However, the three little kids were still worried, they told him several times not to divulge their whereabouts to anyone. Of course I know that. That’s our most basic professional duty, okay? thought North. After completing the mission, he finally started to look into Melanie’s whereabouts, which took him a long time.
He was still busy when Nathan came in and asked, “North, how’s your search going?” North shot a glance at him. “I’ve found out where she is, but she’s not staying at a fixed place.” Nathan asked with a frown, “Why?”
North smiled. “She’d found a place to stay, but she’s only stayed a night there over the last couple of days while spending the rest of her. time elsewhere.”
Nathan instantly understood what he meant. Melanie had always been a wild woman, so she must’ve been crashing wherever she found herself. He gave an inward sigh of regret while wondering what had made him so blind as to get mixed up with such a woman back then. “Give me her address so that I can go to her someday. I just don’t believe I won’t be able to catch her!”
“Okay,” North responded before sending him the address. Darting a look at the address, Nathan asked, “So, how would you like to be paid?”
North heaved a helpless sigh like an adult. ‘It’s not necessary. It’s fine as long as everything is well for you and my godmother.” Nathan felt an inexplicable twinge in his nose. Even a kid knows to worry about me. “Okay,” he replied in a whisper.
After leaving North’s room, Nathan saw Olivia and Eugene sitting on the couch. Eugene’s hair was still wet, obviously, he’d just showered in Olivia’s bathroom. I was wondering why Olivia’s face was blushing just now, and here he is, thought Nathan. “Hi, Uncle.”
“Mm-hmm,” Eugene responded. “Have you found her?” Nathan replied, “Yeah, I have. Olivia promised to lure the culprit out with me tomorrow. I’ll go catch Melanie the day after tomorrow.” Eugene asked, ‘Is she really worth you doing that personally?”
Nathan was startled. Seeing his dumbfounded expression, Eugene explained, “It’s good enough to have somebody else catch her instead. If you do that in person, you’ll have trouble explaining yourself when Kate learns about it. If you’re not good at explaining yourself, you have to eliminate all possibilities for misunderstandings. Why does my girlfriend have to spend every single day worrying about you two?!”
Olivia curled her lips. Look how justified he sounds. He’s the one who doesn’t want Nathan to take up his time, but he puts the blame on me instead. She spoke while looking at Nathan. “I do hope that everything is well for you and Katie, but what your uncle said only represents his own views.”
Eugene looked at her while giving her small hand a squeeze as punishment. Olivia let out a coquettish snort while pulling her hand out of his grasp.
There was a kind of closeness about the couple that no one could interfere with as one of them put on a surly face while the other acted like a spoiled child in front of him. Their interaction was as amicable and unaffected as that between an old couple who had been married for years, but it seemed exceptionally sweet in the eyes of outsiders.
For some reason, Nathan felt jealous at the sight of this. He nodded heavily, saying, “I know that, and I won’t give Katie any wrong ideas anymore. I gotta go.”
After he left, Olivia glared at Eugene, who laughed at once before leaning his wet head toward her in good humor. He teased, “I used your shampoo. Take a sniff, does it smell as nice as you?”
Olivia gave him a shove in disgust. “Move away from me, you jerk. You’re spattering water all over me.” To her dismay, Eugene purposely rubbed his head against her after she said that.
Olivia put her hands under his armpits, threatening, ‘Do you want me to tickle you again?” Frightened, Eugene immediately sat back in place and looked at her with puppy-dog eyes.
The next day, surmising that Nathan had left work, Olivia phoned him before going out with Eugene.
