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Does he think he can just threaten me? Does he really think that I'd be scared?
“Fine, if you're so adamant about waiting, then go ahead!” growled Natalie before she turned the intercom off and
returned to the dining table.
She was a little exasperated when she saw how both her kids were staring at her and not eating properly. She
pulled up a chair and asked, “What's wrong?”
“Mommy, is that Daddy?” asked Sharon while blinking innocently.
Connor never said a word, but his expression showed that he wanted to ask the same question.
Natalie had no intentions to hide anything from the kids. As such, she stroked Sharon's head and replied calmly with
a smile, “You shouldn't call him Daddy anymore. Adress him as Mr. Shane from now on.”
Even though Shane had already learned the truth and knew that Natalie's mom was not the driver who killed his
parents, she still wanted a divorce from him.
Sharon seemed reluctant to change how she addressed Shane, but her mom seemed persistent, so she murmured
an affirmative reply.
“Mommy, what is Mr. Shane doing here?” asked Connor. “I don't know. I didn't ask,” lied Natalie while shifting her
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtgaze away.
Connor saw through the lie, but he didn't point it out. He nodded and replied, “I see. Okay.”
“Mommy, aren't you going to let Mr. Shane in?” asked Sharon again as she sipped some soup from her spoon.
Natalie shook her head and answered, “No, just leave things be. You two are not allowed to open the door as well,
okay?”
“Okay,” muttered Sharon before she stopped asking questions.
With that, dinner went on as usual.
As for Shane, he remained standing behind the door.
He knew that Natalie wouldn't open the door, and he understood that standing there was just a waste of time. Still,
he had no intention of leaving.
As far as he was concerned, whether she opened the door was irrelevant to the fact that he was willing to wait for
her.
He was there to apologize, so he would show his sincerity if nothing else.
Shane leaned against the door and started smoking. He finished one cigarette after another. Before long, cigarette
butts started gathering on the floor.
Just then, his cell phone rang.
Shane tossed the cigarette butt away and fished his cell phone out to check the screen. It was a call from Jackson.
“What's up?” asked Shane. His voice was a little coarse because he had been smoking for a while.
“Shane, aren't you supposed to come to the hospital for a final check-up? Why aren't you here yet?” asked Jackson
from the other side of the line.
Shane massaged his temple and replied, “I forgot.”
He wasn't lying about that.
“Okay. When will you be here, then?” asked Jackson while checking his watch.
Shane turned his head to the apartment and noted how the door was tightly closed. He took a deep breath and
answered, “I won't be heading over today.”
“What's wrong?” asked Jackson curiously.
Shane tilted his head up and rested his head against the wall. He was staring at the ceiling as regret filled his eyes.
“I need to apologize to Natalie,” answered Shane.
“Apologize?” blurted Jackson in confusion. “What happened? Did you do something to her?”
“No, it's about my parents. I accused my mother-in-law of something she didn't do,” replied Shane calmly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmJackson sprang up from his seat and said, “What? You accused her?”
“Yeah.”
“Wait, that doesn't make sense. How could it have been wrong? Are you sure?” asked Jackson, whose interest was
piqued.
Shane gave Jackson a cliff's note version of everything Natalie told him earlier that day.
Hearing all that stunned Jackson. It took him a while to come back around. He said, “Hang on, just to be clear.
Natalie suddenly regained the memory she lost earlier and told you everything that had happened in the past. You
then went to David's assistant to investigate the matter and found evidence that someone else was the culprit. Is
that right?”
“Yeah,” replied Shane while nodding.
Jackson gasped and blurted, “Holy moly, what a twist. I can't believe how wild things had progressed. I guess the
person who sent you that footage intended to break you and Natalie up. The only question is why. How would the
two of you breaking up benefit that person?”
Shane closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they shone with cruelty. He replied, “I'd like to know that, too.”
If the person who sent him that footage was his enemy, then they could've just gone after him or Thompson Group.
So why did they have to target Natalie?
“Have you discovered the identity of the person who sent you that footage?” asked Jackson.
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