You're Out, Daddy novel (Natasha and Kenneth)
Chapter 72

The meal was pretty okay, aside from Natasha eating her food absentmindedly.

After the meal, Zachary accompanied Denise for some time while Terence watched them happily at the side. Anthony and Benjamin could see what was going on, but not Natasha, because she was planning something. Sometimes Anthony was glad that his mother wasn't great at romantic stuff. Otherwise, she would be greatly troubled by it. After about nine in the night, Zachary was going to leave.

"It's getting late, Mr. Watson, so I'll be taking my leave now. I'll come and visit you again another day," Zachary promised. Terence stood and responded, "All right. You can come and visit us whenever you want, Zach."

Okay."

Terence furrowed his eyebrows when he saw Natasha was still deep in her thoughts. "Nat, you should send Zach back."

Natasha snapped back and nodded. "Okay."

Zachary quickly rejected, "There's no need. Nat's ankle is still swollen. I can head down myself."

Terence waved. "It's fine. If she can still go to work like this, she can send you out."

Natasha was speechless as she stared at her grandfather. What is Grandpa thinking?

Zachary wasn't sure what to say.

"I also want to send Mr. Zach out," Denise uttered as she stepped forward. Terence grabbed her collar and stopped her. "It's time for you to sleep." "Gramps." She pouted.

"Be good, Denise."

It was pretty obvious that Terence was trying to get Natasha and Zachary together.

Zachary could see that, though he simply smiled but didn't reject the offer again. At least I know Terence is on my side. I'm getting closer to victory. "I'll take my leave now then, Mr. Watson."

"All right, take care." Terence bade goodbye at the elevator entrance.

Inside the elevator, Natasha and Zachary stood next to each other.

"Did what I say upset you?" Zachary asked.

Natasha gave him a side glance. "What?"

"The suggestion for marriage."

She nodded and answered, "Ah, that. Not at all. I'm just thinking about the possibilities."

"You're considering it?" He was surprised.

Natasha smiled. It was then the elevator door was open. She headed out first before Zachary followed behind.

She looked at him while standing in front of the car. "I know you're only thinking about what's best for me. So, firstly, I want to thank you for keeping the secret from

Kenneth. Secondly, I'm grateful for your suggestion.

"So you understand what I'm getting at?" he asked.

She nodded. "Of course. Don't worry, I'll think about it."

Zachary wasn't convinced that she understood.

However, he didn't want to come off as being too eager, so he said, "All right, then. If you need any help, just let me know."

Natasha nodded. "Okay, thank you."

He gazed at her silently for a while before speaking again. "I'll be leaving now."

"Take care of yourself."

Zachary nodded and got into his car.

Before he left, he looked at Natasha one last time. "What I really meant is that if you need any help, you may come to me first for assistance."

Right as Natasha was slightly taken aback by that, he left.

After the car disappeared from her sight, a smile appeared on her face. She turned around and prepared to leave. Just as she did, she thought she saw someone staring at her in a distance. When she took a good look in that direction, there was nothing there.

She stared for a long while to make sure no one was actually there before she left.

Back at the house, Denise was arguing with Terence.

"You were being too obvious, Gramps," Denise commented.

"Since you can tell what I'm doing, why did you try to ruin it?"

"You have to see if Mommy's willing to go along with it or not."

"I thought you like Zach a lot."

"I do, b-but..." Denise couldn't speak her mind properly.

"But what?"

She didn't know what to say.

It was then Natasha entered the house again.

She noticed both of them were staring each other down and asked, "What's wrong?"

Denise and Terence stayed silent.

Natasha ignored them and prepared to enter her room.

It was then Terence asked, "What do you think about Zachary, Nat?"

"In terms of what?"

"In terms of his looks and personality."

Natasha nodded. "He looks handsome, and

I think he's got a good personality too."

"So you're saying you're satisfied with him?"

It was then she realized what Terence meant. "Your acting is a little too obvious today, Grandpa. "

Terence didn't expect she would say that.

"You can tell?" "Who can't? Just ask them."

The triplets stood in a line and nodded in unison.

"Then why do you act like you didn't get it?" Terence asked awkwardly.

"Because I don't want to make things awkward. What if he doesn't mean it that way?

"I can see he's interested in you," Terence insisted. "As someone who walked that path before, I can tell."

Natasha took in a deep breath. "You said the same thing before."

"That's because Ke..." Terence swallowed his words back when they arrived at the edge of his lips. He stared at the triplets and changed what he wanted to say. "That's in the past. My eyes are much sharper now."

Even if he changed what he was going to say, the triplets still understood what he was getting at, though they played dumb.

Natasha didn't mind the children knowing about it, but since Terence didn't want to say it, she'd respect his choice.

"All right, Grandpa. I understand what you mean. I'll think about it, don't worry."

Terence's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Really?"

"Mhm." She nodded. "But he has to like me as well."

It was then Terence smiled. "I promise you he likes you, too."

"Please don't interfere in our affair, okay?"

"I promise I won't go overboard."

"All right, it's getting late. I'll be returning to my room now."

"Okay, okay, go ahead," Terence said before turning to the triplets. "You three should rest now, too. Go to sleep.”

And so, all of them returned to their own rooms.

Inside the room, Denise couldn't hold back anymore and spoke. "Do you two think Nat is being serious?" "I don't know if Nat is being serious or not, but I know Gramps is," Benjamin chimed in. "Gramps was going to say Mr. Handsome's name earlier, right?" Denise asked.

"I think so, too."

"Yeah, probably," Anthony added.

"What did Mr. Handsome do wrong that makes Gramps so mad?" Denise asked.

"All right, let's not think about that too much. We already talked about this. If Nat wants to be with someone, we won't stop her from doing so," Benjamin reminded.

"I just feel like Mommy has other plans," Anthony speculated.