Chapter 30. Help from Family?

Nathaniel’s POV

For a moment, I thought she was going to pass out. She was much more surprised than I thought she would be, or did I just downplay how she would react to knowing I was the one behind the employment?

“So you were the one who sent those gifts as well?” She barely managed to get the words out of her mouth.

“Hmm-hmm,” I answered casually. I hoped that by being as calm as possible, she would also realize that it wasn’t a big deal.

“But… but why?”

“Listen, whether you believe it or not, you’re close to my family now. Your sister is married to my cousin. That kind of makes you a family friend of some sort. When you left the other time, I realized that you weren’t exactly welcomed here properly, at least by me, and I just had to…”

“Why didn’t you identify yourself then? You didn’t say you were the one sending the gifts. And this employment… why?”

My brain was working overtime. I needed to explain why I was extending