Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: He Has A Girlfriend?

While Justin was engrossed in his meeting, Natalie continued chatting with her grandfather, Albert.

“Grandpa, I’m sorry for releasing that video. I’m sure Briena didn’t really mean anything bad about you. She was just trying to provoke me because she knows how much I care about you. She loves you as much as I do.”

Albert smiled lightly. “I believe whatever you say. Moreover, she is my granddaughter as well, so I won’t mind whatever she says. I care for both of you.”

Natalie nodded lightly and stood up. “Grandpa, I’m going to cook a nice meal for you today.”

Albert chuckled teasingly. “Only for me? Not for your husband? Don’t ignore him, or he might not be too happy about me coming here.”

Natalie laughed softly. “I care about you more. If he has an issue, that’s his problem.”

“Don’t let him hear that,” Albert teased again. “I want to visit you often, so let’s not give him any reason to dislike me.”

“Can he even dare to stop you?” she joked as she prepared to head to the kitchen. “I need to order a few things. Where did I leave my phone?” She looked around and realized it was in the bedroom. Deciding to retrieve it, she made her way to the door.

She lightly knocked before slowly opening the door and peeking inside like a thief, trying not to disturb Justin. She watched the busy man talking on the video call, his deep authoritative voice echoing in the room.

‘Such a beautiful sight to see.’

Just then Justin turned to look at her. She got back to her and gestured to him asking if she could come in. He nodded, and she quietly entered, signaling that she was only there to grab her phone.

She reached for the phone on the table, not realizing it was still plugged in. As she pulled it, the charger slipped out of the socket and clattered to the floor, making a noise.

“Oh, sorry,” she blurted out, immediately bending down to pick up the charger that had fallen near the chair where Justin was sitting. He glanced at her but continued his meeting, both unaware that her presence had been noticed by those on the video call.

Suddenly, a chorus of gasps echoed through the laptop speakers as the people in the meeting caught sight of Natalie. Seeing a woman around Justin for the first time—especially in what appeared to be a bedroom with a bed visible in the background—was shocking to them.

Clearly, she wasn’t just a random woman.

Realizing the situation, Justin immediately shut the lid of his laptop so no one could see Natalie.

“Seems like it’s broken,” Natalie observed the cracked charger, unaware of the storm she had just stirred up in the minds of the people Justin had been talking to.

“I’ll get you a new one,” Justin offered, noticing her disappointed expression.

“No, it’s alright. I have a spare one,” she then noticed he had closed his laptop. “Did I disturb your meeting?”

“I had almost finished it,” he assured her.

“Umm, alright. I’m preparing a meal. Make sure to come out early.”

Justin nodded, and she left the bedroom.

As soon as she stepped out, her expression turned to one of surprise.

‘Did we just talk normally, without mocking each other? That’s strange. Seems like he’s only decent when he’s busy working otherwise his mouth only opens to spill insults all the time.’

Inside the bedroom, Justin reopened his laptop, only to find everyone talking among themselves, clear that they had even heard the talk between him and Natalie as the microphone attached to his collar was still on.

“Did you hear the way he talked? Since when does he know to talk so softly?”

“Who was she to turn him into a gentleman? His girlfriend?”

“He has a girlfriend finally?”

“I wonder who she is?”

“I missed seeing her face.”

“She must be the most beautiful woman to snag his heart.”

The moment they noticed Justin back on the screen, everyone jumped up with the same question.

“Justin, who was that woman?”

“No one,” he replied dismissively. “Let’s continue the meeting.”

“C’mon, Justin, we’re like friends. You don’t have to hide it from us,” another person chimed in. “We clearly saw a woman and heard how gentlemanly you talked to her. You never talk like that with us. And what is she doing in your bedroom? Do you take us for fools?”

“Yes,” Justin replied firmly. “Now, fools, get back to work.”

“So mean, you are.”

“He has no courtesy left in him.”

A few of them continued to mumble among themselves, only to hear Justin say, “This meeting is over.”

“What? But we’re not done yet!”

“That’s not my issue,” Justin closed the laptop and headed out of the bedroom.

“Oh, are you done with the meeting, Aiden?” Albert asked, noticing Justin entering the drawing room.

“Yes, Mr. Ford,” Justin walked over to the dining table to get some water.

“Natalie is cooking dinner for us,” Albert mentioned, prompting Justin to glance toward the kitchen, where Natalie was busily focused on her work. That was a beautiful sight to see that emitted homely warmth.

Finding the water jar empty, Justin headed into the kitchen to fetch water for himself which caught Natalie’s attention, who was busy whipping eggs. “Are you done with the meeting?”

He hummed in response, only to hear her hurried tone, “Then help me in the kitchen.”

Justin gave her a questioning look as he pulled out a water bottle. “Do you want me to cook?”

She scoffed lightly, “I don’t have that high of expectations from a rich kid like you, but you can at least figure out how to wash vegetables.” She pointed to the vegetables placed on the table. “There.”

Justin drank water first to quench his thirst, then walked over to the other side kitchen counter, choosing not to argue with her.

Natalie peeked out of the kitchen and called out to Albert, “Grandpa, Aiden is helping with dinner. You can rest until it’s ready.”

“Don’t worry about me,” the old man replied while busying himself with watching the news.

Justin unbuttoned his cuffs and folded them till the elbow, preparing to work. Natalie happened to glance at his hands, and continued to look at them while her hands were busy whipping eggs.

Justin noticed her gaze at him and offered him a questioning gaze as if asking what she was looking for.