When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 2 I'm Not Interested in Being the Other Woman

Chapter 2 I'm Not Interested in Being the Other Woman

That's great news, Natalie. You finally cto your senses!”

Renee's fingers trembled around her phone.

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This genius designer junior had willingly becinvisible at Luke Corp just to stay by Jensen's side. After his car

crash five years ago, Natalie had even sacrificed a rib-and something far more unspeakable-to help bring him

back to life. Since then, she'd thrown herself into the relationship like a moth to a flame.

But now, the voice coming through the phone was low, hoarse, and hollow-utterly unlike the Natalie she knew.

Natalic, did Jensen do something to you?”

Renee immediately picked up on the real issue.

After a long silence, a choked sob cthrough. Renee should've known-only Jensen himself could've hurt

Natalie enough to make her give up on him.

She wanted to curse Jensen out. She wanted to comfort Natalie. But when the words reached her lips, she didn’t

know where to begin.

“Just get that visa sorted and cover. A woman needs her own career. Natalie, this Grant International

Holdings training program is huge. With your talent, you're going to shine there.”

Renee’s words made Natalie nod slightly. “I'll get the visa sorted as soon as | can.”

“I'll be waiting!”

After hanging up, Natalie finally noticed the rain pouring outside. Violent winds rattled the wind chin the

living room.

That wind chwas made from the paper cranes she'd folded daily while praying when Jensen lay in the

hospital after his crash. After he recovered, Jensen had it turned into a wind chand hung it in the living room-

to commemorate their love.

Now, as she looked at it, Natalie found it bitterly ironic.

She instinctively moved to take it down, but her elbow knocked over a photo fron the nearby bar

counter.

The glass shattered, revealing two photographs inside.

Natalie frowned slightly. Two?

She bent down to pick them up.

One was a photo of her and Jensen taken five years ago, when they officially beca couple. But the second-

was of Sharon and Jensen together.

Sharon was beaming radiantly in the picture, and Jensen stood behind her, one arm around her waist, eyes filled

with nothing but affection.

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Below the photo, Jensen had written in flamboyant script:

“Farewell, my love.”

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The timestamp was 3 a.m.-the night after Jensen’s recovery. Exactly seven hours before he brought Natalie roses

and asked her to be his girlfriend.

Natalie's fingers trembled as she gripped the photo. Suddenly, all of Jensen's tenderness over the turned ice

cold.

years

What she had believed was mutual love... was really just his consolation prize for a love he'd already lost.

In a frenzy, Natalie ripped down the wind chime. Paper cranes scattered across the floor, as broken as her heart.

Her phone dinged twice.

It was Renee-forwarding her the official training invitation from Grant International Holdings.

Natalie composed herself, grabbed her documents, and took a cab to the immigration office.

After reviewing her paperwork, the clerk said, “Ms. Summers, your visa will take about ten days. Please wait for

our notification.”

“Alright. Thank you.”

Just as Natalie walked out of the office, her phone rang. It was Jensen.

“Natalie, something urgent cup at work. | won't be htonight.”

Before she could respond, he hung up.

Then her Whatchimed.

It was Sharon.

She received two short videos.

In the first, Jensen and Sharon were holding red marriage certificates, kissing. The timestamp was yesterday.

In the second, Jensen was kneeling with a ring-proposing to Sharon The sring Natalie had personally

designed for her own future wedding.

Jensen had promised to put that ring on her finger on their fifth anniversary. But now... it was on Sharon's

hand.

The timestamp? Five minutes before Jensen had just called her.

No wonder he wasn’t coming htonight.

It was his wedding night.

Natalie let out a cold, bitter laugh.

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Then Sharon sent a voice message.

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“Natalie, Jensen is my legal husband now. You're not allowed to see him anymore! If you do, | won't go easy on

you. And don’t think it'll be as simple as that little basement punishment from last time.”

Natalie replied without hesitation.

“Don’t worry. | have no interest in being the other woman.”

Then she blocked Sharon.

The moment Jensen chose to marry Sharon, there was no turning back for them.

In ten days, Natalie would be gone for good.

She never wanted to see Jensen again.

She pocketed her phone and caught a cab home.

Downstairs, she asked the supermarket owner for a few cardboard boxes and carried them up to her place.

She was going to throw out everything that reminded her of Jensen.

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By the tshe was done, it was already past midnight.

Too physically exhausted to feel sad, Natalie showered and fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

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When she got back home, she started packing for her move abroad.

And just then-Jensen cback.

He immediately sensed something was different.

“Did something go missing in here?”

Without looking up, Natalie said calmly, “I just cleared out sold junk. Figured it’s tto get new stuff

soon.”

“Sure. If you see anything you like, letknow. I'll have my assistant take care of it.”

Jensen shrugged off his coat onto the couch, but then his eyes caught something on the side table.

They were design drafts.

“The launch for the ‘Devotion’ jewelry line is tomorrow. You should cwith me.”

Natalie's hand paused mid-pack.

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No one besides Jensen even knew that Sundy, Luke Corp’s chief designer, was actually her.

This invitation must've cfrom guilt-because he’d married Sharon behind her back.

Natalie quickly replied, “Okay.”

Before she left Jensen for good, she would reclaim her place in the spotlight.

Just then, her phone buzzed from the bed.

An international number lit up on the screen, and Jensen's brow furrowed.

“Why are you getting calls from overseas?”

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