Natalie fell silent.
At this moment, she sat quietly in place, and even Clyde couldn't discern what was going on in her
mind.
The man pulled a wicker chair and sat beside her.
"Things in Simeria are chaotic right now."
"And?" Natalie responded indifferently.
"When you go back this time, it can't be like last time."
There was a hint of exasperation in Clyde's tone, and Natalie fell silent.
Last time?
Was he referring to her entanglement with Malcolm last time? It had indeed been a cause for concern
in the Jarvis family.
Stephen had never wanted to get involved with the Entes family, so they definitely wouldn't want
Natalie to be entangled with them.
And with Natalie's current resentment towards Irwin and Cedric, nobody knew what she might do in
such circumstances.
That was the most worrying aspect.
"Alright, I understand what you mean, Cly," Natalie said gently.
Her words relieved Clyde.
"It's good that you understand. Dad has been worried about you, and everyone is waiting for you to
return."
Everyone was waiting for her?
At this moment, Natalie felt a pang of discomfort in her heart. Ultimately, she had become the most
worrying child in the family.
It was something she least wanted to happen, but it was staring her in the face now.
She took a deep breath and sighed. "I've let everyone down!"
As she said this, the suffocating feeling in her chest intensified.
"You haven't done anything wrong," Clyde reassured her.
Had she not done anything wrong?
In the midst of all the twists and turns between the three of them, everything had become unclear.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWho was the one truly at fault?
Was it Irwin's fault for plotting everything?
But humans... could calculate actions, not hearts or emotions!
Or was Cedric at fault?
He certainly was wrong in some aspects!
"Nat."
"Yes?"
"Listen to me... You should let it go!"
At this moment, Clyde looked at how lonely Natalie seemed, and his tone was tinged with resignation.
Did she hate them?
Naturally, she did!
Whatever Cedric or Irwin had done in her life was unforgivable. However, carrying hatred was too
heavy for a person! Those who harbored hatred were constantly enduring a hellish torment.
Clyde had experienced such feelings. He didn't know how he eventually emerged from such heaviness.
And it was precisely because of this that he didn't want Natalie to sink into that pain.
Hating someone was too painful. In the process of hating, one was repeatedly hurt.
Fortunately, it was Clyde who said these words at this moment.
If it were Irwin and Cedric... one can only imagine how Natalie would react to them in such an ironic
situation!
Clyde was also the only person who would say these words to Natalie now.
However, Natalie's lips curved into a smile. "I've tried it. It's useless!"
"Nat..."
"Cly, you don't understand!"
Understand what?
He didn't understand how much emotion she had invested in Cedric, nor did he know what it was like
when Irwin saved her from danger time and time again.
No one knew how hard she had tried to overcome everything when Irwin succeeded in moving her
heart each time...!
No one could understand how she felt then.
"The person who says to let it go thinks it's easy!"
Only those who endured it knew what it was like.
"Is it really impossible to forgive them?" Clyde asked.
"Ten years!"
Clyde fell silent at Natalie's words. He swallowed the words that had been on the tip of his tongue.
Ten years was a long time. Only Natalie knew what happened between her and Cedric during those ten
years and what kind of feelings they had.
But it was also because of that long period of time that she experienced sweetness time and time
again, which ultimately hurt her even more.
"How many relationships can last until marriage after seven years of being together?"
Not many.
However, in those seven years, the times she had with Cedric were truly sweet and beautiful. There
had been nothing standing between them. Even now, looking back, the unpleasant experiences she
had in those seven years were only related to the Johnson family.
There was no need to talk about what happened after they were married. But before marriage, the
memories between them were too beautiful.
"I just didn't expect that the reason he and I would get married was because of that person...!"
How could she not hate under such circumstances? How many years of youth did one have in life?
She had wasted almost all of her youth on Cedric.
How could she bear it?
Naturally, she couldn't!
"Are you talking about Blair?" Clyde asked.
"Yes, her."
That name.
During this time, that name tore at her sanity incessantly. It even became a nightmare haunting her in
the dead of night. She had never seen that person, but she knew exactly what Blair looked like.
"For a whole ten years, I've been nothing but a shadow!"
She had unknowingly lived in someone else's shadow in all her most beautiful moments.
At this moment, all the words that Clyde had wanted to say to Natalie in an attempt to persuade her
vanished.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThere was nothing else that needed to be said now!
Natalie could never forgive Irwin and Cedric.
Cedric had given her a beautiful youth, while Irwin had saved her from the depths of despair.
It was ironic!
Truly... ironic.
The beautiful youth Natalie thought she had actually belonged to someone else. Irwin had destroyed
her beautiful youth, pulling her out of hell time and time again!
"From beginning to end, I was the one bearing everything alone..."
Natalie couldn't help but choke up a bit when she said this. Yes, it had been her alone bearing it all.
That was the most ironic part!
Clyde stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her. At that moment, the warmth from a family
member's protection gradually calmed Natalie's emotions.
"In the future, you won't be alone."
In the future?
Yes!
In the future, she would have her family, and no one could easily hurt her.
"But Nat, no matter how much you hate them, you must not let yourself fall into deeper hell,
understand?"
The Entes family was undoubtedly a hellish existence. Everyone knew that becoming a member of the
Entes family was difficult.
After becoming a member, one enjoyed many things, but one also had to truly integrate into the family!
Only the person who held the highest power could have supreme authority. Otherwise... it would be a
disaster.
Clyde, Stephen, and everyone else didn't want Natalie to be involved with such a family.
They... wouldn't allow it!
"I understand."
Natalie's rationality slowly returned.
She also understood what Clyde's reminder meant.
She understood it all!