Reborn From Oblivion by Christia Muray

Chapter 810

Ashley glanced around Nathalie's room, taking in the extravagant decor that still managed to feel warm and inviting. Her eyes misted over. "Your uncle really takes good care of you," she said, her voice catching a bit.

Nathalie looked back at her, understanding that everyone has their own burdens. Ashley, the dazzling darling of the Stewart family, seemed to have it all, but behind the curtain?

Dean was disappointed that Ashley was a girl. He had affairs and fathered several sons, grooming them to inherit the Stewart family fortune, while Ashley was raised to be a frivolous heiress with no real responsibilities.

But Nathalie was struggling herself, weakened by depression and lacking the energy to help anyone else, or maybe her depression had made her detached from emotions altogether. She couldn't aid Ashley in her troubles.

"What brings you here?" Nathalie asked, knowing Ashley's visit wasn't just out of kindness.

Sure enough, Ashley carelessly set her gift on the table and settled herself comfortably into a chair, lifting her chin with an air of arrogance. "Nathan wrote to me, asking for a visit."

"I thought you might be worried about him too, so I came by to see if you had any message you'd like me to pass on to him?"

It was pure showboating.

you, I'd say: If you're in love, make

her sleeve, her long lashes casting shadows on

tell me if you love

she'd lived through two lifetimes and seen the rough edges of life. She was

probably won't trust men so easily in this

not, she couldn't say. She just wanted him

up, smiling. "Sis, that Diego guy, he's actually pretty great.

closed her

to impress and showed up

visiting room.

fashionably late entrance,

beamed. "Nathan, I'm really glad you wanted

"Sorry, I asked you here because I needed

her disappointment