Chapter 71. Six Minutes

"What are you doing here, Natalie?" Bernard shouted the moment he got over his shock.

"Tsk, tsk, that is no way to welcome your favourite girl, is it?" She clucked. "I am disappointed, Ben," she pouted, forming her mouth into a perfect circle as she tapped her long fake nails against her chin while perusing the nursery.

"What on earth are you doing here, Natalie? How did you even know that I was here?" Bernard asked again.

Natalie scraped her nails on the corner of the freshly painted wall, and her hands came up smeared with paint. "Oops, sorry, I didn't realize it was still wet." She smiled mischievously, emphasizing the wet while looking him up and down seductively. "Hmmm, you sure look more handsome each time I see you, love, and hotter too!" She tried to stroke his arm with her nail, but he flicked her hands off. She laughed.

"Oh my, Bernard. How I have missed you," she said, looking around "Why is there nothing to sit on in this crappy room?" She sneere