After Death, Love Unveiled

Chapter 131

Natalie stared at Curtis. "My dad offended Lysander, and that's your reason for hitting me?"

Curtis showed no remorse. "You were the one who spoke disrespectfully first. That's why I had to react."

Elara couldn't watch it any longer. She walked in. "Ili, Natalie."

She walked over to Natalie's side, casting, Curtis, especially after he had hit her. He acted more self-righteous than anyone else.

With red-rimmed eyes, Natalie looked at How ridiculous... she thought.

almost in disbelief as if she were about to cry. "This is the man I married...

Grace, lying in her hospital bed, saw Elara enter and turned to Curtis. "Curtis, this isn't Natalie's fault. It's mine... I'm the one who caused her to dislike me. It's because of me that you two are fighting." "At least you know," Natalie muttered as she turned around and shot a fierce glare at Grace.

All the frustrations Natalie had been bottling up

the past

few days couldn't be held in anymore.

She shouted. "From the beginning, it's been you causing trouble I come home from work every day to take care of you. You keep making trouble for me and then say I don't care for you.

"You were the one who had the bad luck with the car accident, and you still blame me. You really deserve it. Why didn't you die in that car crash?"

Natalie had been holding this in for months, and now, she was about to lose it. Hearing this, Curtis, in a fit of rage, shoved Natalie. "What did you say?"

He was tall and strong, and his shove made Natalie stumble back a few steps.

"You dare lay a hand on me? Curtis, who do you think you are? My dad never treated me like this." Natalie snapped.

hurled it at him. Curtis dodged, his face turning red with anger. Without warning, he kicked Natalie hard in the stomach, knocking her to the ground. Once so loving, the couple

her up. Curtis didn't back down. He stepped forward, looking at Natalie. "I've spoiled you too much." He roughly pulled Natalie up, as though the kick wasn't enough to satisfy his

you even think of hitting your own wife? What

if I hit her?" Curtis sneered. "Even if I kill her, her dad will just send her straight back to me. The

shocking part was that Curtis had pretended to be so kind before their marriage. Elara tried to intervene again, but Curtis shoved her away. She was sent flying across the room, crashing into the edge of

when he saw the scene. "Elara,

freed, hurried to Elara, looking at her with

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the next room and had two stitches. Lysander arrived and

"I'm fine," Elara replied.

her face swollen from the beating, looking far from her usual polished self. But what hurt Natalie. more was that Elara had

start and not married Curtis,

her, "Don't cry. At least I'm glad I went

so good at pretending before their wedding. But not long after they married, his true nature was exposed. Lysander sat next to her and spoke to the people who had come with him. "Bring him here." Soon, Crispin returned with Curtis. "Lysander,

to wait outside while she came to check on Natalie, but when she saw Curtis getting violent, she called for Crispin. Still,

calm, didn't even look up. His expression gave nothing away. He simply spoke in

replied immediately, pushing Curtis to the ground. "Hitting a woman? What kind of man are you? Since you like hitting so much, then come at me. Men like you are the ones ruining the reputation of all men." Natalie stood off to the side, watching Curtis take

she remembered how he had just assaulted her, Natalie couldn't help but feel that her husband seemed like a complete stranger. Seeing him get beaten, Natalie

the ground, unable to fight back.

Crispin answered. Soon after, Curtis was

as if this was nothing more than a minor inconvenience. Before long, Crispin returned, reporting to Lysander, "Lysander, he broke one

dead." Crispin reassured him. "But from now on, if he thinks about hitting a woman again, let's

at Lysander, and then at Natalie, who was, sitting beside her. Seeing that

pain, Elara couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy. Lysander called for Juan