Ashley jumped up, startled: "Nathalie, you can''t keep digging into this. You''ll end up ruining the Stewart family."


    Nathalie gave her a cold look. "What do you know?"


    Ashley stammered, her voice shaky. "I don''t know much. Just that my granddad seems scared of you." Nathalie was momentarily taken aback. "He''s scared of me?"


    Seeing Nathalie lost in thought, Ashley blurted out a seemingly ridiculous question: "Nathalie, what''s your deal with Mr. Morris?"


    Nathalie was caught off guard. Mr. Morris was Nathan, right?


    "You know our situation, don''t you? We''re married, legally hitched."


    Ashley turned beet red. "No, he''s engaged to me." She raised her hand, "He already popped the question?"


    Nathalie felt like she''d been hit by a bolt of lightning, her body trembling.


    "Nathan would never y both sides," she said, shaking her head.


    Ashley snapped back to reality, her exnation awkward. "I meant the young master of the McCoy family, not Nathan. There''s another young master."


    Nathalie let out a sigh of relief.


    "Besides my Nathan, I don''t really know anyone else from the McCoys."


    Ashley eyed her suspiciously. "But he knows about your past. Didn''t you tell him?"


    Nathalie squinted, a chill running through her.


    It was crazy-another McCoy young master she knew nothing about, who somehow knew her secretive background?


    This turned her world upside down.


    "Isn''t there only one McCoy young master?" Nathalie mumbled.


    Panic flickered in Ashley''s eyes. "Oh, right, right, just one McCoy young master, and that''s Nathan." She tried to brush it off.


    But Nathalie wasn''t one to be easily fooled.


    She locked eyes with Ashley, demanding the truth. "Then who is your fiancé?"


    Ashley kept backing away.


    Nathalie kept pressing.


    "What''s the name of this McCoy young master?"


    Suddenly, Ashley pushed Nathalie aside and dashed out of the bar.


    Nathalie ended up covering the tab.


    On her walk home, her mind was racing with questions.


    Was Ashley just rambling drunk, or did she really know some hidden secrets about the McCoys? Nathalie felt she had to talk to Nathan.


    That night, Nathan was burning the midnight oil again,ing home well past midnight. Nathalie sat quietly on the sofa, shadows casting a lonely aura around her.


    Seeing her like this, Nathan nearly


    tossed


    S briefcase aside, rushimet


    "What''s up?" Content bushing


    over and kneeling by her side


    Nathalie lifted her head, her voice heavy with fatigue. "Nathan, Ashley asked me out for drinks today."


    Nathan was taken aback. "She''s always had a weird grudge against you. Why the sudden change of heart? Her sudden friendliness is fishy."


    Nathalie nodded, agreeing with Nathan''s take. "Yeah, what she said today shook my world."


    Nathan grew anxious, his eyes searching Nathalie''s. "What did she tell you?"


    Nathalie


    out clearly: "Nathan, tell me,


    Maned back at him,ying it


    masters are


    howe


    in the McCoy family?" Core really