Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 224: Why Did I Agree to the Blind Date Back Then
Because of something she said, Natalie Vaughn was teased and enticed by Zane Thorne for two days, and in the end, she still couldn’t calm the fire within her, even getting a nosebleed from the excess heat.
The instigator, Zane, was helping Natalie with a cotton swab, smiling meaningfully as he spoke to her.
"Our little darling is indeed a naughty little devil."
Natalie: ...
Can you blame her? She’s a normal woman, and with a handsome guy with a great physique wandering in front of her all day, how could she not have fantasies? Besides, that man is her husband; what’s wrong with thinking about him a little more?
"It’s not all my fault."
Zane raised an eyebrow with a smile.
"Yes, blame me for being too good-looking, blame me for having such a great body."
Natalie: ...
There was no need for such self-praise.
At this moment, Natalie raised her head and gave a cold snort.
"It’s not just that I’m talking about."
Zane understood what Natalie meant but pretended not to comprehend.
"Oh? What else?"
Natalie glared fiercely at Zane, gritting her teeth.
"Zane, if you have the guts, don’t come to my bed ever again."
The man packed the medical kit and placed it aside, then let Natalie’s head rest on his shoulder for comfort.
He agreed smoothly.
"I don’t have the guts, but really, you can’t blame me for the past two days; I was just following my wife’s orders. You said we shouldn’t do it for two days."
Zane’s words were even tinged with a hint of grievance.
Natalie:.....
Ha, now he was pretending to be oblivious. Why wasn’t he this obedient before when she asked him to stop?
"Zane, you’re so petty."
He was upset with her for two days just because of a single remark.
After hearing this, Zane merely raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded, and sighed.
"I can’t help it, probably because I’m getting older, and age always matters to me especially."
Natalie: ...
It had been raining outside for the past two days, the sky was gloomy, and even the mood of those who looked up at it turned low. Natalie, too annoyed to speak to Zane, got angrier at the sky and simply took a shawl to the back garden.
The roses were still vibrant, and the sunflowers were still bright.
Natalie lay on the lounge chair, looking at this large garden, finally feeling more at ease.
In the two days she had been staying here, she hadn’t encountered anyone tending to the garden. She hadn’t even met the aunt who cooked for them, so she deduced that Zane was not used to having others intrude on his space, thus cultivating such habits.
With scattered thoughts, Natalie began to feel sleepy, yawning lightly as she fell asleep with the fragrance of the flowers.
She awoke again to Zane’s kiss.
Natalie blinked, still not entirely awake, but instinctively responding to Zane. Once the man let go, Natalie finally asked.
"Finished with the meeting?"
In the days since Zane returned, he had stayed in the villa with Natalie and hadn’t gone out. He rarely looked into the affairs of the company. Today’s high-level meeting was something he could not miss, so he had to attend it online.
"Mm, why did you come here?"
Natalie stretched lazily, then naturally placed her hands on the man’s shoulders.
"I feel better being here."
Zane’s eyes twitched slightly, but he didn’t ask for a reason. He simply added.
"Indeed."
After waking up, Natalie’s mind was full of thoughts, and the questions she had ignored a few days ago suddenly resurfaced.
She had previously asked whether Zane treated her well just because she would become Mrs. Thorne in the future. Zane’s reaction indicated otherwise. At the time, she thought it was simply because of her charm but had forgotten the root cause.
If Zane hadn’t agreed to the blind date, they wouldn’t have had the chance to meet at all, so what good would charm be?
Natalie thought again about this garden that seemed too sudden for Zane.
"Why?"
Why would coming here put him in a good mood?
Zane’s eyes flickered slightly as he picked Natalie up, sat down on the lounge chair, and then placed her on his lap.
"Don’t you think these sunflowers look so full of life?"
Natalie looked at the sunflowers. Despite the gloomy weather, they stood brightly, quietly smiling at everyone.
"Indeed, so why did you plant sunflowers?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
After asking, Natalie clicked her tongue.
"Oh, you said it was because of a little girl, a very important little girl to you."
The last few words were said with a heavy emphasis. It was more than an important little girl; Natalie even suspected that this girl had some significant meaning for Zane. After all, Felix didn’t even know such a person existed.
Zane looked down at Natalie’s face, which couldn’t hide her jealousy, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud, even adding to the fire.
"Yes, very important, very important."
Natalie: ...
"Can you tell me about it?"
She was way too curious, wondering who on earth could earn such an "important, important" remark from Zane.
Zane just shook his head.
"I can’t."
Natalie: ...
Fine, if he didn’t want to say it, he didn’t have to. Was she supposed to coerce him into telling her? Everyone has their secrets, and she understood that.
"Then tell me, why did you agree to the blind date with me in the first place? You can answer that question, right?"
Zane paused for a moment. He hadn’t expected that Natalie’s two questions were strangely linked by cause and effect.
The man played with Natalie’s hand, holding it in his palm.
"Do you remember when you came to the bar to find me?"
"I remember."
Of course, she remembered. When she was told to meet a stranger for a blind date, she had stormed into James Vaughn’s office and, after looking through Zane’s profile, promptly went to the bar he owned.
She remembered everything that happened that night very clearly. She had asked all the bar’s staff to inform Zane she was there to see him, but this man had just sat in a box on the second floor, watching everything she did, unmoved.
How could she not remember?
Thinking about it, Natalie nudged the man behind her with her elbow.
"Brings up such anger, you were laughing at me upstairs back then!"
The man chuckled lowly, his chest slightly vibrating.
"Actually, I went downstairs later."
Natalie was taken aback, furrowing her brows as she tried to recall that evening’s events. Suddenly, a scene flashed through her mind.
"At the corner of the street by the bar?"
Zane slightly raised an eyebrow.
"You saw it?"
He remembered Natalie was busy dealing with a few drunk men at the time, unlikely to have noticed him.
Natalie snorted.
"No, but I felt someone watching me from behind, and by the time I went over, you were gone."
There was just a faint scent of smoke lingering in the air. Ironically, despite usually hating the smell of smoke, she didn’t mind that one and even remembered it.
So, when she went to watch that rally race later, she recognized Zane immediately.
"What does your agreeing to the blind date have to do with that?"
The man smiled as he tucked Natalie’s stray hair behind her ear.
"I thought this little girl seemed interesting, she fought hard, directly, and I liked it."
"That’s it?"
"That’s it."
However, the more important reason was that he recognized Natalie as the light he had encountered five years ago. He had no intention of telling Natalie about this, at least not yet.
