The Imposter Bride by Sallie Woods

Chapter 201

Natalia’s hand trembled as she read the letter. The paper slipped from her grasp, her heart pounded like a drum, and her blood was roaring in her ears. What on earth did the woman who had given birth to her intend to do?

A terrible thought flashed across her mind, making her heart jump with dread. Lena wouldn’t do something foolish, would she? The woman who had abandoned her all those years ago had been fine up until now. Now that Natalia had grown up and returned, Lena surely wouldn’t do something drastic, would she?

But the dreadful thought kept spreading, making Natalia’s heart pound harder. She couldn’t care less about her past problems. Letting the letter fall to the ground, she quickly followed the path Lena had taken. Outside the castle, a broad road stretched out. The direction Lena had taken was not the one leading to her home.

Natalia followed her intuition, and her heart was pounding with fear. She wouldn’t… She

couldn’t…

Although Natalia walked for what felt like forever, she couldn’t find Lena. Pain shot through her feet, and she collapsed in despair, with tears streaming down her face. Natalia didn’t know why she was crying. Was it because of her abandonment, or the thought that Lena might have done something terrible?

A car horn beeped, and Natalia looked up to see Callum rolling down his car window. “Buttercup,” he called. “Rita told me you ran out of the castle?”

Without waiting for the car to stop, he stepped out. Callum’s face was filled with concern. “Have you been crying? What happened? Are your feet hurting?”

didn’t know how to explain the letter she had received. She had only guessed

letter?” Callum asked, taking out

you

the ground. I opened it without

Natalia to her feet. “Let’s go look for Lena. She

caring that Callum had read her letter “But Cal, where should

heading this way, but after

anywhere.”

he assured her. After helping a panicked Natalia fasten her seatbelt, he added, “Don’t worry, she’ll be

finding out about her origins, but now that she knew,

they drove along the coastal road, Callum frowned in concern. “Lena, you’ve held on for so many years. Please don’t

She was afraid that things would turn out

darkened. It seemed Lena was indeed planning to end her life. Natalia’s heart sank, and she

as you think.” His words rang hollow even to his own ears. Natalia didn’t respond and walked back into the

a shrill voice rang out, “You shameless little brat, get out

gave you the right to yell

woman she had met once before,

them.