Adorable Kids Asking for Bear Hug novel Chapter 1074

Observing Natasha staring motionlessly at her phone, Spencer subtly shifted his gaze toward her. “What's wrong?”

Natasha snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head. “It's nothing.”

“What's with you staring blankly at your phone? Who is it?” Spencer asked.

Her expression appeared serene and calm. She lifted her beautiful eyes to look at him and said, “An old acquaintance.”

Before Spencer could say anything, Natasha added, “I'll head back to my room first.” Having said that, she turned around and left.

Spencer stood still, pensively watching her retreating figure.

...

After walking a certain distance, Natasha looked at her still-ringing phone and decided to answer it.

“Hello.”

There was clearly a pause on the other end of the phone. “Are you okay?”

Natasha held her phone, her gaze coolly fixed on the distance. “Did you call just to ask me this?”

The caller noted the lack of confusion in Natasha's voice and how calm her tone was. “You know who I am?”

“I don't have the habit of deleting numbers,” Natasha said indifferently.

That one simple sentence was enough to explain things.

Zachary held his phone. “I thought you wouldn't answer my call.”

“Just spit it out. What do you want?” she asked.

“Nothing much. I just heard that you're back, so I thought I'd give you a call to check on you!” Zachary answered.

“Who told you that?” Natasha asked.

“Old Mr. Watson.”

Natasha furrowed her brows. “My grandfather probably wouldn't have gone out of his way to tell you this!”

“Indeed, he didn't say it on purpose. Today, I ran into Old Mr. Watson when I was at the cemetery. He was talking in front of the gravestone, and I just happened to overhear!” Zachary replied.

Upon hearing that, Natasha's heart skipped a beat.

The image of Terence standing in front of the gravestone immediately surfaced in her mind, causing sorrow to well in her.

It turned out that all the strength he displayed was nothing more than a facade.

While Natasha was immersed in silence, Zachary asked, “I heard from Old Mr. Watson that you've been through a lot recently, so I thought I'd call to check on you. If there's anything you need help with, don't hesitate to ask!”

“You're overthinking it. You should understand there's nothing you can help me with, and I wouldn't ask you for help either!” Natasha made their boundaries very clear.

Zachary's brows furrowed. “Nat, does it have to be like this between us? Can't we be like we used to be?”

“I am now Kenneth's woman. Can you treat me the same as before?” Natasha asked directly.

There was silence on the other end.

“I can overlook your mother's various actions, and I can clearly distinguish between you and her, but you should know Denise is my bottom line. From the moment you teamed up with Thea, we were destined to not even be friends. So, why bother?” Natasha asked.

“I truly had no knowledge about Denise's matter!” Zachary immediately explained. “Moreover, my collaboration with her was solely to deal with Kenneth. I really had no intentions to go against you!”

“The issues between you and Kenneth are your own business, but you absolutely should not have involved Denise.”

“I really didn't know she would do such a thing—”

“Zachary, all of this is in the past,” Natasha interrupted him, saying.

“I was so fond of Denise. I would never do such a thing...” On the other end, Zachary was still explaining.