Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 368

Natalia looked at the few simple words on her screen and couldn’t help it. With a “pfft”, she laughed out loud.

Everyone at the banquet looked at her, taken aback.

She waved it off hurriedly. “Excuse me, go on eating. I’m going to make a phone call.”

With that, she took her phone and walked to the corridor outside.

She was going to call Archie when suddenly, her phone rang. It was an incoming call.

She blinked, looked at the unfamiliar number, and frowned.

Then she took the call.

“Hello? Who is this?”

“It’s been a long time, Seven. I’m back.”

…

The people in the cast sharply noticed that, ever since the banquet that night, Natalia’s mood hadn’t been the best.

She wasn’t as focused during shooting, and when her shift was over, she’d stopped hanging around everyone and chatting or having fun like she used to.

And every time she got off work, she went back to her hotel with Nancy in tow.

Even with the small gaps they got to rest during shooting, she’d stopped getting together with everyone and joking around, instead sitting to the side and doing her own thing.

At first, everyone thought she was still holding a grudge over her incident.

But she was polite and friendly to the two prop group members, and rarely brought up the incident.

Everyone was a little troubled.

Not only the cast members had noticed those changes. Even the normally blunt Nancy had noticed.

Nancy, of course, was worried, so the moment she found an opportunity, she asked about it.

“What’s with you these couple days, Natalia? Why do you look like your mind’s on something else?”

Natalia jolted, recovered her wits, and shook her head.

“I’m fine.”

Nancy frowned, clearly not believing her.

Natalia pursed her lips, mumbling, “I’m really fine. Just haven’t been feeling well these past couple days. I’ll be fine after a while.”

Nancy instantly thought her old wounds were hurting again. They’d healed up completely, but still ached whenever it rained or the weather got humid.

“I’ll call the doctor.”

Natalia hurriedly stopped her.

“No,” she floundered. “I don’t mean my hands, er… just treat it as a bad mood. It’s nothing. Really, I’m fine, don’t worry.”

Seeing her say that, a bemused Nancy could only listen to her.

That day, the cast had finished the outside scenes, leaving only the interior shots.

Since they were interior shots, they didn’t need to trek all over outside scenery, so the entire cast moved back to the Eqitin cinema park.

The shooting went well the first day. Early morning the second day, a flower deliveryman suddenly stepped on set with a bouquet in his hands, to be signed for specifically by Natalia.

Everyone thought it was from Archie. After all, ever since their relationship went completely public, Archie had kept on sending things over irregularly.

They were all used to this sappiness by now.

Natalia hadn’t noticed in the beginning as well. There was no card on the flower, so she’d set it aside after she received it.

When she brought it up after calling the man at noon, though, Archie didn’t admit to it.

Natalia blinked.

It wasn’t from him?

Archie was actually fine with people giving Natalia flowers. After all, she was an actress now, and it was normal to have fans or skirt-chasers.

After all, no matter what they gifted, this woman was his and nobody could take her.

As for the rest, Archie wasn’t worried.

He’d get jealous occasionally, but Natalia was good at smoothing it over. She was ready for anything with him, in case he got unhappy or misunderstood.

Archie was pleased with that. This way, the more people courted Natalia, the more Natalia actually seemed to care for him.

Basking in the woman’s affection, a certain man couldn’t be more pleased.

On the other hand, Natalia was confused.

To be honest, she had a bit of fame now, and her looks and figure were often touted online as the most baseline beauty in the entertainment circle.

But she was simply too tame of a person. Other than acting, she rarely got involved in other events and didn’t have a lot of exposure. Add to that her low-profile lifestyle, she didn’t have a lot of presence.

Besides, she was married, and to a man you could look but not touch at that. Everyone knew that.

So, despite a lot of men appreciating her, people who really tried to court her were actually few in number.

At least, compared to the other actresses in the cast constantly surrounded by skirt-chasers, she was actually in relative peace.

But Natalia didn’t overthink it.

Just because they were few in number didn’t mean they weren’t there. If Archie hadn’t gifted it, it was probably from some other fan!

Considering that, she stopped mulling over it.

Unexpectedly, though, the next day, someone sent an even larger bouquet of roses to the set.

After yesterday, everyone knew that those flowers weren’t from Archie.

Seeing that there were flowers again today, they couldn’t help but tease Natalia. “All right, then, Natalia, not afraid of Mr. McCarthy catching wind of you receiving these flowers? Careful, he might set chores on you out of jealousy.”

Natalia tutted at them, embarrassed. “Pfft! That’s nonsense. It’s a normal interaction between fans and their idol, where is your mind going?”

“Tsk tsk tsk, a normal interaction would be giving you tulips are something. But look, these are red roses, representing a passionate love. I have a feeling they’re courting you, Natalia!”

Natalia had to laugh.

“Oh, so by your reckoning, I can be conquered with a few roses? Nonsense! I’m warning you, I’m a married woman. Don’t spread anything strange. If I hear about it, I’ll come back to deal with you.”

She pretended to be angry and intimidating and everyone laughed, still teasing her relentlessly without fear.

“Oho, everyone else has a controlling wife, while you have a controlling husband, so you’re afraid Mr. McCarthy would know. Listen here, Natalia, we might not be as high and mighty, but we have to stand firm instead of kneeling before his trousers.”

Natalia didn’t know how to respond to that and got a bit embarrassed, so she pushed the actress who’d teased her lightly.

Everyone laughed rambunctiously.

In fact, they were right. Natalia did pay a lot of attention to this sort of thing.

First off, because of her status as a married woman, it didn’t matter if it was true or not. If word got out that she was in an amorous relationship with another man, it’d affect her image.

Rumors were a terrifying force. The internet might be singing your praises one day, then ganging up on you and calling for blood the very next.

With all her years in PR, Natalia knew how to keep her feathers safe, so she was always attentive on that side.

Secondly, she really didn’t want to let mundane things like this to affect the feelings between her and Archie.