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Chapter 176 What Is With This Dramatic Reaction

Natasha fell into deep slumber after ending the call last night.

She had been sleeping because she had been recuperating at home for the last few days. That was

why she woke up exceptionally early this morning.

Suddenly, her phone rang. It was Ross.

Natasha glanced at the screen and answered the call, “Yes?”

“You’re awake, Ms. Wealthy? Are you free to talk?” Ross asked.

“You think you can still talk to me if I’m asleep?” Natasha retorted.

Ross responded with an awkward chuckle. “When are you coming back to the office?”

“Something happened?”

Ross responded with another wry smile. “Yeah. Something cropped up…”

“Spill!”

“Xavier, Thomas, and I had recently worked on a project, and we had come up with a prototype, but the

client was not happy with it. We knew something was amiss with the prototype, but we couldn’t figure

out the problem. That’s why we’re here to seek your advice.”

Natasha thought about it and said, “Got it. I’ll be there in a minute.”

“You want to come right now?”

“Yes!”

“We can come to you instead, though, since you’re still feeling unwell.”

“It’s all right. I’m okay now. I’ll come over now since I have nothing to do at home anyway!”

“Oh, okay. We’ll wait for you then!” Ross sounded exceptionally excited.

After ending the call, Natasha changed her clothes, put on simple makeup, and was ready to depart.

Meanwhile, Anthony was busy cleaning up the living hall.

Upon seeing Natasha all dressed up, he asked, “Are you going out, Nat?”

“Yeah. I have to get back to the office.”

Anthony frowned and expressed his concern. “But your injury—”

Natasha smiled. “I feel better now, don’t worry. Besides, I’m tired of staying at home. A trip to the office

could make me feel better.”

Anthony bobbed his head. “All right then!”

“Where’s Great-grandpa?”

“He went out to do groceries shopping and should be back soon!”

“Tell him not to worry about me. I’ll be back soon.”

Anthony nodded. “Okay.”

Natasha soon arrived at Prosper Technologies.

Everyone in the office had dark eye circles and looked dispirited, but when they saw Natasha from a

distance, their spirit was reignited.

They instantly surrounded her. “You’re back, Ms. Watson!”

“How are you? Do you feel better now, Ms. Watson?”

“Ms. Watson, the office without you was boring as hell!”

Natasha was taken aback by their enthusiasm. She was not used to being in the limelight, but their

reaction made her very happy.

Ross, who was still at his wit’s end, immediately bounced up from his seat when he heard Natasha had

arrived. He dashed across the office and extended his hands to embrace her. “You’re back, Ms.

Wealthy!”

But Xavier pulled him back before he could give her a hug.

Xavier looked at Natasha and asked, “Boss, why did you come back? Do you feel better now?”

Natasha hesitated. Before she could answer his question, Ross tried getting her attention by making

eye contact with her.

Xavier followed her line of sight and looked in Ross’ direction. “You called her?”

Ross knew the truth would come to light sooner or later. He responded with an awkward chuckle and

said, “Yes, I did call Ms. Watson, but I didn’t expect her to come back so soon-”

Xavier’s expression turned grim. He rolled his eyes at Ross before turning his attention to Natasha.

“We can handle the project ourselves, Boss. You should get enough rest—”

Natasha looked at him and said, “I’m fine!”

“But—”

“Relax. I won’t put my health in jeopardy for work. I cherish my life more than anything!” Natasha said.

Xavier was slightly convinced.

“Yeah, that’s right. We can’t be asking Ms. Watson to go home since she’s already here. I’m sure she

misses the food in our cafeteria too, right? I’ll buy her lunch later!”

Natasha grinned. “I’ll take your word for it!”

“You have my word! Your lunch is on me!” Ross tapped his chest and said.

Natasha could not help but laugh.

“Come, please follow me!” It was as if Ross was talking respectfully to a client.

Natasha suddenly remembered something. She turned to the receptionist and said, “Oh, I ordered one

hundred sets of breakfast. The deliveryman should arrive soon. I’ll need your help to distribute them to

everyone.”

Everyone’s eyes brightened as they did not expect her to do this for them.

The crowd began to speak. “Aw, you shouldn’t have done it…”

“When I was in the hospital, a few of you represented the office to visit me, and I’m grateful for that.

This breakfast set is my way of saying thank you to all of you.”

“All right, Ms. Watson. Thank you!”

“Don’t mention it!” Natasha then walked in with Xavier and Ross.

They arrived at a tiny conference room that could hold about ten people.

At that point, Thomas was scratching his head in frustration. His hair was disheveled.

The moment they stepped into the room, they heard Thomas mumble, “No, no, no, no, no. This project

will fail for sure if we do that. Before we can make it, I might die from overwork. But I can’t think of a

better solution!”

Natasha glanced at Thomas before turning her attention to Xavier and Thomas.

Ross’ face fell. “Did you see that, Ms. Watson? I didn’t want to call you, but look at Thomas…”

Natasha noticed the three of them looked disheveled in their overgrown beards. Of all the three men,

Thomas looked especially rugged.

She walked over and sat down.

Thomas lifted his eyes and took a glance at Natasha before turning his attention to his computer.

A few seconds later, he lifted his head and looked at her again.

At that point, Thomas could not believe his eyes. “M-Ms. Watson? Is that you? Am I hallucinating? Am I

experiencing terminal lucidity before death?”

He continued mumbling, “No, no, no, no, no. I can’t be thinking about Ms. Watson right now. Focus,

Thomas. Focus…” He kept shaking his head. When he was about to stand up and leave the

conference room, he saw Xavier and Ross standing right behind.

Thomas froze for a bit and blinked. It was as if he was experiencing lightheadedness. “No, I can’t do

this anymore. This hallucination has gotten the better of me. I can’t believe I’m seeing Ms. Watson

here. That’s it. I can’t deal with this anymore.”

Ross turned around to look at Natasha. “You see that, Ms. Wealthy? Now you know why I had to call

you?”

Natasha nodded to show that she understood what was going on.

Upon hearing that, Thomas froze once again. He turned around and looked in Natasha’s direction.

“So I’m not hallucinating? So Ms. Watson is real? She’s back?” he asked in a trembling voice.

Natasha gave him a smile.

When Ross was about to explain the situation, Thomas approached Natasha and gave her a serious

look.

Before Natasha could say anything, the man kneeled before her and wailed, “You’re finally back, Ms.

Watson! I would be dead if you didn’t come back!”

His reaction rendered Natasha speechless. I’ve just been away for a few days. What’s with his

dramatic reaction?