Chapter 1480

"Liar," Nathaniel said as he started the car and drove out of the parking garage. Mavis did not offer any further explanation. They sat in silence, the atmosphere growing more tense by the minute. Mavis kept her face turned toward the window, watching the passing scenery. The image of Nathaniel standing close to another woman in the parking garage replayed in her mind. She wrestled with her thoughts and realized she might have overstepped. Their marriage was just a one-year contract, yet Mavis found herself wanting more. She was upset because he seemed close to another woman… Unable to hold it in any longer, she finally asked, "Who was that woman you were talking to in the garage?" "What woman?" Nathaniel had almost forgotten the brief encounter, but Mavis's question made him recall it. "Someone from your department, I think." From her department? Mavis mentally went through the faces of her colleagues. "Who was it?" "I don't remember." Nathaniel had no