Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 182: I Am Enough For Her

The atmosphere fell into dead silence. Irene lay on the ground, clutching her stinging cheek, her eyes filling with tears. Natalie stood rooted in place, her icy gaze fixed on Irene.

Ryan, equally stunned, whispered to John, "That was a flawless slap. Her jaw must be aching."

"She’s lucky it was just a slap," John replied quietly.

"Yeah, I’ve heard Ms. Natalie once nearly strangled someone for insulting Mr. Harper."

"Just like him, she’s fiercely protective when someone insults him," John added.

Meanwhile...

"Irene?" Briena and Ivan hurried to her side, with Ivan helping his sister sit up while Amelia rushed over as well.

"Are you alright?" Briena asked in a concerned tone.

Amelia glared at Natalie. "How dare you hit my daughter?"

"Are you out of your mind?" Ivan snapped, glaring at Natalie with fury. He adored his sister, and seeing her hurt and humiliated in front of everyone made his blood boil.

"If I were out of my mind, she wouldn’t have gotten away with just a slap," Natalie retorted, her gaze unyielding as she looked at the Browns and everyone around. "This is a warning to all of you—no one is allowed to insult my husband. I won’t tolerate it, regardless of who you are."

Amelia marched toward her, livid. "You dared to hit my daughter over him? Who even is he—a gigolo?"

"Watch your words," Natalie warned. "Or I’ll forget that you’re older than me, Amelia Brown."

"You... I’m truly relieved you didn’t marry my son," Amelia spat back.

"Trust me," Natalie replied coldly, "now that I think about it, I feel the same. A man who didn’t trust me and couldn’t even try to understand what happened—that was reason enough to marry someone who sees no one else but me, and he trusts me."

her words

up, her tearful eyes glaring at Natalie. "You claim you didn’t know how you ended up married to that man, yet seeing you so possessive over him, it seems it was all an act. You were

stood unbothered. "So? What can you and

to Ivan. "See? She isn’t even denying it. She’s been using you all along to secure a position in your company. Who knows what she would have done if her

Natalie, searching her face for any hint of truth. But Natalie offered no reaction, turning instead to Albert. "Grandpa, I’m sorry

not your fault,"

Albert, even after seeing her resort to violence," Sephina spoke up. "Even if she killed someone, you’d still say it wasn’t her

doubt my ability to kill someone," Natalie retorted, "And if I did, I’m certain it would be their own fault for pushing me to it.

never doubted your... abilities," Sephina replied coldly. "That’s precisely why you don’t

doesn’t need the Ford family’s title. I’m enough

deep, commanding voice cut through the tension, and

black suit stood at a distance, his gaze fixed on Natalie, ignoring everyone else around them. His presence was magnetic and

practically every day, shared a home with him, yet

it was the loneliness she felt among these people, and his

wasn’t dressed in his usual understated clothes. He had arrived as The

Ryan stood

off Justin. Their eyes widened, mouths fell open, and hearts raced

"Who is he?"

a man be so perfectly

we seen him

The air around this man exuded a powerful presence that

with Ivan by her side, couldn’t stop her heart from racing

is he?" Irene asked Briena, nearly drooling over the

around him as if they didn’t exist. "Have I kept you waiting

shook her head, her gaze dreamy as she looked up at him. If her eyes could

glancing toward her grandfather.