Chapter 4

Natalie's

laughter was a sad echo in the air as she looked at Easton, her eyes pooling with tears. "Two years together, and that's all I am to you? Just some snake? You'd still back Jennifer even when she's lying her ass off?"

She gestured at the evidence, her voice shaky. "The truth is right here, and you're still not buying it. What more do I have to say?"

Easton was speechless, gazing into her sorrowful eyes, as if being his wife was her greatest regret.

Standing alone, she was framed by the garden's crisp air and the faint light from the distant screen. The wind tousled her skirt and hair, but her heartbroken look stole the scene. Easton sensed a shift in her, a new resolve in her eyes.

Natalie's voice dripped with scorn. "Easton, you can't face the truth, can you?" Her words hit him like daggers.

then, the cops showed up with two guys, and the room's buzz turned into a roar. The Garcia and Simpson families were

claiming she'd bribed them. "She paid me, officer, and I've

police. "It was all me," she confessed, her voice shaking. "I did it. Please, take

a furrowed brow, confused about her defense of Jennifer. Natalie had planned this just for a

questioned, "Linda, I've never wronged you.

this

She'd wasted her life on a man

to begin anew,' she thought to herself. With a sweet smile, Natalie told the officers, "Talk to my lawyer. He's on his

wasn't adopted; she was actually Nick's illegitimate daughter. He had brought her in to replace Natalie,

Natalie leave, her eyes widening in

Natalie left without a backward glance. Turning to Jennifer, he

panicked.

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