When She Rose From the Ashes

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Chapter 139 A Name to Belong To

Chapter 139 A Name to Belong To

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“So you can’t ever leave me!” Baron said as he leaned forward, trying to pull Natalie into his

arms.

She smelled faintly of soda water–clean, crisp, with a sweetness that was uniquely hers. The scent made him dizzy, made him want to sink into her.

But Natalie dodged out of reach. “My body hasn’t fully recovered yet. Don’t touch me like that. And I did say I’d consider being with you, but you have to give me time.”

Baron’s face fell at once. “Don’t tell me you still expect us to sleep in separate rooms.”

“Isn’t that normal?”

Natalie’s cheeks burned. Back when her body was covered in burns, she hadn’t thought about such things. But now that she had healed, of course Baron would want to share a bed. Even so, it still felt too fast.

together. But now you’re

blinked. She had

no need to explain this

me why all their classmates‘ parents sleep together, but their daddy

words came. “Would they

only gave her a wounded look, and

feared by so many. The man whose power made others tremble. Yet here he was, looking aggrieved, almost

together without any status…

me a status. The courthouse is still open. Let’s register

Natalie froze. “Re… register?”

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yourself–I saved your life, you’d repay me with marriage. You said you might not give me the love I want, but you’d try. We already have two children, and your health is better now. Don’t tell me you’re planning to go

gaze was full

but nothing came out. He wasn’t wrong–she had said those things. But wasn’t this too

know about them, it couldn’t be helped. But now? Now you know. Now you’re with me. And still you’d let them be called

her own childhood–her fall from grace after leaving the Summers family, the sneers and taunts, the cruel bullying from so–called friends who turned