In a blink of an eye, Stanley's pupils constricted.

Sensing that he could not continue to keep mum about it, he could only look into her eyes and admit, “Yes.”

“But you amended the results, didn't you?” Natalie was straight to the point.

Stanley gulped and nodded. “Nat, I'm sorry for that. I did that because—”

Natalie cut him off right away, “I don't care what your motive was. Stanley, don't you know that the two kids have been yearning for fatherly love all this while? When we were overseas, others bullied them just because they were from a single-parent family. I dared not have the wishful thinking that they could reunite with Shane. What's more, he was engaged to Jasmine at that time. I only wished that...”

Natalie cleared her throat as she started choking up. “I only wished that my kids could know they had a father too. It did not matter if Shane would accept them or not, but you shattered Connor's hope!”

Stanley lowered his head and apologized guiltily again, “I'm sorry, Nat. I admit that I was too selfish. It was because I was deeply in love with you at the time. I feared that you would bring the two kids to reunite with Shane, and I would end up losing you. I never intended to let Connor down by doing so.”

“Forget about it. It's meaningless to dwell on the past. You—”

“What's the point of talking to him about all these again?” Shane snapped before Natalie could finish with her words.

looked at the

them with both his hands in his pockets. Grabbing Natalie's arm, he stared at Stanley with a hint of grimness in his eyes. “Since you took good care of Nat and the kids for the past few years overseas, I won't settle the score with you on this. But you better not have

turned to look at Natalie. “Let's

walked away with

stare at them till their figures were out of sight. Contorting his lips into a creepy smile, his sense of guilt moments ago

abruptly, he glanced at the blinking screen instantly. Even though it was an unknown number, he seemed to know who would be on the

and

way to send me overseas as soon as possible. There's no way out for me as Shane has sealed off all the exits in J City. Not to mention, the Gunn family can't send anyone to fetch me. I have had enough hiding under the bridge cavern for these three days, and I can't

of her if Shane managed to track down her whereabouts. Thus, she could only start

Why should I do so? I was conscientious enough to help you avoid being arrested by Shane previously. How dare you request me to send you overseas now

that you aren't helping me

don't you get help from Sean

on you? Have you ever imagined how Natalie will react once she finds out that you were the one behind Connor's car accident? To sweep it under

Let me just warn you I might finish you off before that happens and turn you into a plastinated human body. Don't you know that it's a piece of cake for a doctor to do so?

Jacqueline broke out in cold sweat when she heard

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