Chapter 18

Natasha could imagine Maxine's face right at that moment, looking particularly innocent, as if the whole world should give in to her. When she was with Maxine before, she would think of her for everything, but she never cared. Sometimes when they quarreled, she would take her hand and play coquetry. Every time, she would become soft-hearted and then she chose to forgive her, pretending that nothing ever happened. Natasha did not think she could forgive Maxine like before. She framed her in front of her classmates and made everyone hate her. She even turned black and white and upside down then put her in a particularly awkward position. She made her believe that they were really good friends and then borrowed money from their houses. She was very glad not knowing that Maxine and her gang were laughing at her behind her back. She also stole her boyfriend, and made her do things a friend would never do to her friend. She never wanted to remember all those things anymore. All of those, Maxine never regarded her as a friend. So why would she forgive her and treat her like a friend in her heart? "Are you thinking about taking my boyfriend?" Maxine added. Edward watched Natasha using her mobile phone with fascination. "Come, drink some water." "Thank you, you are very kind." She took the water cup and put her mobile phone aside. Edward accidentally saw the word "boyfriend" in the chat record. "Did Natasha have a boyfriend before?" He wondered. Natasha finished drinking water and stood up to take another cup. She then handed it to Edward. "Here, you should also drink." Natasha stared intently at Edward, who was drinking water, and noticed that he was particularly handsome. She had never seen such a handsome person before, and even drinking water could be so elegant and fascinating. When Edward finished drinking water, Natasha went back to the sofa and typed with her mobile phone. Boyfriend. The word that made Edward's head kept turning. Looking at Natasha holding her mobile phone, Edward finally could not help it. "Natasha, did you have a boyfriend before?" Hearing that, Natasha did not know what to answer. "No." After she finished saying the word, Natasha instantly regretted it and felt guilty in her conscience. Now that she was married to Edward, how could she lie to him? But if she told him that her former boyfriend was Jake, what would he do then? It would be terrible if men got jealous of other men. "What should I do if Edward gets jealous?" She asked herself. "Really?" Edward's words made Natasha, who was guilty, even more guilty. She could never even look at Edward. "Edward, I am hungry again. I'm going to eat some fruit." She said, hoping that he would not ask any more. Natasha hurriedly took the fruit bowl and wanted to end the topic. "Okay but you eat slowly. If it is not enough, Sylvia will make you some more." Looking at Edward, Natasha felt that they were really good now. Everything was so unreal for her. "Edward, why are you all so kind to me? I cannot do anything and cannot do anything well." "Maybe it is because you are cute when you eat." "Shall I do something?" "No, because they all like you. Besides, it is not a bad thing that others are good to you." He said, and touched Natasha's hair. "But I still feel like I should do something." "You, you just need to eat there and obey, okay? Do not worry about anything else." Edward and Natasha did not go down from the room until dinner time. As for Maxine, she followed Jake when they saw Edward coming down. Maxine knew that Edward was Jake's uncle. In order to leave a good impression on Jake's family, she said hello to Edward cleverly. "Hello, Uncle Edward, I am Jake's girlfriend, and my name is Maxine." Edward just nodded and didn't look at Maxine. Maxine looked at Edward who helped Natasha and pulled over a chair, and then gently helped her carefully wipe her hands. Looking at the scene, Maxine was blinded. What was with the situation? The relationship between Natasha and Edward looked very close, just like lovers. Maxine, who felt ignored, still tried to talk to him. "Hello, Uncle Edward, I am Natasha's classmate or you can call me her good friend." A good friend was really a good friend and a good friend never robbed other people's boyfriends. A good friend never slandered others behind their backs. But in Natasha's eyes, all of those was Maxine. Looking at Maxine's clever and kind face, Natasha felt particularly awkward. Maxine was born with a clever face, which made people feel that she was particularly kind at first sight, and she was cheated miserably by her being like that. Hearing Maxine say that she was a good friend of Natasha, Edward looked up at Maxine. "A good friend?" "Yes, we are best friends, doing everything together. Right Natasha?" Looking at Maxine's sisterly affection, Natasha felt hypocritical. Her former self was deceived by her appearance, and now she was doing it again to get her own purpose with her help. She used to be so good to her, just to get close to Jake, and when her goal was achieved, she did not need her anymore. "Yes, we are good friends." Edward looked at Natasha and felt Natasha's obvious preparedness. She was not at all relaxed if she was facing a good friend. This made Edward feel like something was going on. At the dinner table, Edward did not ask Natasha any more. Melissa looked at Jake, who was very quiet that day, and thought of what happened before.