It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 171

"What does he mean?" Rain looked at Duke confusedly. He never said Edward was weird, only germ-phobic. How come Edward clapped back like that?

"He meant what he said. Aren't you an educated man? How come you don't understand what he meant?" Rain always seemed like a know-it-all. Duke delighted in his obliviousness just now.

"I only understand what normal people think, not a weirdo like Edward." Rain didn't like being beaten in anything, particularly when it came to intelligence. He would even pretend to win.

"Ugh! Save your pride. You'll admit defeat someday." Duke sneered and dropped it.

"Auntie Leena, stop following me! I give, okay?" Justin ran downstairs, Leena close behind. It seemed they hadn't sorted things out.

"No way! You have to tell me why!" Leena kept riding Justin for an answer. Why did he dislike her? She was too stubborn to give up. She must know.

"Okay, okay. You really wanna know?" Justin asked coolly. As he said this, he suddenly stopped and crossed his arms. He glared at Leena and tried to act cool.

"Yes. Yes I do." They'd forgotten all about Duke and Rain, who were silent witnesses to their conversation.

"You made my mom sad. So I'll make you sad." Justin's reply made everyone blink in surprise.

"When on earth did I make Daisy sad? I have no idea." Leena was surprised. She liked Daisy so much. She never wanted to make her sad.

"Huh! That day you hugged dad. Mom and I saw you." Justin answered angrily, still glowering at Leena. Everyone had been only partially paying attention. Now they were engrossed.

"Well. Edward and I hug all the time. Why was Daisy upset about that?" Leena was more confused now. After all, she'd hugged Edward like that since she was a little kid. And now she wasn't supposed to?

Justin started to reply, but was blocked by Daisy's hand covering his mouth. She was embarrassed. If she hadn't come out to tell them dinner was ready, who knows what he would have said? Then she might well be too ashamed to see everybody. "You'll have to excuse Justin. Sometimes even he doesn't know what he's saying."

"Really?" Leena shot Daisy a confused glance. But then she saw Belinda standing behind her. Leena's eyes went wide and she tried to make herself smaller. She just got Duke off her back, but forgot that Belinda might want her turn.

"Leena! You little -- How dare you set me up? Have you lost your mind?" Leena said nothing and looked at the floor. But Belinda glared at her while she gnashed her teeth as if she were going to eat Leena alive.

"Well... Don't be mad, sister-in-law. It got you two together, right? It was all for a good purpose. See, you and Duke got married. That's what matters." Leena backed away. There was no one scarier to her than Belinda. So Daisy's sadness would have to wait. She had her life to think about.

"What's going on? You two really got married already?" Rain was the odd man out. Everyone else knew about their marriage. He looked at Duke, desperate for an answer. But Duke was fixated on Daisy, in full military dress.

"Daisy, you in the army?" Duke had never really seen her in uniform.

"No way. Mr. Cold," said Rain. "You didn't notice her uniform until now? Or were you just staring at Belinda the whole time?" Rain forgot all about the wedding for the moment. He stared at Duke like he'd just seen some freak.

"I would expect him to stare at Belinda. But if he focused on my wife, that would be a problem." Edward stood at the top of the staircase in a tracksuit. His raven hair smelt of shampoo. Lips curled and brows raised, he cast Rain an annoyed look.

"So, you're a colonel. Oh, you're that legendary colonel?" Duke said, eyes widening in surprise. "Youngest to hold the rank, and female to boot!" Duke ignored the jest between Edward and Rain. He gazed at Daisy curiously.

Daisy felt quite helpless. Again? She had to explain every time people asked? She didn't know what kept her busier. Her job, or explaining to everyone.

"Yes, that legendary officer is Daisy. Never thought of that, have you?" Rain spat out the answer before Daisy could. And he couldn't help his jab at Duke, either.

Edward frowned in confusion. They all knew about it, but why had he never heard of any legendary officer? Had he been that closed off?

"Yeah. It took me by surprise. It became such an urban legend that I wasn't even sure it was real." Duke said, still in shock.

"How come I've never heard of it?" Finally Edward voiced his confusion. After all, he had never heard even the slightest hint of the legend.

"Ha! It's all because of your quirks. You want it dead quiet at FX, not even the bugs dare to make noise. Of course no one told you." Rain liked nothing more than to razz Edward. Everybody in the company knew not to make small talk. You wouldn't just get scolded, but fired.

Edward couldn't deny it. He didn't want any noise at work, so the top floor was always the quietest floor. So it was normal he knew nothing about this. Maybe it was time to relax that rule, if only just a bit.