When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 228 Natalie Hangs Up Fast

Jensen froze for a moment. Natalie had blocked me? How could that be?

Refusing to believe it, he searched for her WhatsApp account, but no matter how he tried, he couldn’t find it.

Panic tightened in his chest.

“Give me your phone,” he ordered the butler.

The butler didn’t understand why, but still handed it over.

Jensen dialed the number from memory, but the call didn’t go through; then he remembered -Natalie had changed her number.

Last time, he had only gotten it because Hansel had tracked it down for him.

Staring at the unfamiliar digits on the screen, Jensen felt a twist of bitterness.

Natalie had always been sentimental.

She had stayed with him for five years without ever changing her number–because that number was tied to the date they had first met.

And now she had even given that up? His throat worked as he swallowed, an ache rising out of nowhere.

He dialed her new number.

Natalie was just finishing the last strokes of her design when her phone rang. Without looking, she swiped to answer.

“Who is this?”

Hearing her voice made Jensen’s eyes sting.

“Natalie, it’s me.”

brows pinched together. Didn’t I

she saw it was an

“What do you want?”

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disgusted her; she didn’t even

rushed to say, “My mother’s missing. Do you know where she

that have to do with me? If something happened, call the police, I

Natalie ended the call.

rang in Jensen’s

“why does Natalie sound so arrogant with you now? Was all that gentle sweetness before

“Shut up!”

her a glare and shoved

I hear you say one more bad word about

he

a car pulled up in front

to discuss the matter of

nose; one look, and it was clear

Jensen’s brow furrowed.

he knew

they could

weight pressed on his chest until he could

with my assistant later. My mother’s gone

He sidestepped the issue.

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Mr. Baron’s

climbed into his car and drove

Natalie’s beating yesterday, had been in a panic–terrified something might

and nurses.