Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Justin’s Doubts

In response, Natalie yawned, "Can you two carry on outside? A patient needs to rest."

Ivan, still holding Briena protectively, looked down at her. "What happened? Are you hurt somewhere?"

Briena shook her head, "I was just showing my concern and apologizing on behalf of my fans, but she got angry and hurled the glass at me. If I wasn’t quick enough, it could have..." She let out a soft sob, leaning into Ivan’s arms,

Ivan’s gaze hardened as he looked back at Natalie. "Can you learn to act reasonably? Is this how you repay someone’s goodwill? What if she was hurt?"

Natalie sighed, clearly exasperated. She shifted in her bed, eyeing the two of them with a mix of annoyance and disbelief. "Seems like you two can’t understand simple words."

Without a second thought, she picked up another glass from the bedside table and, with calculated strength, smashed it close to Briena’s feet.

The loud crash of glass breaking filled the room. Ivan instinctively pulled Briena back, shielding her, but Briena winced in pain, letting him know she was hurt.

"Briena," he exclaimed in worry.

Briena looked at her feet, her left foot had small cuts caused by the glass shards. She looked at Natalie, only to hear her icy voice, "Now that’s what it would look like if I actually meant to hurt you, Briena."

Ivan knelt beside Briena, carefully inspecting her injuries before looking up at Natalie with a mix of frustration and disbelief. "You’re impossible."

Natalie remained unfazed by Ivan’s accusing stare. "Tell your fiancée to stop playing the victim in front of me, or it won’t take long for her act to become reality, just as I demonstrated now," she warned, her tone chilling. "If I wanted to smash glass at her, it would look like this. That previous, delicate attempt where she was unharmed, and the shards weren’t directed her way? That wasn’t me."

Ivan looked at the floor, the glass smashed by Natalie had its pieces directed towards door while the previous one was....

"Ivan, it hurts," Briena cried out, understanding the meaning of Natalie’s words and how Ivan was making a sense out of it. "It’s bleeding, Ivan."

Pushing aside his doubts, Ivan stood up, "Don’t worry. I am taking you to doctor."

"Thank you," she whispered weakly, feeling relieved that Ivan was swayed by her act.

As they turned to leave, Natalie’s cold voice sliced through the air once more, "Don’t show up in front of me again, Briena, or next time it won’t end with just minor injuries."

to look at Natalie but said, "I regret ever falling for a woman like you. You deserve nothing but hate, and with that attitude, you won’t be short of

felt indebted to him for hurting him on their wedding day, though unintentional. Even if he didn’t trust her and hated her, it was expected from any man as he did nothing wrong. But hearing him say those

to show him tht truth but he chose to ignore it,

the past, of how he had always been by her side

I didn’t plagiarize. It’s... I don’t know how... my perfume

Nat.

I didn’t cause Briena’s

"I know. Don’t cry."

this city is dangerous. They sent

I know you can overcome

miss home. I

Once

Now I’ll

me, it’s going to be our

you, Nat. I’m going to make

we

you like

course. I

memories, unknown to her, tears appeared

to see Justin

away as she took the tissue from his

come

box of tissues

don’t start pitying me for having trashy people around me," she remarked, watching him as he

sat comfortably, exuding the authoritative aura of a powerful man—completely different from the humble way he

no control over," he replied, his gaze fixed on

but also offended, she

choose the people they allow into their life," he replied calmly. "And looking at Ivan Brown, I’d

shot back, her voice rising with fury. "If I’m alive today, it’s because of him. I would have ended my life long ago if it weren’t for him. He was always there for me in my darkest moments, my strength when I had none. When no one else trusted me, he did. He was always

day?" Justin interrupted, his voice calm, a stark contrast to the

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