When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 4 This Is Mine

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him a chance.

Even if he confessed now, even if he begged her to give up on exposing the truth she might have stopped

But no.

He said nothing

She was, once again, disappointed.

Suppressing her emotions, Natalie smiled. “You really plan to reveal my identity?

“Natalie, what are you trying to do? You've never been this unreasonable! Just go home. We'll talk later. I'll have

the driver take you.

He fumbled for his phone, an uneasy feeling clawing at his chest

Natalie's hands balled into fists, her eyes glistening

This was the man she’d loved for five years.

I'm not leaving

Her voice was firm, unwavering

Jensen’s gaze darkened.

“You don’t have a choice”

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He rented for her again, but Natalie dodged him.

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Instead, he caught Sharon’s eye-and deliberately raised her wrist, revealing a diamond bracelet that gliered

under the lights.

She shot Sharon a provocative smile.

That did it

Sharon's temper flared instantly.

Natalie, flaunting her closeness with Jensen in public, was humiliating her.

She was the one who cwith Jensen. She was his legal wife. Who gave Natalie the right to act so smug?

Why did the bracelet look so familiar?

Fury boiling over, Sharon stormed toward her and shoved her hard.

“Natalie, today’s the launch of Luke Corp’s Devotion series. Why is that bracelet on your wrist? Did you

steal it?”

So this was how Sharon was going to do it-publicly shher, drag her down.

Her voice was loud enough for the whole crowd to hear.

Everyone turned to Natalie.

In her pearl-white dress, the moonlight diamond bracelet gleaming on her wrist, she was a vision. But thanks to

Sharon's outburst, the atmosphere changed instantly.

“Someone that pretty... a thief?”

“Just goes to show you never really know people. And the way she was hanging on Mr. Luke just now? Definitely

shady.”

Natalie's face paled under the weight of their judgment.

She bit her lower lip, voice trembling but resolute.

“This is mine.”

Sharon burst out laughing.

“Yours? Don’t makelaugh! A broke fraud like you can afford diamonds?”

Letenlighten you all,” Sharon turned to the crowd tically. “This woman's nis Natalie. She was the

fake daughter our family raised by mistake. We kicked her out five years ago. She couldn’t possibly afford that

bracelet.”

Natalie's hands trembled.

Sharon made it sound like they simply sent her away. But the truth? She had nearly died in that house. The whip

scars on her back still throbbed at the memory.

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And Jensen -he knew. He was the one who had carefully tended those wounds, terrified of hurting her

Now when Natalie looked to him, he looked away.

He didn’t speak up for her. Didn't defend her. He didn’t dare cross Sharon

She had known he wasn’t worth hoping for

Ban it still hurt like hell.

Five years of love flashed before her eyes-every tender smile, every warm touch, now just dull blades shcing her

to pieces.

She swallowed it all and said, “Ms. Summers, accusingof theft based solely on identity... isn’t that a bit

presumptuous? How do you know | haven't made a nfor myself over the past five years?”

Sharon sneered. “You? Made a hfor yourself? That's rich! You want proof? Fine, I'll give it to you.”

She tossed her hair and turned to the

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Gasps erupted throughout the hall.

“What? Ms. Summers is Sunny?”

“Mr. Luke, is this true? Sunny has only ever worked with Luke Corp, and no one’s ever seen her. Is it really

Sharon?”

Reporters swarmed forward.

Natalie didn’t look at them. Her sharp, elegant eyes stayed locked on Jensen. Her fists clenched around the

fabric of her dress.

She wanted to hear him say it. With his own mouth.

Jensen felt her gaze and his brows creased tighter and tighter.

Then Sharon clung to his arm and whined softly, “Jensen-"

Just that one word. A plea.

He remembered she didn’t have long to live. His heart softened.

“Yes. Sharon is Sunny. She's been Luke Corp’s chief designer these past five years.”

The moment the words left his mouth, Natalie heard her heart break.

No one knew better than Jensen how much she had sacrificed to create those designs. And now, without

hesitation, he handed it all to Sharon.

Fine.So be it.

Natalie bit down so hard on her lip she tasted blood, the copper tang igniting her fury.

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Two guards stepped forward without hesitation. They seized Natalie's arms and slammed her to the cold

floor

With a sharp rip, her dress strap tore open-exposing her back.

The crowd gasped at the sight of the disfiguring whip scars running down her spine.

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