After the Divorce, CEO Realizes He’s the Stand-In Lover
Chapter 264

Chapter 264

Chapter 264 Was the kidnap schemed by Natalie?!

“Sorry?”. Lara didn’t hear Natalie’s words clearly, and she squinted her eyes and

requested.

Natalie looked at her with a thin smile, whereas her entire body displayed an implicit

contempt for the woman before her, which was looking a bit sarcastic.

She gently shook her head and said, “Nothing. I’m fine.”

She was still counting on Lara to take her to change clothes, and now she must not

provoke her.

Natalie changed the topic and said, “Isn’t Miss Turner taking me to the place where I can

change clothes? Shall we go?”

Lara looked at Natalie with a suspicious expression on her face.

Looking at this woman’s expression, was she cursing her behind her back?

Natalie didn’t bother to study Lara’s expression. She lowered her head and glanced at

her phone, realizing that it was already getting late.

It was less than an hour before the scheduled entrance of the proficient doctor of the

Spears family at the communication meeting… If she didn’t change her clothes, she

would be too late.

“Miss Turner, can we go now?”. She urged again.

Lara raised her eyebrows to look at Natalie, with a warm smile on the surface, but her

heart kept wondering…..

‘You’d better not be caught out by me.”

She clapped her hands and looked critically at Natalie from top to bottom.

Natalie stood straight and allowed her to scrutinize.

The two of them were deadlocked for two minutes and Lara seemed to have finally had

enough of them. She said, “Let’s go……”

She took the lead in lifting her dress and walked in front of Natalie.

Natalie followed behind expressionless.

After walking about a few steps, Lara suddenly remembered something, and she spoke

again.

“Miss Spears, the wool blanket on you looks very warm and of good quality.”

Natalie looked up at her without speaking.

She didn’t get why Lara suddenly talked about the blanket..

Lara would never talk highly about a blanket for no reason.

She must have something else to vent.

Lara spoke and raised her hand to touch the pure white blanket.

The blanket was made entirely of wool, with a soft texture, making it very comfortable.

Lara touched it over and over again, and with a hint of emotion, she remarked, “It’s

indeed of good quality.”

Certainly, her words carried more than their literal meaning.

Natalie raised her eyebrows and said, “Oh, thanks. Are you feeling cold?”

“You can have it if you like. I’m not unwilling to give you a blanket.”

As she spoke, Natalie put her hand on the blanket and was to pull it off and hand it over

to Lara.

Halfway through, Lara smiled and stopped Natalie, “No. No, I’m not. No need to be so

sensitive, Miss Spears.”

Natalie’s hand paused.

Lara was a straightforward person who would not hide her words in her heart.

She had been holding it for a long time, and now, she couldn’t hold it anymore.

“It’s very generous of you to say so, you didn’t spend a penny on it though,” she said, Her

tone was a bit of jealousy.

“What do you mean by that?” Natalie talked back.

She was not someone who tended to beat around the bush so she threw out the

questioning directly.

When two straightforward people conversed with each other, they naturally spoke their

minds directly, which boosted communication efficiency.

“I mean, this is not yours, right?”. Lara put it bluntly.

Natalie smiled and said, “Of course, it’s not mine.”

It was given to her by a man, and she hadn’t thanked him well yet.

But she was a bit curious and asked in a questioning tone, “How do you know that?”

Lara looked coldly at Natalie.

This puzzled expression was exaggerated.

She felt that Natalie’s expression and words were clearly showing off.

She was showing off that she didn’t know the young master of the Williams family, Carl

Williams… but he offered her a blanket on a wintry night.

It was gross.

While tangling with Julian, she was hooking up with other men.

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Lara suppressed her disgust and sneered coldly, “This blanket is embroidered with the

name of the Williams family.”

The emblem of the Williams family was embroidered so strikingly on the blanket, and it

was still golden.

In New York, anyone could tell that this belonged to the Williams family.

“You don’t need to pretend to be unaware. It’s hard to bear to see it. Way too ugly.”

Lara spoke without hesitation.

She heated pretentious people the most.

Natalie was somehow scolded by Lara, and her face was covered in question marks,

“Am I… ugly?”

When she was young, she often stayed with her grandfather in Dragon Valley for a

couple of days and didn’t go home.

When she reached the age of college, she was sent to study abroad by her parents. She

conducted research and completed various experiments.

Not long after returning from abroad, she married into the Graham family and had been

staying in Los Angeles ever since….

So she was not familiar with the things in New York and naturally did not know what the

so-called symbol of the Williams family was.

“What is your relationship with Carl?”

Lara looked at Natalie with a displeased expression, her eyes fixed straight on her.

It seemed that if Natalie dared to lie, she would not let her go home safe and sound.

Carl?

Natalie had never heard of this name before……

Natalie spoke helplessly, “Me and…..”

Before she could finish speaking, Natalie raised her eyes and noticed that the two of

them had already gotten to the entrance of the dressing room.

Natalie immediately stopped speaking.

Since she had found the place to change clothes, she didn’t think it necessary to

continue talking.

If only Lara had known this place before, she wouldn’t have spoken so much with Lara.

She must have paid no attention to Lara at all.

Natalie stopped talking and immediately opened the door to the dressing room and

walked in.

“Hey… you haven’t finished your words yet?!”

Seeing Natalie walk in without saying a word Lara blinked wryly. She got a bit angry and also openedthe door and walked in.

The changing room was large and luxurious.

The entrance was a luxurious hall with columnar decoration and exquisite stone statues. It was a bit ofa classical decoration style.

The entire changing room was outrageously spacious and luxurious and didn’t look like

a place to change clothes at all.

Natalie had just put down the clothes in her hand when she turned round and saw Lara

pushing the door in.

She originally thought that Lara was just coming in and taking a casual browse, but

unexpectedly, Lara sat down directly on the sofa next to her, showing a strong tendency

not to leave.

“Miss Turner, I need to change clothes. Are you sure you want to stay here?”

The implied meaning of Natalie was obvious.

She needed private space to change clothes, and Lara shouldn’t be staying there.

Lara seemed unable to read the lines, and her face was innocent. “It’s okay. Go ahead.

Do what you need to do. I won’t disturb you.”

She would disturb Natalie?

With Lara sitting there, how could she change?

“I’m afraid this is not appropriate, Miss Turner.”

Lara’s lips curled up and her tone was broad, “It’s girl’s room. We both are girls. Is there

any problem?”

“If you feel shy, I won’t look at you.”

As she spoke, Lara raised her hand and covered her eyes with a mischievous and

tangled expression.

Natalie was irritated with Lara’s move. She took a deep breath and said, “Are you sure

you’ll not be leaving, Miss Turner?”

Lara nodded and said, “Yeah. I’m not leaving.”

“I brought you here. I’ll ensure your safety. If anything happens to you, I’ll feel sorry.”

The justice of Lara’s words was awe-inspiring.

Natalie’s mouth twitched for a second as she listened to Lara’s words.

It was not necessary.

Lara’s failure to deal with her was considered fortunate. And she was still talking about

protecting her. Seriously? It was scary.

But time was too limited. Natalie didn’t have time to waste playing with Lara. She could only carefullychange clothes and made sure not to be seen.

She peeled off the woollen blanket on her and gently put it aside.

Then she lowered her eyes and took off the talisman she had been wearing and placed it

on a nearby shelf.

Lara turned her head and noticed the talisman taken off from Natalie.

When Natalie retreated to a nearby corner, she stood up and carefully watched the

amulet on the shelf.

The overall design of the talisman was antique and simple, with a clear letter “N” on it.

The words of Jaxton immediately came to Lara’s mind.

Jaxton was kneeling in the abandoned factory at that time, confessing word by word.

“I didn’t see the person’s face. I only knew it was a woman with an amulet on her…

was a faint letter ‘N’ on the amulet.”

There

Was it Natalie who summoned that group of people to kidnap Niki?!