Chapter 73: Angry Justin

"Julia, I’m in a hurry. I have an important late-night meeting to attend. I came here just to pick you up. Please hurry downstairs. I’ll meet your friend another time," Justin’s impatient voice echoed from the other side.

"You’re always so busy," Julia huffed. "Alright, I’m coming."

She turned to Albert, "I have to leave now. My grandson is waiting for me downstairs. But I’ll make sure to visit again, and hopefully next time, I’ll meet your grandson-in-law."

Albert and Natalie nodded, while Andrew stood up as well. "I’ll head out too."

"Let me come downstairs to meet your grandson," Albert said, rising from his seat.

"G-Grandpa," Natalie quickly interjected, "you just took your medicine a little while ago. It makes you drowsy, and I’m worried you might collapse."

"She’s right, Albert," Andrew added swiftly, trying to save Justin from being caught. "You can meet him some other time."

With everyone insisting, Albert finally agreed and stayed back.

As soon as Julia left, Natalie sighed in relief. "Grandpa, you haven’t rested since noon. You should get some sleep now."

Albert truly felt tired so he didn’t deny. As Natalie walked him to his room, he continued, "Make sure to check on Aiden and see when he’ll be home. It’s not good to work too much."

"Yes, Grandpa."

"And you’ve saved some food for him, haven’t you?"

"I have, Grandpa," Natalie replied, though she thought to herself, -----

On the way back to the hotel, Julia sat unusually quiet, clearly lost in thought.

"What’s deepening those wrinkles on your face, Julia?" Justin asked, keeping his eyes on the road as they drove along the nearly empty streets.

"I’m worried about Natalie, and especially about her husband," she replied, worry itched on her face.

"What about him?" Justin asked casually, unaware that something bizarre is going on his old woman’s mind.

"I had some woman-to-woman talk with Natalie and asked her about her husband. Though she said good things about him, I could tell she didn’t really mean it. Her husband might not be as good as she made him out to be."

Justin was taken aback.

Julia continued, "You know, they’ve been married for a few days now, but they haven’t... you know, done it."

"Done what?" Justin asked, genuinely confused.

She frowned and gave him a look. "Are you a child to not know what a married couples do?"

Justin was stunned as he finally understood what Julia meant. He glanced over at her, only to hear her continue, "Natalie said they were trying to get to know each other better, but from her reaction, I could sense something’s off with her husband."

"What issue?" Justin asked, feeling conflicted about what exactly these two women had been discussing.

"From what I gathered, it seems her husband might have... issues. You know, like he’s not capable of performing his marital duties."

The car came to a sudden halt as Justin accidentally slammed on the brakes, shocked by what he’d just heard.

"What are you doing, Justin? Is this how you drive?" Julia’s sharp voice snapped him back to reality.

He quickly looked at her with concern. "Julia, are you alright?"

"Yes, I’m fine, but you need to be more careful," she replied, still irritated.

"I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful," Justin muttered, relieved that the car had been moving at a low speed, so the sudden stop didn’t jolt his grandmother too much. He restarted the car and continued driving toward the hotel.

"So, where were we?" Julia picked up where she left off. "Right, I was saying—what kind of man stays away from a woman as beautiful as Natalie? There’s definitely something wrong with her husband."

"Julia, you’re overthinking things," Justin said, gritting his teeth, trying to stay calm despite the rising frustration.

"My womanly instincts can’t be wrong. The sadness in her eyes when we talked about it, how she seemed so lost—I could tell she was hurting deep down but couldn’t say anything. After all, she’s the one who married him, and she probably feels trapped, staying quiet for her grandpa’s sake, who keeps asking for a great-grandchild." Julia shook her head, her expression filled with sorrow. "My poor Natalie, stuck with an impotent man."

Justin’s grip on the steering wheel tightened, his knuckles turning white as his veins bulged.

If not for his concern for his grandmother’s safety, he might have snapped the steering wheel in half out of sheer anger.

"On the other hand, I feel it’s a good thing," Julia went on. "I’ll get her to leave that man easily and take her back to the Harpers. That damn impotent fool trapped my Natalie."

Struggling to control his anger, Justin continued to drive in silence. Once they reached the hotel, he parked the car and said, "Good night. I have some important work to do."

"Good night. Don’t work too late," Julia advised before heading inside.

Instead of going back to his suite, Justin got into his car and left the hotel again to go back to Natalie’s home, anger brewing inside him about what exactly she had told his grandma to make her think that way about him.

His jaw clenched as he sped down the road, no patience left.

When he reached Natalie’s apartment, he rang the doorbell, his demeanour anything but calm. Moments later, the door opened, revealing Natalie in her night dress, surprise flickering in her eyes at the sight of him.

"Justin, why are you—"

Even before she could say more, she was pushed inside the home, the door closed behind. A pair of strong hands pushed her against the wall, trapping her between them and a tall figure towered in front of her. His intense gaze like a wild predator boring into her shocked one, made her unable to say a word under the pressure of his domineering actions.

"So, I’m incapable as a man, huh?" His cold voice sent chills down her spine, his dark, enraged eyes locking onto hers.