Bella who was sitting between Reef and Kylie looked at Nathan after he said that. Nathan caught Bella's piercing gaze which meant "are you crazy?". Since it was a statement that one of the guests at the table might leak to others and if it reached the ears of the media, Nathan would become the butt of the gossip rubric. Because any news about the Wilford family's private life was always eagerly awaited by the sensation-hungry public.
It's not that Bella cares about the family-who never welcomed her warmly and always suspected her motivation for marrying Carter. However, she didn't like that the rumors would be linked to Reef, as Nathan had said at the dinner at Reef's house.
Slowly, Nathan smiled and continued his earlier sentence. "I'm just joking." He looked at Bella again and his smile was more like an amused grin.
