At the landlady’s shout, Natalie jumped in fright and quickly grabbed Adrian’s wrist, pulling him inside and slamming the door shut as fast as she could.
The landlady was plump and couldn’t run very fast, so by the time she reached the door, it was already tightly closed.
She angrily banged on the door, "Natalie, I’ve been lenient with you, giving you extra time to pay the rent because you’ve been here a while, but it’s been two months! If you don’t pay up, I’ll have to call the police!"
With only a door between them, Natalie clutched her racing heart, thinking rapidly about how to calm the landlady’s anger.
Adrian opened his mouth to speak, but Natalie quickly covered it with her hand.
He blinked in confusion, silently asking her what was going on with his eyes.
Natalie raised her f
