After dinner, Avery unlocked her phone while she sipped on her glass of water and saw Sebastian's message.
[Do you know where she is?] she replied.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt[We only know that she is in Aryadelle. Not sure exactly where she is. Do you know anything?] [No. What will you do when you find her?] [Based on what I know about my dad, he will kill her.] [I would expect that of your dad. Has he stopped his new project?] [He's waiting for updates on Elliot. He is still fantasizing about Elliot dying, so he can carry on with the new project.] [Is he that much of a bitter loser?] [He has never lost in his life, and he's not the only one afraid of losing. I feel the same.] [Just because you are afraid to lose, doesn't mean you won't lose.] [I know. My dad is not givinga penny of his fortune if I fail to find Natalie this time. He said so himself.] [I can help you out if you are worried about making ends meet.] [It's fine. I still have all my limbs so I won't starve to death.] Sebastian took a deep breath and deleted his chat history with Avery after sending that message. He found Natalie's number in his contact list and tried to call her. As expected, it did not go through.
He only had her number and was not friends with her on any of the social media platforms.
He tried to send her a message. [I'm in Aryadelle. If you want to live, let's meet! If you don't trust me, we can talk on the phone.] Natalie had blocked all contacts apart from the ones of her parents, but she could still receive text messages.
She felt hopeful when she saw Sebastian's message, but her hope went down shortly after.
Just like Dean, she was paranoid by nature, and she did not trust Sebastian. She was his sister from a different mother, and they were nothing but competition to one another.
After a while, Sebastian sent her another message with the address of his hotel.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm[Dad has gotten back the 2.1 billion Elliot took from him, and he senthere to look for you. He won't blme if I tell him that you are dead. Do you prefer to stay hidden for the rest of your life, or do you actually want to resolve this?] Natalie read through the message over and over again, before submitting to temptation and replying to him. [I can't give you anything in return. Why would you help me?] [Let's discuss this on the phone!] He replied.
After a moment of hesitation, Natalie agreed and the two started talking on the phone.
"Natalie, I can help to fake your death so you can dodge this bullet, but you need to do something for me. You can agree if you think it's a good deal, or refuse if you don't think it's worth it." "What is it?" Natalie realized that it was not going to be a simple favor.
After a few moments of silence, he said, "kill Dean Jennings." Natalie fell silent.
"You definitely won't be able to do that by yourself, so I will send someone to help you. Think about it, Natalie. You will never be free until Dean dies." Natalie burst into laughter. "Don't talk like you are doing this for my sake. You won't be able to get your hands on the Jennings family's fortune unless Dean is dead! You are only going to remain a pawn while he is alive!"