When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 8 So You Really Want to Do This

Chapter 8 So You Really Want to Do This

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Natalie stared at Jensen’s strikingly handsome face–now laced with suppressed warnings–and for the first time, the filter of infatuation she’d wrapped around him for years shattered completely.

Only now did she realize that Jensen… really wasn’t all that.

All the pain, sacrifice, and desperate effort she poured out for him during his injury five years ago–she might as well have thrown it all to the dogs.

Her voice was hoarse, but her gaze never wavered.

“I’m not causing a scene, Mr. Luke. I am the real Sunny.”

Gasps rippled through the room.

“What? She’s Sunny?”

“But didn’t Mr. Luke say it was Sharon?”

Sharon’s hatred finally boiled over. She couldn’t hide it anymore.

She stormed out from behind Jensen and pointed directly at Natalie.

“Shut your damn mouth! Natalie, are you really that desperate? How dare you lie like this? Jensen is the only one who knows Sunny’s true identity. Do you seriously think he’d back you up?”

Jensen’s stare drilled into Natalie. A wave of unease swept through him.

She said it.

She actually said it–right here, in front of everyone.

Didn’t she understand what he was trying to tell her?

She was talented. With time, she could make a name for herself. Why was she insisting on snatching this title from Sharon right now?

His patience snapped. He strode forward, grabbed Natalie’s wrist, and hissed, “Come with me!”

“Let go!”

Once upon a time, Natalie would have done anything for Jensen to hold her like this in public. It would’ve meant everything. But now, all she felt was bitter disgust.

He wasn’t reaching for her. He was just trying to protect Sharon.

She struggled, but she wasn’t strong enough to break free.

and tried

suited man

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faded tattoo flashed as

Ms. Summers just told you to let go. Shouldn’t a man behave

with enough

real–he had no choice but to let

back, putting

didn’t

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electrified the air–Jensen’s fury clashing with

you? Don’t make me

“You’re welcome to try.”

the man’s eyes, cold as a frozen lake, held a silent fire–like a

know who the man was,

reached for her

The screen lit up.

is the Rise series I designed to help you secure your place at

was bright and hopeful, her eyes filled with love- he portrait of a girl

her in

you. This line is going to launch

said your favorite book had a

lit up the sunlight

now on, you’re Sunny. Natalie, one day I’ll make the world recognize your talent. And when hat day

looked just like

The video continued.

research, to detail work. She used lilies as a base

off on her sketches, ordering their

toward Jensen and

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Really Want

on the

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all of this! You’re nothing but trash our family threw away.

didn’t expect Natalie

as he looked

is what you

just want