NovelEnglishChapter 111 The Confrontation
Chapter 111 The Confrontation
Baron finally laid everything bare.
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Finn's face twisted. He wanted to argue, but no words came. His petty schemes were nothing in front of Baron's
insight.
Suddenly, Finn let out a laugh-ugly, broken, more painful than tears.
“Mr. Gunn, you can read everyone's heart... but can you read Natalie’s? That woman wasted five years of her life
on a piece of trash like Jensen. She’s nothing but a whore! You could have any woman you want-why her?”
The words had barely left his mouth before Baron's fist smashed across his face.
Just as he reeled back, ready to spew more venom, a hoarse voice cut through the air.
“Stop!”
Baron froze. He turned to see Natalie, supported by a nurse, staggering out.
“You shouldn't be out here,” he said at once, leaving Finn to rush to her side. His arm slipped around her
carefully, replacing the nurse's support. “With burns like yours, an infection could kill you.”
Every step sent waves of agony tearing through Natalie's body, but she still lifted her toward Finn.
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From the moment she'd opened her eyes after the fire, she had sensed his hatred. She hadn't known why-until
now.
He and Phantom.
So that was the reason.
Her chest tightened with guilt for the woman who had died, but when she met Finn's eyes, blazing with hate,
there wasn't a flicker of fear in her own.
“Finn. You hatebecause of Phantom, don’t you?”
“Yes! You're a curse! If not for you, my Phantom would still be alive!”
“No,” Natalie said steadily. “Even without me, Phantom would have died. Because of you.”
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She didn’t deny that Phantom had died protecting her, that Phantom had given her the chance to escape. She
would never forget that debt. But Finn's betrayal had sealed Phantom’s fate long
before.
Her words nearly sent Finn into a frenzy.
“What nonsense are you spouting?!”
“I'm not spouting nonsense,” Natalie replied coldly. “From the day you betrayed Baron, Phantom’s death was
inevitable. You couldn't protect her.”
The words cut deeper than any blade.
“You're lying! If Mr. Gunn hadn't sent her to protect you, she would have lived!”
Natalie's gaze sharpened. “Really? Then why couldn’t you even protect your own parents?”
The blow landed true. Finn's chest heaved, breath ragged, but no words cto refute her.
Natalie's voice was cold. “You hate your parents, don’t you? They lost you as a child through their carelessness.
That resentment has never left you, no matter how much success you've achieved. You crave their love, yet
despise them for their neglect. That's why you kept them a secret from Baron. Because you never forgave
them.”
Finn flinched but didn’t deny it.
Natalie knew she was right.
“If your mother hadn't been ill, maybe you wouldn't have cared at all, would you? But because she was sick, you
gave yourself a reason to stay close. Deep down, what you wanted most was to hear them say ‘I'm sorry‘-sorry
for losing you. But your mother was too far gone to say it, and your father, desperate and selfish, saw you only
as a lifeline for money. He could never give you
what you wanted. Isn’t that the truth?”
Finn's eyes burned red again. He turned his head away, refusing to answer.
Natalie sighed. “That's why you were torn apart inside-love tangled with hate, never knowing what to do. And
that’s why they could use them to control you. By the tyou realized your hesitation had left them in their
hands, you were already filled with regret. You wanted to save them, but you couldn’t admit them as your
parents. So you acted alone.”
Her
gaze hardened.
“But how could you fight against people who had planned this from the start? The moment you agreed to do
‘one thing’ for them, your life was no longer yours. Phantom bectheir
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pawn. And you, trapped in their game, had no strength left to protect her.”
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Her voice faltered as she thought of Phantom-silent, withdrawn, with a face that never smiled. She had once
thought it was simply hardship that had made her that way.
Now she understood.
Her voice faltered as she thought of Phantom-silent, withdrawn, with a face that never smiled. She had once
thought it was simply hardship that had made her that way.
Now she understood.
Phantom had been drowning in pain all along.
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