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“No problem,” said Joyce before she nodded and left to assign the task to someone.
It didn't take long before Natalie's office was left with only a few bouquets.
She spared them no glance and simply walked right to her desk.
She found a letter there, and that got her to raise her brows. When she opened the letter, she saw a cheesy poem
in there and deduced immediately that it was not Shane's work.
I wonder who he asked to write this for him. Ugh, it's so cheesy that I'm getting goosebumps all over. I bet he never
even read it. If he had, this poem would never have made it to me.
Natalie shook her head while grinning exasperatedly. She put the letter in her drawer after that and started
working.
Over the next few days, Shane came up with dozens of ideas to butter Natalie up and beg for forgiveness. His
sincere and sweet gestures got even the onlookers to swoon.
Joyce was convinced as well, and her advice to Natalie was that the latter should just forgive the guy.
Natalie kept quiet, but she had softened her stance. At the very least, she didn't kick Shane out of the apartment
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwhen he asked to stay over. She simply refused to share the same room with him.
Shane was a little disappointed about that, but he didn't push. He knew that being able to stay overnight was
already a huge improvement.
“Mommy, tomorrow is Daddy's birthday,” reminded a cute voice. Natalie was in her room at the time. She was
trying to get in touch with a model to invite the latter to join her in participating in the design competition.
The organizers changed the rules at the last minute and requested all participating designers to bring their own
models along to showcase their outfits. In other words, the organizers would not be hiring the models.
That was why Natalie was working late into the night. Unfortunately, she simply couldn't find someone suitable for
the job.
“Huh? How did you know?” asked Natalie with her brows raised when she turned to her daughter, who was dashing
over.
She remembered that she never told the kids when Shane's birthday was.
“Daddy told me,” answered Sharon while hugging Natalie's leg.
Shane hadn't just been sweet to Natalie over the past couple of days. He was also trying to earn the kids'
forgiveness.
Connor hadn't reverted to calling Shane “Daddy,” but Sharon switched sides on the very first day.
Natalie was a little speechless about how quickly Sharon changed, but she was glad because it showed that Joyce
was right. Shane accepts the kids and loves them.
That conclusion got her to sigh a breath of relief.
“Daddy told you that?” repeated Natalie as her lips twitched.
What is he trying to do? Who on Earth would tell others when their birthdays are? Is he hinting that he wants a
present?
“Yeah,” answered Sharon as she nodded her tiny head.
Natalie massaged her temples. She honestly didn't know if she should laugh aloud, but she asked, “What present do
you want to get him?”
Sharon was sucking her thumb when she said, “I don't know. I don't have the money to buy him anything.”
Natalie chuckled aloud and suggested, “How about this? You can perform a dance routine for his birthday.”
“Okay,” replied Sharon, nodding as a gleam flashed across her eyes. She asked, “How about you, Mommy? What
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwould you like to give Daddy?”
“I don't know yet,” replied Natalie as she looked at her daughter and added, “Maybe you can help me come up with
something?”
At first, her gift for Shane was to tell him that he was the kids' biological father, but as it turned out...
Natalie smiled bitterly and shook her head. She stopped thinking about it.
“Mommy, I know what you can get for Daddy. He'll love it,” whispered Sharon mysteriously.
Natalie raised her brows and got curious. “Really? Then can you tell me what it is?”
“Crouch down, Mommy,” said Sharon while waving her tiny hand.
Natalie crouched down while smiling. “Alright, no one can overhear us now.”
Sharon tiptoed and whispered into Natalie's ears, “Here's a secret, Mommy. Daddy loves you the most, and he said
that he wished that you'd give him forgiveness. Although... What does forgiveness mean, Mommy?”
Natalie didn't answer her daughter's question. She was simply rendered speechless when she heard her daughter
ratting Shane out.
Natalie took a deep breath and forced a smile onto her face before asking for confirmation. “Darling, did your
daddy tell you to get me to give him forgiveness for his birthday?” The girl nodded obediently. “Yep, Daddy said so
himself.” She didn't know that she had already ratted Shane out.
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