Chapter 1

“Natalie Wright!”

The sharp bark of her name jolted Natalie awake, and her eyes snapped open to meet a pair of brooding, dark eyes.

She blinked, disoriented for a few seconds, before realizing where she was.

Brian Howard’s gaze fell on her petite figure, and his pupils contracted sharply. Without a word, he grabbed a blanket and tossed it at her.

Natalie scrambled beneath the covers, her clear eyes quickly misting with tears.

She watched Brian rise from the bed, his back to her as he strode into the bathroom. Feeling adrift, she managed to utter a single word, “Brian…”

Her voice trailed off as Brian’s icy stare cut through her. “Brian?” His tone was too cold, too cutting, and Natalie’s heart skipped a beat, prompting her to correct herself hastily, “Mr. Howard…”

of it. She wasn’t sure if he was drunk or what, but she could smell a faint

a blur,

explain, she caught sight

grabbed her chin with a fierce

I…” She began to protest. But her plea was cut short by

his unguarded expression, and then she

the housekeeper, Sadie, “Isn’t this Miss Natalie’s

shirt, his voice commanding.

her to leave with the house full of people,

she started to tremble, tears streaming down her face. She clutched at Brian’s arm, pleading softly,

hand with a force that sent her tumbling back onto the bed, his face a mask of frost. “Natalie, you’re just like your

stung more than the

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couldn’t understand or intervene in her parents‘ affairs. She

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