An Affair With The Ceo (Natasha and Jared) novel Chapter 390

Chapter 390

Natasha finally recognized his voice, but she was still unsure if it was really him. ‘You left with Lizzie, didn’t you?’ Natasha thought, puzzled. ‘How did you come back to find me so soon?’ she wondered, confused.

She forced her blurry eyes open, desperately trying to confirm what was happening in her drunken haze. ‘Is the man in front of me really Jared? Natasha questioned herself, her mind still foggy.

“Hey, I’m asking you; how much did you drink?” Jared pressed, sounding a little impatient.

Jared noticed Natasha just kept staring at him, totally out of it. He reached over and pinched her cheek, not gently. He repeated, “How much did you drink?”

Natasha winced at the sting. Her vision finally cleared, and she could make out the man standing before her. She realized that it really was Jared.

“Not much; just two bottles, that’s all…” Natasha slurred, still tipsy and trying to play it cool. She held up two fingers for Jared to see, waving them in his face with a drunken, innocent look.

Jared glanced at the empty bottles on the coffee table, his face falling. “Since when did you get so gutsy? Downing all this at once?” he teased, half-mocking.

Natasha snorted slightly and turned her head to the side. She really hadn’t drunk much today. She had just been exchanging toasts with her colleagues, only taking tiny sips each time.

It was an all-girls gathering, and none of them could really hold their liquor. So nobody expected anyone to drink much, but just a token sip to keep up appearances.

Andrea only ended up drinking so much after witnessing Jared leaving with Lizzie, which deeply affected her, though she kept reminding herself she shouldn’t care since she and Jared were only friends with benefits.

‘It has nothing to do with me who he left with, especially Lizzie, the woman Jared’s family has chosen for him, she thought. ‘Who am I to be jealous, anyway?’

And yet, she still felt a little frustrated inside. So she tried to drown her feelings in alcohol. And before she knew it, she had drunk too much.

Natasha felt annoyed with herself, too. ‘How did I end up drinking this much? Especially over something like this, which I really shouldn’t have cared about at all.’

“Why do you care?” Natasha grumbled, brushing off Jared’s hand as he tried to help her up. She got up by herself and headed straight for the door.

But she barely made it two steps before her wobbly legs gave out, and she stumbled, landing right on the floor. Her toe stubbed hard against the corner of the coffee table, making her suck in a sharp breath from the pain.

“You can’t even walk by yourself, and you still don’t let me care for you?” Jared sighed, shaking his head. He crouched in front of her, reaching out to scoop her up, his expression full of helplessness.

Natasha instinctively flinched away. “Don’t touch me…” she slurred, her tone defensive.

Jared’s brows knitted together. Natasha gritted her teeth and stood up by herself. But before she could even steady herself, Jared swept her up into his arms, cradling her like a princess.

“What are you doing? Let me go! Go cuddle your Lizzie,” Natasha snapped, squirming in his arms, her tone sharp with jealousy.

Jared was stunned, gazing at her intently. “If I really cuddle another woman, won’t you get jealous?” he asked, his voice low

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Natasha was fuming inside. She snorted dismissively. “As if I’d ever be jealous.”

Jared chuckled. “Looks like someone’s about to burst from jealousy.”

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Natasha’s face froze, and she shot back instinctively, “No way!” Nevertheless, her tipsy expression totally gave her away.

Jared, who had been brooding for days, suddenly felt his spirits lift, like a cloud had finally cleared. With Natasha in his arms, he marched right out of the private room.

When they got downstairs, they happened to run into Jack. “Mr. Rundell, Ms. Hopkins…” Jack’started, but then he stopped

short.

Jack just assumed Jared was carrying Lizzie, so he came over to say goodbye, all respectful. But as he got closer, he realized/ something was off. ‘Wait, that’s not Lizzie in Mr. Rundell’s arms?’ Jack thought, confused.

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