Adrian politely said goodbye to Madeline and Stanley and then went back to the villa with Mandy.
During the drive all the way home, Mandy clearly felt a trace of fatigue. Fortunately, MC Garden was
not far from No. 520, Haibin Road. They arrived home in about ten minutes.
As soon as Mandy entered the villa, Nathan arrived. Hearing the sound of the car's engine, she turned
around abruptly.
Nathan's tall, manly figure stepped out of the sports car. He looked at the villa's entrance with his dark
eyes and saw Mandy standing at the door with Adrian. With a doting smile on his lips, he casually
strode to them.
"Honey, Adrian," Nathan said as he stretched out his long arms and hugged Mandy, smiling.
Mandy had a sharp sense of smell. She smelled a woman's perfume the moment Nathan walked close
enough. She never wore the perfume herself, but she knew what it was. She guessed that it was
Chanel No. 5, which was the most classical type.
"Where have you been?" Mandy asked, the smile on her face slowly ebbing.
"I told you I went to meet a friend," Nathan replied, totally oblivious of the smell of another woman on
him. He had stayed with Audrey for a long time today, but they did not engage in any intimate relations.
"Okay. I'll go give Adrian a bath." Mandy did not want to have an argument with Nathan in front of
Adrian. Her clear eyes shone under the bright lights, and they seemed to have a little bitterness in
them.
Nathan was a little confused. He stepped forward, held Mandy's arm, and said with a smile, "Let me do
it. You must be tired after a day's work. Go get some rest."
"No. Maybe you should take a shower first. You smell like a woman." Mandy lost her temper all of a
sudden. She had not asked Nathan about the details, but she already had a conclusion in mind. 'No
wonder he did not contact me since this afternoon. It turned out that he was sneaking around with
another woman, ' Mandy thought bitterly.
Nathan was dumbfounded, his face turning a bit cold.
He raised his arm and smelled his sleeve. There was indeed a smell of perfume, which was familiar to
him because it was Audrey's favorite scent.
'Damn!' Nathan cursed in his mind. 'How could I forget such an important thing?'
Before Nathan could explain, Mandy scooped Adrian up in her arms and went upstairs.
Tonight, Mandy did not intend to go to bed with Nathan. She stayed and slept in Adrian's room and
locked the door to prevent Nathan from coming in.
After preparing two cups of warm milk, Nathan, in loose pajamas, came to Adrian's room.
He turned the doorknob, but the door did not budge. Nathan smiled. It was just what he was expecting.
Mandy always had such a temper. She would always avoid him when she was angry.
They would go through a cold war first before getting to the real fight.
Nathan knocked on the door. He scratched his head helplessly and said in a soft voice, "Honey, please
open the door."
Mandy pretended not to hear Nathan knocking on the door. She was lying beside Adrian on the bed.
She was already sleepy. Her eyelids were beginning to drop, but when she heard Nathan's low and
sexy voice, she was jolted awake as if she was cast under a magical spell of awakening.
Mandy glanced at Adrian who was sleeping soundly beside her. The way he slept was adorable.
Mandy leaned in and kissed him on the forehead.
'Good night, my precious Adrian, ' Mandy said in her heart. She tucked him in under the quilt and
stayed beside him.
'I won't share a bed with Nathan tonight, ' she told herself.
Mandy did not want to think about what Nathan possibly did earlier. Just as Madeline had said, she had
to understand and be patient with Nathan sometimes. After all, he was very busy every day. If he got
together with other women, it would be for work reasons. Thinking of this, Mandy felt a little guilty.
The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she got. She felt like she had been too reliant on
Nathan. They had been together for so long, and she already knew Nathan well enough to anticipate
his moves. They worked in the same company, and they chatted with each other almost every two or
three hours. Their biggest challenge was that Nathan had to go on business trips occasionally. But
when he was not on a business trip, he would always take the initiative to contact Mandy.
Every time she read a message from Nathan, she would smile shyly like a girl who was reading a love
letter from her first love.
Mandy's mind was a little confused. Images of Nathan scattered her thoughts, but she decided to
control her thinking and forget about Nathan for tonight. Eventually, she fell asleep.
Knowing Mandy's temper, Nathan went back to the study with the cups of milk. There were still some
things for him to do. He had spent the entire afternoon with Audrey because it was his promise to her.
He was a man of his word. Besides, Audrey was now Adrian's attending physician. Adrian was lucky
that Audrey was willing to come to City A for him.
Suddenly, the phone in the study rang. Nathan quickly picked up the phone.
"Mr. Jin, why is your phone turned off?" Serge's anxious voice came from the other end of the line. He
had called Nathan twice, but his mobile phone could not be reached. Left with no other choice, he tried
the landline.
After being busy for the whole afternoon, Nathan finally remembered to check his mobile phone. He did
not rely on his mobile phone very much. He was usually accessible to his people in person, so he
rarely checked his mobile phone when it did not ring.
"I didn't turn off my phone." Nathan's squinted his dark eyes a little.
As he spoke, he took out his phone. True enough, his phone was on flight mode. No wonder he could
not be reached.
Nathan put his phone off flight mode and asked in a flat tone, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"The bidding meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow. What's our final bidding price?" Serge held
a file in his hand, feeling uncertain. He was afraid of making a mistake, so he decided to call Nathan to
confirm.
"One hundred and fifty million," Nathan answered coldly. At the same time, he began to doubt that it
was him who had put his mobile phone on flight mode.
He pulled up WeChat and saw a message from Mandy received before five o'clock in the afternoon. He
was not able to read the message, so he was not able to reply. No wonder Mandy was so angry that
she went to her parents' house for dinner with Adrian.
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