When She Rose From the Ashes

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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.

you were hurt, fine, we didn’t sleep together. But now you’re healthy again, and you

blinked. She had forgotten about the

no need to explain this kind

me why all their classmates‘ parents sleep together, but their daddy and mommy don’t? What am I supposed to

mouth, but no words came. “Would they really ask something like

look, and somehow she couldn’t bear

man whose power made others tremble. Yet here he was, looking aggrieved, almost pitiful. The sight left

being together without any

courthouse is

Natalie froze. “Re… register?”

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not give me the love I want, but

was full

wrong–she had said those things. But wasn’t this too fast? Marriage papers, just

the children. They’ll start preschool soon. If their files say they’re illegitimate, how will that look? Before, when you were with Jensen and didn’t 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 bastards? Do you want them mocked and

to her own childhood–her fall from grace after leaving the Summers family,