Semua Bab Who's the Substitute Now?: Bab 311 - Bab 320

Lorelei thought it was possible that Jacob had sold the brooch, and Natasha had happened to buy it. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to have the brooch.When Natasha stood up silently, Lorelei knew she wouldn't give her the brooch. She desperately grabbed Natasha's gown and mumbled, "Tasha, this is the only thing that Jake has left behind."Natasha wasn't sure what she meant. "What do you mean by that?""This is all that Jake has left behind. I want to keep it as a memento for myself," Lorelei explained.Natasha was thunderstruck, and her voice involuntarily rose. "Jacob is your son. How could you be so heartless as to throw away all his belongings? And if you've thrown them away, then why are you asking for this brooch now?"Lorelei was stunned. She tried to explain, but the words wouldn't come. "I—" Lorelei had no desire to be reminded of the days after Jacob's death."Just go," Natasha said. She felt furious and emotionally drained. She didn't want to see the

"Profess—" Ryan began, but was cut off by Natasha as she stepped forward and took the letter of authorization from him.Lorelei's eyes were on Ryan, who had suddenly shown up.Natasha gave Ryan a wink, and Ryan immediately realized he had almost said too much.He glanced at Lorelei before turning back to Natasha with a different tone. "Here's Professor Nancy's letter."Ryan cleared his throat and continued, "Stop bossing me around. I'm here to learn from Professor Nancy, not to run errands for you."Natasha gave him another wink and said, "Fine. You can ask for my help if you need anything in the future. We should help each other since we all work under Professor Nancy.""Yes, she's right. You should be helping each other out," Lorelei interjected, trying to smooth things over for Natasha. She knew it was her fault for asking Natasha to hand over the letter of authorization by today.Ryan feigned reluctance and said impatiently, "Fine, but just this once. No more.""Okay."Rya

"Natasha's very kind. She never left your side when you were unwell," Philip said. He remembered everything Natasha did when she was still at Grayson Villa."Yes, Tasha has endured so much. She was even cast out after doing so much for us. It makes me feel ashamed to think about it," Lorelei said regretfully.Joshua completely ignored their conversation and asked with an unpleasant tone, "What did you trade to get the authorization?"Lorelei blinked. She didn't understand what Joshua was implying."What did you use to convince Natasha to give you the letter? She wouldn't give it to us for nothing," Joshua elaborated.Lorelei was furious at his suggestion that Natasha had an ulterior motive.Yet, Natalie stepped in before anyone else. "Isn't Josh the reason Natasha agreed to this? Is she trying to avoid a divorce by using this as a bargaining chip?"Joshua narrowed his eyes in response."Tasha didn't ask for a thing!" Lorelei rolled her eyes at Natalie."Nothing? No demands at

"Josh, are you really going to invite Natasha over for a meal?" Natalie stopped in her tracks and gasped for breath.Joshua answered blankly with a hum. He had no intention of explaining himself."Josh, your feelings for Natasha haven't really been rekindled, right?" Natalie asked worriedly."No," Joshua replied as he turned to face her."How could that be? Why else would you agree to let Natasha come over, then? You know I don't like her," Natalie argued.Joshua never coddled women. Ignoring Natalie's protests, he scowled and said, "Stop being unreasonable.""I'm not being unreasonable." Natalie was hurt.Joshua's patience was at an end. He continued to walk with a cold expression and paid no attention to Natalie, who became desperate."Josh, promise me one thing! Can you take me with you when you have your meal with Natasha at Grayson Villa?"She wanted to stop Natasha from tricking her way into Joshua's heart.Joshua turned and headed over to Natalie. Natalie was surprised

Standing in front of the car and clad in a long dress, Natalie shivered in the wind. When she saw Joshua coming out, she quickly approached him, asking, "Josh, how did it go? Did Mr. Fletcher sign it?""Yes," Joshua replied."That's great! The Grayson family has finally overcome this crisis!" Natalie was genuinely overjoyed, and it showed on her face.Surprisingly, Joshua didn't get into the car immediately. He paused in his tracks and stood in front of Natalie, asking nonchalantly, "Are you that happy?""Of course. I'm happy that Grayson Corp has emerged from the crisis!" The smile on Natalie's face was genuine.Joshua looked at her bright smile, and he was thrown into a daze. That smile from that summer many years ago appeared in his mind once again.That smile had reached her eyes.However, Joshua suddenly felt that the smile he was seeing was different from the one in his memory.Before he knew it, Joshua was frowning.After he fell into the water when he was young, wa