Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
Nathalie frowned, and even though she wanted to say something, she swallowed back those words.
Because she knew Emanuel well enough.
He wouldn’t show any reaction if she did. But he would become even more indifferent towards her.
Nathalie shuddered just thinking about such an outcome.
Changing the subject, Nathalie said, “For now, let’s just consider ourselves allies. Can you tell me when my brother is planning to propose?”
Emanuel said, “When it’s Aunt Aimee’s birthday.”
“Isn’t that next week?” Nathalie widened her eyes.
Emanuel said, “Just pretend you don’t know.”
Nathalie had already bounced up from the sofa, completely unable to calm down.
She felt very angry now that her older brother didn’t tell her about such a thing.
Nathalie was once again puzzled as to why Ridge would tell Emanuel about this.
Curiosity led her to ask the question.
At the mention of this, Emanuel’s face darkened.
Obviously, he didn’t want to mention it at all.
Nathalie became even more curious and approached Emanuel, sitting down next to him and staring eagerly into his eyes. She said, “Come on, tell me! Please?”
As she spoke, Nathalie grabbed Emanuel’s sleeve and kept shaking it.
Emanuel couldn’t resist her coquetry, and even though he didn’t want to mention it, he truthfully said,
“All guys know that they need help performing in a show.”
Nathalie was speechless.
Realizing she didn’t mishear, Nathalie couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
She laughed loudly and unreservedly.
Nathalie laughed until tears streamed down her face.
She collapsed onto the couch, pounding the cushions, but still unable to stop laughing.
Emanuel’s originally dark expression was eventually replaced with resignation.
His gaze fell on Nathalie’s waist.
Today, she wore a short-sleeved top that already exposed her midriff and high-waisted shorts. Normally when standing or sitting, her waist wouldn’t be visible at all.
However, now she was lying on the couch which caused her shirt to move up completely exposing her waist.
Even though it was covered by pants’ waistband, that curve still made Emanuel’s heart palpitate.
He wanted to look away but found it too difficult; he simply couldn’t do it.
Emanuel knew that Nathalie had been very overweight as a child for some time. No one would have thought that Nathalie back then would grow up into what she looked like now. Emanuel’s thoughts once again ran wild beyond his control as he indulged in his fantasies about Nathalie’s past and present appearance.
Finally, after enough laughter had passed through her system, Nathalie sat up straight and looked at
Emanuel with red eyes filled with misty tears from laughter.
These children were naturally trained as elites since childhood.
Not saying how talented they were, but at least each person had their own strengths.
But as they grew older, unless they truly loved something, it would be hard for them to cultivate themselves properly. Nathalie being in the entertainment industry needed to show off talent from time-
to-time especially someone like Emanuel who could fight twenty people alone yet struggled when performing shows. Nathalie said, “Why do I feel like you love my brother more? You perform whenever he asks you.”
Emanuel felt helpless but answered truthfully, “I want him owe me a favor. If there is an opportunity in future, I hope he won’t make things difficult for me.”
Nathalie instantly understood what Emanuel meant by this statement. Let Ridge owe him a favor so if there was any chance of getting together with her, Ridge will become his big brother-in-law. Natilie muttered softly, “You are thinking too far ahead.”
Emanuel replied, “Actually, I’m thinking even further than that.” He even imagined having lots of descendants around him someday!
If it weren’t for the bad luck, he could even choose the cemetery where he and Nathalie would be buried together right now.
Although Emanuel didn’t say anything, Nathalie thought of it so clearly and knew it.
She looked at Emanuel speechlessly and couldn’t help but quip, “I don’t even know if you like me or hate me now.”
Emanuel said firmly, “I like you. I’m sure of that.”
Nathalie said, “Okay then. Is that not enough?”
Emanuel didn’t speak but his eyes were fixed on Nathalie.
Now that he had expressed his feelings openly, Emanuel became bolder.
He used to be too afraid to show his emotions which made Nathalie think he was mean all the time.
In fact, he wasn’t mean at all.
Nathalie could understand now why she used to think Emanuel was always mean to her before. He was just hiding his true feelings from her all along.
For some reason though, Nathalie found it kind of cute how Emanuel acted this way.
The trending topic had two outcomes. On one hand, Emanuel gave that girl a good talking to and she posted an apology video on Twitter, explaining the whole situation. On the other hand, Miles and Billy’s company teamed up to turn this trending topic into a positive direction and gave Nathalie and Billy some publicity.
At this point in time, Billy was scheduled to attend a late-night show. Originally, his company didn’t want too much attention drawn to him as it wasn’t appropriate for him to be in the limelight.
However, due to the trending topic incident, they ended up promoting Billy’s appearance on the show.
It should be noted that in recent years the entertainment industry had undergone major changes. Only those who had real talent and had been tested with positive images can make it onto such shows.
Billy was among these people but he was also the youngest of them all. Being able to appear on such a show at his age proved how outstanding he was as an emerging male actor.
Nathalie returned from Emanuel’s place back to school where Veronica immediately ran towards her crying out loud with joy, “Nathalie! Nathalie! Nathalie! I am so happy! Who would’ve thought my idol would turn out like this?!”
Veronica had been crying all afternoon at first because she blamed herself for causing trouble but later because of negative comments from netizens about both Nathalie and Billy whom she adored so much that any criticism towards them hurt her deeply.
Now she cried tears of joy because her idol turned out better than expected.
Niamh said, “You better comfort her quickly or else she’ll go blind from crying.”
Veronica replied, “Even if I go blind, it will still be worth it because my little idol is simply amazing.”
On her way back to school, Nathalie already knew what happened online so naturally felt relieved that nothing bad happened regarding Billy.
As for those who said that he benefited from this incident – well Nathalie didn’t think so.
Billy was outstanding even before all of this happened; hence why he passed inspection with flying colours.
Moreover being able appear on TV shows was something he achieved through his own hard work which made him even more admirable in Nathalie’s eyes.
She said, “I have something important I want you guys hear about. Do you continue celebrating your beloved ‘Billy’ or do you wanna hear some gossip?”
Veronica blinked twice looking suspiciously at Nathalie asking, “What are you trying to say?”
Even Niamh looked at Nathalie seriously.
Nathalie said, “Someone confessed to me, but I haven’t decided whether to accept it or not.”
Both Veronica and Niamh were confused.
Veronica said directly, “Since you’ve already said that, the answer is already obvious.”
“You wouldn’t say that if you didn’t accept it,” Niamh said.
Nathalie was speechless about what they said.
Being said so, it seemed that this was really the case.
Nathalie said, “The main thing is this person. I really didn’t expect that he would like me.”
“Are you a childhood sweetheart?” Niamh asked.
Nathalie nodded.
She didn’t hide from Veronica and Niamh who were around her.
Therefore, the two of them can easily think of who it was.
Niamh nodded in agreement with Veronica. “Yeah, it’s not like this is the first time someone has confessed to you. You’ve turned down plenty of guys before, even ones from our school. But this guy is different, isn’t he? You actually have feelings for him?”
Nathalie really didn’t know how to answer this question.
Did she like him?
It should be, right?
However, this was not something that can be thought through carefully. Otherwise, she may not even be able to accept when exactly she started to have feelings for Emanuel.
“What are you thinking now? Do you want to accept it or not?” Veronica asked.
As expected, gossip was always the most effective way to divert people’s attention. Veronica had completely forgotten about her idol and was now staring at Nathalie’s response with shining eyes.
Nathalie said, “I haven’t decided yet. Let me tell you when I come back home.”
“By the way, you’re going home tomorrow,” Veronica hugged Nathalie and said, “I’ll miss you.”
“You want me to bring you some delicious food, don’t you?” Nathalie said.