While Spencer and Thalia were talking, Natasha's eyelids gradually fluttered open.
Noticing that, Spencer quickly ran up to her. “You're awake.”
At that moment, Natasha's headache was gone, and she looked as if nothing had happened. In fact, her body felt light and relaxed, as if she was floating among clouds.
Even so, Natasha was sure that there was something wrong with her body.
She swept her gaze over Thalia and finally fixed it on Spencer before asking directly, “What's wrong with me?”
Just as Spencer was about to answer her, Natasha added, “I want to hear the truth.”
Meeting her gaze, Spencer let out a sigh and admitted, “The truth is that I don't know.”
“You don't know?”
Spencer gave her a serious look while he explained, “When you were unconscious just now, I roughly examined you. There weren't any problems, but we still need professional equipment to examine the rest of your body. I need a laboratory for this.”
Upon hearing that, Natasha looked at him with a frown. “I can't be fine. This has happened several times. At first, I thought it was due to exhaustion, but I know that's not the case after the recent occurrences.”
“What did your medical report say?” asked Spencer.
“Kenneth says I'm fine. I've taken a look at the report as well. There's really nothing out of the ordinary,” answered Natasha.
Back then, she suspected Kenneth of hiding the truth to not make her worry, so she looked at the actual results. Still, there was nothing wrong with it.
She had already suspected something was wrong with her during the previous occurrence, but after what happened that day, she was sure it was not just a mere coincidence, nor was it something caused by exhaustion. Something was seriously wrong with her body.
Staring at Natasha, Spencer said, “Based on the examination I've done, all I can say is that there's nothing wrong. As for the details, I'll have to carry out a more thorough examination before giving you an answer.”
After thinking for some time, Natasha nodded. “All right.”
“Maybe I'll give you a thorough examination tomorrow or the day after,” suggested Spencer.
Natasha nodded again in response. Just as she was about to walk away, a thought suddenly occurred to her, and she said, “By the way, don't tell them about what happened today.”
“You mean...”
“Kenneth and the kids,” explained Natasha.
Spencer eyed her in confusion. “Hmm... It's clearly not a wise move to hide anything at this moment.”
Natasha shot him a warning look. “We'll talk more once you have the results.”
Seeing she was about to leave, Spencer suddenly asked, “Aren't you curious why I asked Kenneth for help?”
Natasha was momentarily stunned. She then lifted her gaze to look at him and asked, “Did Kenneth send you here?”
Spencer's eyes narrowed as he nodded. “Yes.”
“Because of me?”
“Yes,” Spencer admitted with closed eyes.
When Natasha heard his answer, her lips curled into a conflicted smile.
“Looks like he already knew something was off...” she murmured.
“Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you when I'm here,” promised Spencer.
Natasha smiled at his words. “I'm not worried, actually, but I'm afraid someone else is...” With that, she glanced at Thalia.
Noticing their gazes, Thalia immediately snapped out of her trance and said, “Don't worry. I'm not.”
Natasha merely smiled, looking unbothered.
“All right. It's getting late. You two should rest early. I'll leave to get some rest now.” Natasha flashed them a grin and walked toward the door.
“Are you sure you're all right?” Spencer asked, still worried about her.
Natasha turned around and smiled. “Don't worry. I'm used to it. I always feel like dying when it happens, but I'll be fine once it's over.”
Spencer nodded in response.
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