Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Bitter Words And Broken Heart

Jay turned to her, his face hard. "Though I hated your mother, I tried to be good to you because you’re my daughter. I was wrong. You’re just like her. You don’t deserve to be loved. You don’t deserve to be part of this family. Leave while I’m still being nice."

Natalie swallowed the pain that his words inflicted. "I will leave once I know what happened to Grandpa."

"He’s dying because of you. I already told you. Now leave," Sephina repeated angrily. "Jay, I don’t want to see her."

"I’ll leave once I see Grandpa," Natalie insisted, her voice firm despite the turmoil inside her.

Jay, his anger boiling over, stormed toward her.

Slap!

"Didn’t you hear what your grandma said?" Jay shouted at her. "Or would you rather see her lying in a hospital bed too?"

Natalie felt her heart shatter into a thousand pieces. It was the first time her father had raised his hand at her.

Though he didn’t show her any fatherly love, he didn’t treat her badly either. But he did watch silently when others in the family hurt her. The tears she was holding back since Sephina slapped her, threatened to roll down her eyes, but she held back. She looked at her father with teary eyes, but her gaze showed stubbornness and defiance.

"Are you done?" she asked, her voice trembling but resolute. "Now tell me where Grandpa is."

his fists, infuriated by

"Mr. Ford is out of danger now," she informed them. "He’ll be brought back to the room shortly. There’s no need for all of you to stay here, as it could disturb

my father," Jay responded quickly. "Can the

please don’t stay too long," the nurse replied before

she wouldn’t get any answers from her family. "Nurse, what

there before his situation worsened. You might want to ask her

in the hospital, and he wouldn’t have known anything unless someone told him.’ His weak condition didn’t allow him to leave the hospital and attend her wedding. Briena must have been the one who caused his distress by

room on a stretcher bed. Natalie rushed to his side. "Grandpa," she whispered, her voice thick with

Clara stopped Natalie, "Didn’t you

tone was

nuisance of a

your grandfather’s condition. Your presence will only hurt him when he wakes up and sees you. What are

just want to see if he’s okay," Natalie pleaded, her voice

she couldn’t bear the thought

leave and don’t show up here unless you’re asked

Natalie watched as the hospital staff put the frail old man on the bed and Sephina sat by his side. Before she could take a better look, Jay had closed the

against her family’s coldness, Natalie turned to leave, hoping to visit her grandfather later and explain everything to him. She believed he would

down the silent hospital corridor, a familiar voice called

to see her step-sister, Briena—the

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