The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 245

"Natalie, I'm sorry," Marcus apologized again solemnly when Natalie did not respond.

Natalie blinked, stunned. His apology threw her off a little.

"I'm sorry about what happened before. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions without knowing the full truth," Marcus added as Natalie continued blinking at him, perplexed. "I am really sorry."

The first time he came to Amberton, he overheard Natalie and Grace talking through the door. Because of this, he had wrongly perceived Natalie as a vain woman trying to seduce him and use him to get revenge on Selena and Tyler.

His impression of her was terrible from the start, so he disliked her intensely from their very first meeting.

Then, he discovered that she was the famous Elim—the very one who had saved Charles.

He had been grateful to her and reevaluated his opinion of her, until he heard Grace talking about how Natalie should try and pursue him, telling her that she should resort to other means like drugging him if she couldn't manage to win him over.

Whatever goodwill he had just started to feel toward Natalie vanished instantly at that.

Now, after hearing Zane's firm defense of her and what Natalie had said to him earlier, he realized just how deep his prejudice and misunderstanding of her had been.

He had been wrong, so he should apologize to both Zane and Natalie.

"Natalie, will you forgive me for my past arrogance?" Marcus was clearly struggling to get the words out, but his expression was serious. He wasn't joking.

Instinctively, Natalie reached out and placed her hand against his forehead, feeling for his temperature. "No fever…" she muttered to herself.

Marcus was speechless. What, was it really that shocking that he would apologize for his mistakes?

"I am perfectly healthy, Ms. Walker, and in my right mind," he said. Though exasperated, he still sounded earnest. "I'm not apologizing to you because I'm sick."

Natalie nodded. "Okay then. If that's all you have to say, I'm going to go check on Sophia.

"Oh, and Mr. Holden—since Sophia saved your life, you probably should have verified your sources before talking about her behind her back. Honestly, that behavior doesn't suit your good looks."

In other words, she was telling him that he should have just shut up and looked pretty.

With that, she turned and walked into Goodwill Pharmacy.

Marcus stared after her, speechless.

He had been wrong, and he had apologized for it. Even though Natalie mocked him, he could do nothing but accept it.

Soon, he followed Natalie inside as well.

Goodwill Pharmacy specialized in traditional medicine and offered both consultations and prescriptions. Patients could get their prescribed medication at the counter, or pay extra to have their medicine prepared on-site.

There were also some rare medicines sold at the pharmacy, but they were strictly regulated and needed the owner's permission before anyone could buy them.

Marcus had brought Charles here before, hoping to get the rare medication, but Goodwill Pharmacy had turned him down.

Apparently, the pharmacy had a strict regulatory process on who they were allowed to sell the medication to, and only the pharmacy had the right to the final explanation.

Marcus now suspected that the supposed "regulatory process" was nothing more than the owner's personal judgment.