connie immediately


    Connie trembled slightly. It had been a long time since she had seen her this angr


    "Yes, Naich," Connie said carefully. "The medicine is ready. It just needs to coolbete it can be taken.


    “Nath, can you tell me what''s going on? You''ve just done acupuncture. How''s your body? Are you feeling better now?


    Connie had no idea what she had done wrong, but she could tell from Natalie''s icy demeanor that she was furious


    Without responding, Natale walked to the counter, put on heat-resistant gloves, poured the brewed medicine into a bowl, and carried it out of the mom


    “Nath, why aren''t you saying anything? Did 1 do something wrong


    Connie chased after Natale and was stunned to see an unexpected guest sitting on the couch. She wandered when did Marcus arche


    “Ms. Sterling” Marcus stood up as soon as he saw Connie, his gaze falling on Natalie, who was holding the medicine. His eyes darkened with each passing moment


    Ms. Sterling, earlier on the phone, you said I asked Ms. Walker to rain my fiancée I want to exin in person that I''ve never said nor done such things."


    Marcus spoke to Connie, but his eyes were fixed on Natale.


    The acupuncture, the medicine, ber delicate, slender fingers, her pale skin, and those sneakers with insoles that made her appear taller...


    Marcus''s mind, a conclusion was forming


    "So what?" Connie stepped forward, her tone firm. "The words came from your assistant and your grandfather, not from you. Do you really believe they would have made such a Inquest without reason?


    "Str. Holden, an exnation is just a cover up, and a cow-up is a truth."


    "Don Mr Langley feel the same?"


    Marcus''s deep, prating gaze never leti Natalie. His eyes were intense, almost usatory, sending a chill down her spine.


    "I don''t understand what you''re talking about." Natalie yed dumb, trying to keep herposure.


    *is that so?” Marcus smirked slightly, his gaze shitting away. He stopped pressing her.


    "Ms. Sterling, please let Ms. Walker know that truly had no knowledge of this matter. I will rity things with Ethan and my grandfather. I''ll make sure they apologize to Ms.


    “As for my fiancée, whether it''s M. Walker or Ms. Sterling, neither of you need to concern yourselves with IL" With that, Marcos nodded and turned to leave.


    Chapter 64 The Way He Looks at Her


    But just as he reached the door, he paused, turned back, and fixedhis gaze on Natalie


    His lips parted, and his deep, maic voice echoed through the rooms as he said, "In the future, it''s best to lock the doors when you''re at home"


    With that, Marcus turned and left. This time, he trule left, without a second nce.


    "Nath, what does Marcus mean by that?"


    Natalie''s face turned red with anger. Marcus had figured out that she was disguised as a mun


    She closed her eyes, drank the medicine from the bowl, and headed upstairs.


    Once upstairs, Natalie ran a bath. Standing before the mirror, she undressed, revealing her wless skin, a


    small red mole, and several noticeable acupuncture needle marks...


    Marcus''s gaze, when he stood at the door watching her, had been for from innocent


    Natalie felt a wave of anxiety wash over her.


    now


    She couldn''t me Connie. She had overestimated herself. Nor could she me Marcus-without his timely intervention, she would probably be dead or severely harmed by no


    All she could do now was hope that Marcus would pretend not to notice her disguise


    Just as she was about to step into the bath, her phone buzzed in her pocket. She hadn''t set a custom ringtone just the default one.


    It was the same ringtone she had when she was with Marcus.


    Natalie froze and stared at her reflection in the mirror. “Stop. Natalie, not everything is connected to Marcus.


    "What happened earlier was just an ident. And when you were doing acupuncture, Marcus has a fiancée. He wouldn''t have been staring at your body,"


    She spoke to herself, slow and deliberate, before exhaling deeply. “Right. I''m overthinking it.”


    Her phone continued to ring from her pocket


    Natale took a deep breath, grabbed a towel, wrapped it around herself, and pulled the phone from her


    pocket.


    The caller ID showed it was Marcus