You're Out Daddy

Chapter 518

When Anthony heard the news, he furrowed his brows. “Nat, where did you lose your laptop? Where is

it?”

Reluctantly, Natasha admitted, “Vermillion Base.”

A trace of worry flickered across Anthony's eyes as he continued to look at Natasha. “Is there anything

in your laptop?”

“No, I didn't leave anything. I have the habit of erasing all traces of activities on the laptop whenever I

go out or whenever I'm outside, but I'm worried that someone would be able to restore all the activities,”

answered Natasha.

Anthony thought it over. He knew better than to rule out the possibility of someone doing so.

If someone managed to restore all activities from the laptop, Natasha's identity would be exposed.

At that thought, he shot up from his seat. “I'll settle it now.”

Natasha's eyes followed his movements. “It's not so urgent that you'd have to do it now.”

“No, every single minute is beyond precious,” replied Anthony before turning around to face Natasha

and Benjamin. “You guys go ahead and eat first. I'll be back soon.” With that being said, Anthony

dashed up the stairs.

Staring at his silhouette, Natasha could not help the pride and relief bubbling in her chest.

Anthony has grown. He's getting better at protecting and caring for others.

“Here you go, Nat.” Just then, Benjamin broke the silence as he added more food to her plate.

The corners of her lips lifted as Natasha turned to look at Benjamin.

“Benjamin.”

“Hm?”

“Have you ever thought about what you're going to do when you grow up?” Natasha asked all of a

sudden.

Benjamin pondered over the question seriously. After a while, he looked straight into her eyes. “I want

to protect all of you.”

Natasha was taken aback slightly before breaking into a warm smile. “Benjamin, I appreciate your

intentions, but I hope that you can take care of yourself in the future. What I meant when I asked you

what you want to do is whether or not you have a specific area of knowledge that you would like to

pursue. Anthony had figured out the path he wanted to take, but what about you?”

At the mention of that topic, Benjamin frowned before shaking his head. “I haven't thought about it.”

Natasha nodded in response. “That's o—”

“Thalia said I can consider going into STEM.”

Natasha was dumbfounded. “STEM?”

“Remember the album that I sketched? Thalia saw it the other day and became very agitated. She said

I could continue developing my skills in that area,” Benjamin answered.

Natasha had always known about Benjamin's habit of drawing. She had given them a few glances but

had never really thought much about it. All of his drawings and sketches consisted of firearms. Before

that day, Natasha had thought that Benjamin's interest in weapons was a mere childish hobby.

However, if Thalia had such a peculiar response to the drawings, things might not be as simple as she

had originally thought.

“Thalia said that?” Natasha asked again.

Benjamin bobbed his head.

Natasha looked at Benjamin in confusion. “What did you draw?”

“Nothing much. When I was watching a movie some time ago, a weapon in the movie caught my

attention. I thought its shooting range was too small, so I drew a similar model. But I believe that the

one I drew would be a lot more advanced, whether it's the range or the precision.”

Natasha sized him up. She was starting to think that Benjamin had been an underestimated genius that

went unnoticed.

After pondering for a brief moment, Natasha turned to look at Benjamin. “Do you have it with you?”

Benjamin nodded. “Yeah. Thalia told me to keep it safe and not lose it. Otherwise, it could cause

trouble.”

His words managed to piqued Natasha's curiosity even more.

The fact that Thalia had said made such a comment meant that she had been shocked by whatever

she had seen.

“Let's go to your room later. I want to take a look at it.”

Benjamin nodded without thinking much of it. “Okay.”

“Let's eat.” Natasha looked pointedly at the food on the table.

Benjamin nodded in response.

Just as the two of them were eating, Anthony descended the stairs.

Approaching the table, he took a seat and began putting food on his plate. “Settled?” Natasha asked,

prompting a nod from Anthony.

Natasha eyed Anthony up and down before lowering her head to eat and pretending to ask

nonchalantly, “Was it difficult?”

“No...” As the word left his mouth, Anthony paused and raised his head to meet Natasha's gaze.

Natasha was looking at him too.

“I mean, yes!” Anthony nodded. “It was a little difficult. I spent a lot of effort on it!”

Rolling her eyes at him, Natasha smiled knowingly.

From the looks of it, Anthony's skills were no longer inferior to hers.

In retrospect, Natasha realized that he had been allowing her to win all the friendly competitions they

had.

At the revelation, Natasha hummed to herself. Truly a filial son.

There was nothing else she could say about it.

“Let's find some time to have another competition,” announced Natasha.

“Uh... Do we have to?” Anthony gazed up at her.

“Why not?”

“It's not like I can win against you in any of the competitions. Wouldn't I just be setting myself up for

embarrassment if I agreed?” Anthony reasoned.

“Then give me everything you got!”

Anthony merely hummed in response before continue eating.

It was rare for the three of them to be enveloped in a serene atmosphere.

Just then, Natasha was beginning to miss Denise. It would be nice if she could have joined us.

As they were eating, a thought appeared in Natasha's mind. “Oh, right. Where's Thalia?”

“Not sure.” Anthony shook his head. “I haven't managed to contact her ever since we parted ways the

other day.”

Natasha listened without responding.

“What about Spencer? Has he contacted you?”

Natasha shook her head.

“From the looks of it, is it possible that the two of them are together?” Anthony asked again.

“I suppose so.”

At the mention of the topic, Benjamin suddenly became interested. “Nat, Spencer likes Thalia, right?”

Natasha merely nodded without even raising her gaze. “Probably.”

“Probably? Why?” Anthony interjected.

“Because I'm not too sure either,” answered Natasha.

“Didn't you know Spencer a long time now? Aren't you two friends? How come you're unsure?”

Benjamin spoke up again. Both Anthony and Benjamin were taking turns bombarding her with

questions by then.

“Thalia is pretty much a taboo topic for him. He rarely speaks about her.”

“Does that mean you have no idea what is going on between the two of them, either?” Anthony

queried.

Natasha shook her head.

Upon seeing her response, Anthony and Benjamin exchange glances. A flicker of disappointment

flashed across their eyes.

They had originally hoped that they would be able to find out something new regarding Thalia, yet it

looked as though they would not be getting any new information that day.

Just then, a thought crossed Anthony's mind as he turned to look at Natasha. “Nat, Spencer couldn't be

having feelings for you, could he?”

The moment his words fell, Natasha raised her gaze and stared straight into his eyes.

Anthony froze. He was not afraid of anything else, but Natasha's stare would always make his heart

feel as though it was about to jump out of his throat.

Is it too late for me to take back what I just asked?

“I was just asking...” whispered Anthony meekly.

At the next second, Natasha raised her hand and gently hit Anthony on the back of his head. “What

nonsense are you spouting?”

Anthony immediately breathed out a sigh of relief. Rubbing the back of his head, he began whining in

his childish voice, “I was just asking. It's not my fault that you and Spencer look close.”

Natasha pursed her lips tightly. “I might not be certain about other things, but I can tell you for sure that

I'm not a woman in his eyes. Neither is he a man in mine. Besides, he only treats me like a friend.”

“In that case, I'm relieved.”

“Why? Were you not relieved before this?”

“Not exactly. I've always trusted you fully. It's just Spencer that I was weary of. After all, you're so pretty.

It wouldn't be too much of a surprise if he caught feelings!” argued Anthony.

Hah. Look at him. Such a sweet talker.

Just then, Natasha made a comment meaningfully. “If you're talking about looks, Spencer is pretty too.”

Words eluded Anthony.

How is a man pretty?

Just as he was about to talk back, Benjamin frowned at the phone in his hand before breaking the

silence.

“Anthony, I've got some bad news.”