Chapter 71: He Never Loved You

Natalie immediately returned to the bedroom and called Justin.

"Hmm?" came his reply.

"What are you going to do now? How are you planning to get your grandma out of here without meeting my grandpa? Your grandmother is really something." She blurted out in panic.

She heard Justin sigh on the other end before he spoke. "I’ll come by later, after dinner is over, but I won’t come upstairs. Make sure your grandpa takes his medicine right after the meal, so he would feel drowsy and won’t come downstairs to see my grandmother off."

"That’s actually a good idea. You do have some brains after all."

"Not everyone is like you," he shot back.

She frowned. "Don’t go thinking you’re too smart."

"I’m at least not dumped by a loser and still pining over him."

"Dumped? I was not dumped, alright? And I’m not—"

if he was angry, any man in his place would have first tried to figure out who you supposedly cheated on him with. He’d have taken his time before deciding on revenge by marrying your sister. But..." Justin paused, his tone growing sharper, "what he did on

"You

the call and sat on the bed, tears welling in her eyes. Feeling overwhelmed, she opened her long-inactive social media account under the name "Sunshine," which she hadn’t touched since returning home

Ivan from Xyros city, but once she

what her mother used to call her when she was younger. In return, she always called

the message from "Little Star," she knew it had to be Ivan. He was the only person, aside from her mother, who knew about that nickname. Unable to contact Ivan by phone, as he wasn’t allowed to speak with her after she was sent to Xyros, Natalie clung to the belief that this message was from him. She had no one but Ivan and her

scrolled through their old

find a way to message me. Did you make this new account to hide from

are you,

call me Nat. Are you not

are you,

how happy I am that you messaged me. It’s

You’ll get

Sunshine:Do you miss me?

Little Star:Yes.

Wait for

Little Star:Take care.

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