___ Nathaniel POV ___
"So it's Miss Emily Collins. Miss Collins, you are not part of the Stone family or staff, so you don't need to address me like that." She frowned, but then she smirked at me and her response had my steps almost faltering. "Then shall I call you Nathaniel? Or Nate?"
I was stunned, looking at her smiling eyes. I wanted to scold her for her disrespectfulness, but it changed something in me, even in my rational mind, to hear my name come from her lips. So I just mumbled softly, "Impudent..."
I didn't miss the small shiver in her body, but she still put on a brave face and replied, "Nate, we have had so many interesting interactions. We can be considered friends by now. When friends are in trouble, they can ask each other for favors. So can I ask if you..."
Nate, she h
