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But right after Natalie posed the question, she realized that the people Scarlet hired to trash the place must have accidentally damaged the wall as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably the heavy rain. It has been a long time since the wall was last maintained, so the rain must have ruined it,\u201d Lucian replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The puppy was barking on the second floor of the villa. With Sarah still in his arms, Lucian went upstairs straight away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy is still downstairs.\u201d Sarah leaned on Lucian\u2019s shoulder as she looked at Natalie, who was standing at the entrance of the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on upstairs. You don\u2019t have to change your shoes,\u201d Lucian said to Natalie. Then, he added, \u201cI\u2019m not a germophobe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The white floor was marked with Lucian\u2019s shoe prints.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie was well aware that Lucian wasn\u2019t a germophobe. Whenever she took Sarah to the Payne residence, Sarah would play in the yard and jump straight into Lucian\u2019s arms. Lucian had never bothered about Sarah\u2019s dirty hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If it were Rowan, he would\u2019ve flown into a rage and shouted at Natalie for not taking proper care of her children. He felt that\u00a0<\/p>\n
she should\u2019ve taught the children to keep themselves clean at all times.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kids were meant to play, so Natalie didn\u2019t want to ruin their childhood with those rules. She could clean them up when they got dirty, anyway. She didn\u2019t mind it that much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucian had said he wasn\u2019t a germophobe, but Natalie still went to the shoe cabinet near the entrance and got herself a pair of disposable slippers. She only went upstairs after putting on the slippers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLuc, do you not have maids in your house? Do you live here alone?\u201d Sarah slid out of Lucian\u2019s arms as she observed his\u00a0<\/p>\n
house with wide, curious eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI usually live in the Payne residence, so I rarely come over. The maids only come over at certain hours to tidy up. They all go back to their own homes afterward,\u201d Lucian explained as he followed behind Sarah.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPuppy\u2026 Come out!\u201d Sarah spotted the white puppy hiding behind a flowerpot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The puppy barked at Sarah before shrinking back into the corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLuc, can you get it to come out? I think it\u2019s scared of me.\u201d Sarah looked to Lucian for help.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bending over, Lucian held Sarah\u2019s cold hands and said, \u201cI think it doesn\u2019t like you because you\u2019re all wet. Why don\u2019t you take a shower and change into some clean clothes before playing with it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re-\u201d Before Sarah could finish her sentence, she sneezed. She was about to say that they were leaving soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re both wet from head to toe. Sarah should take a shower so she doesn\u2019t catch a cold, right?\u201d Lucian asked Natalie, who had just gone up the stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But before Natalie could say anything, he took Sarah\u2019s hand and led her to a guest room ahead of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, take these.\u201d Lucian retrieved a bag from the closet. There were brand-new children\u2019s clothes inside. \u201cMy mom asked me to buy these for Sarah and Roger as presents for Christmas. It\u2019s not Christmas yet, so the presents are still here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNatalie, try on this dress. I originally bought it for my mom, but after trying it on, she said it\u2019s too small for her. If it fits, you can change out of your wet clothes later.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie had no choice but to accept the clothes for Sarah, along with the pink winter dress in an adult size.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess Sarah can change her clothes, but my clothes aren\u2019t that wet\u2026\u201d Natalie had just finished speaking when a droplet of water traveled along the sleeve of her orange down jacket and dripped onto the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It was raining heavily outside, and she had been holding a tiny umbrella in an attempt to shield both her and Sarah from the rain. It would be a miracle if her clothes didn\u2019t get soaked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy, please change your clothes. You\u2019ll get sick if you don\u2019t,\u201d Sarah said in her childish voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All of Natalie\u2019s and Sarah\u2019s belongings were in Rowan\u2019s villa. Now that she was divorced, Natalie believed that it was time for a fresh start. She definitely wouldn\u2019t go back for their belongings, so at the moment, she indeed had no other clothes to change into.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie gave Sarah a warm bath and helped her put on the clean new clothes. Then, she finally allowed Sarah to play with the\u00a0<\/p>\n
puppy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sweater Natalie was wearing inside was completely soaked, so she couldn\u2019t wear it anymore. She had no choice but to try on the dress Lucian had given her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 Chapter 38\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 38\u00a0 But right after Natalie posed the question, she realized that the people Scarlet hired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorced-upgraded-and-married-rich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}