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 but couldn’t

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 cheating on my brother all along. And you dare talk about

unbothered. "So? What can

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 marriage

truth. But Natalie offered no reaction, turning instead to Albert. "Grandpa, I’m sorry if I’ve ruined

fault," Albert

her, Albert, even after seeing her resort to violence," Sephina spoke up.

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. You haven’t even seen the true extent of

abilities," Sephina replied coldly. "That’s precisely why you don’t deserve to

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

the tension, and

everyone else around them. His presence was magnetic and imposing,

eyes off him. She saw him practically every day, shared a home with him, yet in moments like these, his arrival and mere presence affected her senses,

people, and

arrived as The Justin Harper, and even in his simplest attire, his

stood alert

widened, mouths fell open, and hearts raced at

"Who is he?"

can a man be so

we seen him

he Natalie’s husband? The air around this man exuded a powerful presence that was anything but ordinary. If this

even with Ivan by her side, couldn’t stop her heart from racing at the sight of Justin. Why does

Briena, nearly drooling over the

him as if they

her gaze dreamy as she looked up at him. If her eyes could speak, they’d be filled with hearts

right on time," she replied, glancing toward her grandfather. "Grandpa was waiting