Max didn't need to look to know it was Vivian.

Then he noticed the interesting reaction Natalie had and seeing how Sophie seemed to become somewhat defensive from the subtle shift in her expression, he suppressed a grin.

Leaning over to Natalie, he teasingly whispered in a loud enough voice for Sophie to hear too.

"What's up with your expression? Are you perhaps feeling jealous?"

"W-What?!" Like a startled cat, Natalie's head jerked and she cried out in almost too loud a voice, receiving some curious and weird looks from the nearby people who were already paying them attention after seeing Max.

Feeling everyone's gazes, Natalie blushed and glared at Max with an aggrieved look in her moist eyes.

Seeing her looking at him this way, he felt the urge to cup her face in his hands and kiss her. But since he wasn't into showing others his intimate moments to other people, he resisted it.

Natalie saw the fiery look in his eyes and felt hot all over. She had almost tilted her face upwards, offering her lips to him, but seeing him just smile at her before looking away, she felt so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

'Hmph! How hateful!' She inwardly snorted in displeasure and almost stomped her feet on the ground.

But it was not enough to vent her anger, so she tightened her hold around his arm and glared at Vivian.

'How cute!' Max thought and after taking a quick look at Sophie, which only deepened the satisfaction in his eyes, he looked at Vivian and smiled, "Hello, Aunt Vivian."

Vivian was startled seeing Natalie's aggressive stare and seeing how she was holding onto Max, she pursed her lips, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes.

Then, the scene of him kissing her flashed in her mind, and before she knew it, she found herself returning the glare and thinking, 'You want to keep him all to yourself just because you are his girlfriend? What wishful thinking, hmph!'

When she got a hold of herself, her eyes widened ever so slightly and she felt a wave of shame.

'What's wrong with me? Why am I being so childish?' She scolded herself, but she couldn't help it. Even though she felt ashamed to admit it, the thought of Natalie keeping him away from her displeased her. She really liked and wanted the thrill of having an affair.

After Max had gone out, she had debated with herself over how shameful and bad it was for her to cheat on her husband, but in the end, her repressed side had won.

Not long after she gave birth to Anna, her sex life with her husband had become non-existent. On the occasions she really could not hold back and took the initiative, he always told her he was tired or not feeling like doing it.

Since he did not care for her needs, what if she found someone else to do it? As long as no one found out about it, no one would be hurt and she would get to experience and enjoy the very important part of her womanhood she had been missing out on.

'Hm?' Without even looking at her status, Max could roughly tell what she had thought after making eye contact with Natalie, and from the changes in Natalie and Sophie's expressions, he wasn't the only one who could tell.

Swoosh!

Both Natalie and Sophie turned their gaze toward him, but he acted as if he couldn't see them and walked towards Vivian.

"Are you going somewhere?" He asked.

"Yes. I was going to your home." Vivian nodded with a smile.

"Oh, why?" Max asked, curious.

"Uncle Robert no longer needs a secretary, so he has sent me to report to you." Vivian smiled, "I'm going to be your secretary, of course, only if you don't have any problem with it."

Max shook his head, "Why would I have any problem with it? In fact, I'm happy that you, someone who I can trust, will be working for me."

Vivian's smile grew radiant when she heard this. Just when she was about to say something, Natalie could no longer keep silent, and spoke up.

"Big Brother, why don't you introduce us?"

Vivian's smile froze, not because Natalie had interrupted her, but because of how she addressed Max.

Max gave her a displeased look and she hurriedly snapped back to her senses which made him nod inwardly.

He did not want anyone to judge him for loving his family in his own way. But if someone did, they better keep their thoughts to themselves. If they said something about it or showed it on their faces, well, let's just say he would ensure they would never do it again.

He knew people might consider him a tyrant for it, but he did not care. If they could not accept his rules even after he saved their lives, they could leave his territory and die for all he cared.

Vivian's heart pounded in her chest. She knew if she hadn't retracted her expression, Max would have no longer treated her warmly like he had been doing and she would have become like everyone else, a stranger.

Max nodded at Natalie and said while looking at Vivian, "This beautiful lady is Vivian. She had a very good relationship with my mother, so I call and treat her like my real aunt."

He then gestured toward Natalie and Sophie, "This sweet girl is Natalie, my younger sister, and this here is Sophie, my elder sister."

"I see." Vivian nodded, realizing they were the step-sisters she heard about from Robert.

"Hello, Miss Natalie, Miss Sophie. It's very nice to meet you." She greeted them with a warm but polite smile.

"Hello." Sophie curtly nodded while Natalie stared at her for a few moments before she tightened her hold around Max's arm, pressing it against her chest, and revealed a radiant smile, "Hello, Auntie. It's nice to meet you too."

The corner of Vivian's lips twitched hearing how she called her 'auntie' and sighed in her heart, 'What a possessive little girl!'

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