Listen to me it’s your fault that Natalie has left, and you’re the one who killed your child, not me! Don’t even dream
of pushing the blame on me! I won’t let you do that!” Sienna was furious. She’d pinned her hopes on Jason helping her out of this mess, yet he’d tried to blame everything on ber!
She snorted and stormed off, leaving him alone in the empty room. His heart throbbed painfully–no amount of alcohol
could numb him anymore
He looked around. Everything he saw reminded him of Natalie. Whether or not he had his eyes open, he could still see
her
He felt like he was going to die of heartache. He missed her so, so much.
In the end, Jason fixed his gaze on the glass container that wasn’t far from him. He crawled to it in a panic and held it
tightly like it was a treasure. It was his baby–his and Natalie’s. It was the only thing she’d left for him.
Tears streamed down his face. He’d always thought Natalie was no more than a tool to him. It was only after she’d left that he realized how important she was.
He’d long since fallen for her during their three years together. She was as wonderful as a dream, but he hadn’t
appreciated her. He’d let her down
Jason had imagined more than once just how anguished she would’ve been upon finding out that their marriage was nothing but an elaborate scheme. How had she endured the pain when seeing him entangled with Sienna?
He also thought about how she would’ve lost hope in him when he’d abandoned her on her birthday to be with another
woman
Each mistake he’d made could’ve been the straw that broke the camel’s back.
He deserved this pain, and he deserved to go to hell. Yes, he deserved this.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye Natalie sat in a black sports car as she checked out the trending topics that had taken Dexia by storm for the past three days. She couldn’t help smiling
Shane Grove was in the driver’s seat. His curiosity was piqued when he saw her smile in the rearview mirror He asked. “What are you smiling at? Come on. Share the good news with me.”
Shane was one of Mossey’s apprentices– he was the second one Mossey had taken on Natalie was the sixth and only female apprentice
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She was exceptionally talented in drawing, and Mossey doted on her to no end. At the same time, her five session
apprentices also treated her like a princess
In the past three months, Natalie had felt a sense of kinship that she’d never felt before. It had made up for what she’d missed out on, and it had taught her what being loved and favored felt like
Now that she’d regained her vision, she seemed even more stellar than before She chuckled and said. “It’s nothing. I
just saw something that had to do with someone from my past, and it made me feel like a lifetime has passed.
The trending topics bad talked about Jason Three months ago, he’d ingested sleeping pills to end his life, but all they
had done was cause him brain damage and lead to him ending up in a coma. He’d just woken up two days ago
His company had descended into chaos from all the bad publicity. According to reports, it was on the brink of
bankruptcy.
Natalie thought she’d be emotional upon seeing anything that had to do with Jason. In truth, she felt nothing
Shane said, “Oh, right. I’m going back to Dexia with you next week, Nat.”
Natalie was about to ask him why when he suddenly slammed the brakes. They both broke out in a cold sweat from the
fright
What had happened? She looked ahead and heard him snap, “Shit!”
A red sports car had abruptly cut into their lane. If not for Shane slamming the brakes in time, they would’ve already
collided with it.
He was enraged, and his expression was steely. “This guy’s got a death wish!”
Natalie agreed, saying, “He really does.”
Shane smiled smugly at that. “Those four jackasses are going to be so pissed when they hear that I’ve gained your
recognition, Nat. I’m going to text them later and brag to my heart’s content!”
“Is that really necessary?”
“Of course!”
Natalie felt resigned.
After a while, Shane pulled up outside Musbane’s best art gallery
Natalie got out and headed to the entrance after bidding him goodbye. When she got to the door, she caught sight of a red sports car in the parking lot. The license plate number was familiar—the car was the same as the one that they’d
almost collided with earlier
She frowned before heading inside the gallery ‘Once inside, she faltered.
What a blast from the past–she saw a familiar face.
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