Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 252: If Not for Me, Could You Have Found a Wife?

Chapter 252: Chapter 252: If Not for Me, Could You Have Found a Wife?

Felix Langdon’s response sent the internet into a frenzy, with Natalie Vaughn’s fans and various onlookers frantically speculating about the identity of Natalie Vaughn’s husband.

No one from the Lawson Family has ever appeared in public, and the member of the Donovan Family doesn’t quite resemble the figure that was trending before.

Like a playboy, Felix Langdon stirred up public interest and then gracefully withdrew, creating a hot topic and simultaneously giving free publicity to The Langdon Group and Natalie Vaughn. Of course, the public discussions online lasted less than half an hour, and after that, all terms related to Natalie Vaughn’s husband became unsearchable.

Meanwhile, the two protagonists being discussed online were preparing to return to the Thorne Family. Speaking of it, it was their first visit to the Vaughn Family’s old estate after marriage, which was one reason Natalie Vaughn felt good about this marriage. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Unlike other families that require dealing with many relatives, there’s no rule that they have to live in the old mansion, and they aren’t required to return at any specified time. This is quite enjoyable for Natalie Vaughn, who likes freedom.

Nonetheless, Natalie Vaughn was still a little nervous about meeting her in-laws, and all that nervousness stemmed from Zane Thorne’s father, the man who single-handedly elevated the Thorne Family to the top tier in Astra City.

"What does your dad like?"

Natalie Vaughn had prepared a gift for her mother-in-law but couldn’t think of what to give her father-in-law.

Zane Thorne paused his email, raising his head to see the puzzled Natalie Vaughn.

"No need to prepare anything, just us going back is enough."

"No way, it’s customary, you can’t possibly not know what your dad likes, right?"

Zane Thorne furrowed his brow slightly, tilting his head and pondering for a while.

"I only know he likes my mom."

Natalie Vaughn: ...

"Besides that?"

"Not sure, as long as my mom’s happy, he’s happy."

Natalie Vaughn was speechless again, expecting to get some useful suggestions from Zane Thorne.

Zane Thorne smiled, reaching out to Natalie Vaughn. She rolled her eyes at him but followed his lead, coming over to sit in his lap.

"Aren’t you already planning to win over Mom?"

Natalie Vaughn toyed with Zane Thorne’s fingers, sometimes rubbing his knuckles, sometimes pinching the base of his thumb, even tracing the tendons along the back of his hand downwards.

"But it’s Dad who works hard in the company, he’s the one feeling tired, we can’t just ignore that, at least show a good attitude."

Upon hearing this, Zane Thorne snorted coldly.

"When he handed off the responsibilities to me, he didn’t think about whether I was tired."

"Then why did you agree to take over back then?"

If she remembered correctly, his parents had Zane Thorne in their early twenties, so they were only in their early fifties now. With their style and appearance, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say they look in their forties or even thirties when out.

Natalie Vaughn took off the ring from Zane Thorne’s hand and first slipped it on her little finger, then tried it on other fingers one by one.

It was too big, even on her thumb there was space.

"He said if it wasn’t for his money back then to have fun with cars, there wouldn’t be the me now, and I couldn’t have found a wife."

Natalie Vaughn: ...

"So you just succumbed to that?"

Zane Thorne took the ring back from Natalie Vaughn’s hand and put it on again, smiling.

"Yeah, he’s right. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have gotten you as my wife."

Natalie Vaughn: ??????

"Wait, wait, wait, how does this relate to me?"

As new emails came in, Zane Thorne patted Natalie Vaughn’s waist.

"You can ask them how they chose you back then."

Natalie Vaughn blinked, got up, right, that’s a question worth asking.

...

Natalie Vaughn’s first impression of her father-in-law was that he looked like Zane Thorne in twenty years, so even on the third meeting, she wasn’t intimidated.

"Dad, I heard from Mr. Spencer that years ago, when Zane Thorne got into an accident and broke his hand, he still came home and boldly asked you for money. Why did you agree then?"

Isaac Thorne pushed up his glasses, not recalling the incident immediately. After a while, he asked.

"Fourteen years ago?"

Natalie Vaughn calculated the time and nodded, expecting to hear some support-for-dream-type talk, but Isaac Thorne snorted instead.

"At the time, Silas Spencer was getting on in years without a girlfriend, your mom was worried sick. I asked and found out this brat had spent all of Silas Spencer’s money on cars, without money, how could you date?"

Natalie Vaughn: .... Was that really the reason? It truly was beyond her imagination.

Hearing this, Mrs. Thorne, Eleanor Young, couldn’t help but cough lightly.

"When you were dating me, you were penniless too."

Being undermined by his own wife, Isaac Thorne was unperturbed, instead taking off his glasses to look at her fondly.

"If I hadn’t stepped up back then, you would’ve been snatched away. Later, didn’t I work hard to earn money? Dating without funds causes the partner to suffer, right?"

Eleanor Young glared at Isaac Thorne, but her lips were already curling up discreetly.

"If genuinely liked, who’d care about money, Silas Spencer’s still not wealthy enough now, yet he hasn’t brought home a partner."

"Well, that’s his problem."

Natalie Vaughn looked at her father-in-law, then her mother-in-law, curious about their story. She heard her father-in-law was a self-made man, earning the Vaughn Family’s recognition once he achieved some success.

The Young Family was famously scholarly, open-minded at that time to give an opportunity to Isaac Thorne who had nothing. However, time proved they made a wise choice.

Isaac Thorne suddenly looked at Natalie Vaughn.

"Why are you asking about this all of a sudden?"

Natalie Vaughn’s eyes twinkled, she moved closer, shielding her mouth with her hand.

"If Zane Thorne wasn’t a racer before, I wouldn’t join any ridiculous matchmaking," she whispered.

Even Isaac Thorne was momentarily stunned by Natalie Vaughn’s forthrightness, but he quickly burst into hearty laughter, turning to Zane Thorne.

"Did you hear that? Without your dad funding you for car racing back then, you wouldn’t have bagged a wife."

Zane Thorne pulled Natalie Vaughn back, seating her properly.

"Yes, Dad, cheers to you."

With that, not waiting for Isaac Thorne’s reaction, Zane Thorne downed his drink, and after Isaac Thorne did the same, Zane Thorne smoothly revealed the purpose of this visit.

"Since you’ve already done me such a favor, why not do another?"

Isaac Thorne set his glass down, sensing something amiss, his brow furrowing.

"What is it?"

Zane Thorne smiled, taking hold of Natalie Vaughn’s hand.

"Next spring, Nina will be going to Kensingport for a year of study, and I plan to work at GN Headquarters for a year, not handling domestic affairs."

Isaac Thorne furrowed his brow tighter.

"What do you mean? Not going back to The Thorne Group?"

Zane Thorne leisurely served Natalie Vaughn food.

"Returning to The Thorne Group isn’t urgently needed now. Would you let your daughter-in-law be lonely abroad for a year?"

Natalie Vaughn: ...

Isaac Thorne: ...

Eleanor Young set her chopsticks down.

"Of course not, you go to Kensingport with her, Nina will be busy studying, make sure to take care of her."

Isaac Thorne: ...

"Honey, weren’t we planning a world trip together next year?"

"Delaying for a year isn’t the end of the world, is it?"

Isaac Thorne: ...

Natalie Vaughn: ...

Well, she didn’t need to say anything, her mother-in-law automatically sided with them. Oh my! Her mother-in-law is just superb!

Natalie Vaughn first cast a grateful look at Eleanor Young, then blinked adorably at Isaac Thorne.

Isaac Thorne first glanced at his wife, then his daughter-in-law, before finally looking at Zane Thorne smilingly watching things unfold on the side.

"..."