chapter 41/ Painful Memories

“In that massive fire, I lost everything! Even conceiving became so difficult, yet you wanted me to send away the child I struggled so hard to bring into this world?!”

“I won’t send your child away. I won’t.” Cedric stepped forward, enveloping Natalie in his embrace. When Natalie felt the tremble in Cedric’s arms, she found its irony piercing.

“I won’t send her away,” Cedric repeated.

His arms around Natalie tightened subconsciously!

“Do you not find this situation ironic?”

“Nat.”

“We’ll never have a child of our own. So, why keep me by your side?”

“Nat…!”

“Isabella’s child and Caleb’s child… hah!”

“Stop! Just stop talking!”

Every word she uttered now felt painfully grating to Cedric’s ears, making even his breathing

difficult.

“You might be willing to play stepfather, but I won’t play stepmother,” Natalie said.

“Nat!!

On the matter of Isabella’s daughter, Natalie had always remained resolute.

She would never accept her.

Hearing her words, Cedric felt an overwhelming tightness in his chest.

“Can we discuss this later?”

He didn’t want to talk about it.

He couldn’t

Facing everything head–on felt so challenging!

He always pushed Natalie to accept everything. Yet, from her fragmented words, he discerned

her pain from their past life.

He knew she couldn’t forgive everything.

But regarding Isabella…!

let’s not discuss this now, okay?”

too soon..

pushed too

so how could

in Cedric’s embrace, Natalie remained cold.

mouth to speak,

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to

got involved with Zane, she

she wanted to go

sat across from Bianca. She sipped the

actually tastes quite

I think so too,” Bianca replied, her

you don’t

all these skills while at Malcolm’s side. He was the one who had

Malcolm always found a way to pressure her into compliance. whenever there was something Bianca was reluctant to do.

she want to learn any of these delicate arts? She was a

Malcolm seemed intent on keeping her grounded

a smirk growing more pronounced at the corner of Bianca’s lips, she

“Bia.”

can

immense weight. Even Natalie couldn’t help

Remember Malcolm?!

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with Blanca understood the weight behind her words. Undoubtedly, she harbored deep resentment towards

it go before this, she already knew the stakes. So, Natalie didn’t try to advise her

to Peach Garden?” Bianca’s gaze sharpened as she looked at Natalie, clearly directing her piercing scrutiny

Natalie responded, “Yes”

do anything, huh?! It makes me wonder what his

Yes, his care!

had demonstrated

very sentiment now seemed dripping

so

that care seemed to have waned since Isabella’s arrival. It was as

remarked, “You’ve been

a

rapidly risen to prominence in social circles. Natalie had

a smile playing on her lips,

dislike all this,” Natalie

it,”

had no interest in such matters, preoccupied with serious affairs

times had

becoming the very kind of person she once

the hospital.” Natalie hesitated for a moment but

to know

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