The night passed peacefully.

Natalie was happy because of Clyde's presence, and her lingering discontent towards Irwin and Cedric dissipated. Due to that, she was able to sleep well.

Although Heather had been calling her, expressing her desire to be by her side, Natalie had been hesitant to accept for fear of revealing her vulnerability to her family.

Deep down, however, she longed for their company.

Girls were like that. They wanted their family by their side during the toughest times. They didn't want to show their vulnerability, but they craved their family's presence more than anything. -

Natalie slept soundly, but for a few, sleep evaded them throughout the night.

The next morning, Lydia and Xyla hurriedly finished their breakfast before Natalie woke up. As Natalie couldn't eat due to her surgery today, they had to finish before she woke up.

"Let's go," Clyde's voice rang out.

In the next moment, he scooped Natalie up in his arms.

"Are you going with me to the surgery?" Natalie asked.

"Yes."

"What about Irwin?"

"Do you miss him?"

"Of course not!"

It was just that Irwin had always been by her side recently, and now his sudden absence felt... unsettling.

But perhaps it was for the best. Every time she heard his voice, Natalie felt a surge of anger.

In the car, Natalie sensed Irwin's presence. She understood that since Clyde arrived, he had forbidden Irwin from getting close to her.

"Cly."

"Yes?"

"Once the surgery is successful, will you take me home?"

her

Natalie longed for Luna during this time. After all, if even her own father could hurt her,

her child. She wanted to see Luna grow

course," Clyde

Clyde's response while Irwin sat in front,

Three months!

time, she had requested to go home numerous times to both Irwin and Cedric. However, they had both refused, claiming it

and wanted to pin their hopes

they know, they had wasted three months and

-

surgery. Clyde brought Natalie, and Dylan had taken care of the

help her change into her gown. When Clyde entered, Natalie was sitting calmly on

you afraid?" Clyde

a little

truly was a little

She could still vividly recall how those people had forcibly placed her on the surgical table in her previous life, and how she had woken up to utter

hadn't been a single ray of light left in her

say she wasn't afraid was a

She was genuinely scared.

be afraid. I'll be by your side,"

stay with me in the

"Of course."

Her brother was the person she trusted most. With him by her side, she knew

Great..." Natalie breathed a sigh of

she was, and he felt a pang of sympathy

this sentiment, but things were different now. He accepted this emotion willingly, and his gaze softened

you all the way," Clyde

still didn't understand why the surgery had to be done in

have been

she never asked

-

table. Clyde had promised to be with her,

of disinfectant overwhelmed everything, and Natalie couldn't distinguish

his eyes showed

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