It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1497 Luke's Changes (Part One)

"A friend from my class. She wants me to go shopping with her," Michelle said, sliding her phone into her pocket. Luke was behaving very strangely today. He had never been bothered about her daily life. But he was showing some interest today. It was totally weird because she was usually invisible to him. "Okay," Luke replied, indifferently. He had been lit up and had planned to take her out for a walk or something. But his passion was put off by her words. Now that she was about to head out for shopping, he couldn't ask her to go for a walk anymore. "I'm leaving. I'll be back soon." Michelle knew that he wouldn't care, but she still said that to keep him informed. She didn't mind anyway. She loved him, and she wanted to share everything with him, even though he did not care about her. "Fine," Luke snorted and then went upstairs, leaving her alone.

Michelle bit her lower lip lightly. She had thought that there might have been a little improvement in their relationship. But, it turned out that it was nothing but an illusion. He was as cold as he always was to her.

Standing by the window on the second floor, Luke watched Michelle walking out of the house at a brick pace. Luckily, the transportation service near the house was quite convenient. So even though she did not drive, she could still take a bus or a taxi. Luke did not tear his gaze away from her receding figure until she had disappeared around the corner. When she was finally gone, a wave of loneliness swept through him. He had never had this happen to him before. He felt bored in her absence, and was upset like he had lost something important. He looked at the empty front gate, and quickly turned around and walked away from the window.

"Why is HE here?!" Michelle exploded when she saw Bradley standing beside Hilda. She felt as if she was being treated like a fool. And the one who had planned all this was her good friend, or so she had thought. Her heart tightened in pain and anger.

"Sorry, Michelle," Hilda said, looking guilty as hell. "He asked me to do this. I really didn't know how to refuse him." Hilda looked at Michelle, who was enraged. She felt a bit scared.

"So, you chose to lie to me instead?" Michelle glared at her angrily. She was extremely upset with her. But she also knew that Hilda would never deliberately bring him along to fool her.

"It's not her fault. I asked to come with her. Don't be mad at her," Bradley immediately explained, seeing that things were going sideways between the two girls.

"Of course I know that it's not her fault. This is all your trick. Tell me, what do you want from me?" Michelle asked, fuming. He had set a trap for her and she had gullibly fallen into it.

"My trick? This is not that big a crime. I just wanted to invite you to watch a movie with me and then have a meal together. That's all. There's no trick involved here. I only asked Hilda not to tell you that I would be coming. Don't get me wrong, please. I just wanted to surprise you," he tried to reason. Michelle's anger was totally unexpected. He was shocked at her reaction and did not know how to comfort her. She looked terrifying in her rage.

"Well, consider me surprised! I don't care what your intentions were, but I don't want to be close to rich guys like you." It was pretty ironic, coming from her. But that was just the best things to say to arrogant boys coming from wealthy families. It usually hit them at the right spot.

"You seem to dislike rich people a lot," Bradley said, frowning. He was confused by her anger; she was so easy on the trigger today.

"No, I don't dislike rich people. I just don't want to waste my time with you. I don't want this happening again." The longer this boy pursued her, the more difficult it would be to get it fixed. Michelle liked to deal with things quickly. She didn't care how much he liked her, or why he wanted to stay close to her. As far as she was concerned, he was just a rich spoiled brat, who was obsessed with her on an instinct. A Mr. Dandy like him would never love someone with all his heart, at least not at this age.

"But from what I can see, you're prejudicing me." Bradley had never been so humble to a woman. Michelle was an exception. She made him do things he had never done before.

"That's because you are the only one I don't want to talk to," she said harshly. She was hoping that he would read the meaning in her words and stop following her already!

"Why?" Bradley asked, dissatisfied with her explanation.

She sighed, "Because you are not my type. Even if you were, it wouldn't change anything because I love another man and we are going to spend the rest of our lives together." She wanted to reject him wholly and tried to make things crystal clear. It was time for him to stop this nonsense! Bradley was taken aback by her confession and Hilda looked at her in shock. But he did not lose heart and said firmly, "I don't mind competing with him fairly."

"Well, I mind," a voice suddenly said from behind. Michelle turned around swiftly, recognizing the voice.

"Luke! I..." She stammered. He wasn't looking at her. His eyes were fixed on Bradley, but she couldn't read the expression in those eyes because of the black sunglasses he was wearing. Michelle had never expected that Luke would show up there. She panicked because of his sudden appearance and because of the awkward situation in front of her. She didn't know what to do.

Hilda rushed to her side and asked, "Is this your brother, Michelle? I have heard his voice on the phone before. But I didn't think he would be so handsome." She ogled at Luke obsessively. He looked so mature and calm. A boy like Bradley could never give out such an aura.

"Uh... He..." Michelle was at a loss. There was no way that she could explain this situation to either Hilda or Luke right now. Luke felt awkward and angry. Since when had he become her brother instead of her husband?

Bradley stared at the man for a while and after hearing Hilda, he came forward and said, "You are Michelle's brother. Nice to meet you. I'm Bradley He, Michelle's classmate." He extended his hand out for a friendly shake. Luke stared at his hand and then looked at him coldly, without responding. Bradley had to withdraw his hand awkwardly. He was infuriated. He had never been treated this way by anyone. First Michelle, and now her brother. He gritted his teeth, but didn't say anything.

"Is that how you've introduced me to your classmates?" Luke asked through clenched teeth. Although he was wearing sunglasses, Michelle could still feel his fierce look on her.

"It's not what you think. I'll explain it when we get back, okay?" At that moment, a thought suddenly struck her. Luke was home when she had left. Then why was he here? Did he follow her secretly? Michelle felt her anger rising when she thought of that possibility. She thought that he did it because he didn't trust her.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐