Ivan carried Natalie out of his car and began taking her to the external room where she had stayed in the past.But he hesitated and seemed to have changed his mind. He carried her up to his room and laid her down on the bed carefully, like she was some kind of treasure. He went to cover her with a blanket when a piece of paper fell out of her pocket. Ivan picked it up and read the contents, and his heart raced. He quickly read it when he saw his name."The Shines,How great it is to talk to you today! I am in need of Gello. Just hand it over and there will be no problems between us.I have been talking to Natalie, she knows better. Be quick and you will be free.Ivan Dione."Ivan's eyes narrowed in anger. He had not written anything like that.Someone was trying to frame him for something he didn't do. He sighed as he now understood why she had acted like that earlier.He knew why she asked him to stop pretending and stay away from her and her family. Someone had tried brainwashing h
Ivan stormed out of the room, his anger boiling within him like a cauldron of fire. He knew that he was evil, he was bad.But he had not expected that it would be Natalie blaming him like that. Maybe he had so many expectations from her? He had not thought that she would believe all those things.He stormed down the stairs, taking them two at a time. As he descended, his mood worsened when he saw June in the dining room, eating as though she owned the place.The thought of June and his grandmother forcing him to marry June irritated him a lot. Seeing her around made him mad. And they chose to send her here just when Natalie was around. He hoped that she was clever enough not to cause any trouble.June waved at him, a broad grin plastered across her face. "Hey, Ivan!" she called out. "You look like you could need a meal. Want to join me?"Ivan briefly looked past her and shook his head. "I am not in the mood to eat," he said, and walked off.June pursed her lips as she watched him. The
At night, Ivan brought Natalie a clean set of clothes and showed her the bathroom.Even though she was still stressed, she cleaned up and went back to bed. However, she was shocked when the door was pushed open and Ivan walked in, with only a towel wrapped around his waist.Natalie froze at first as she stared at his chest. And she swallowed hard. She then quickly covered her eyes when she realized that he was also looking at her.Did he think that she was a pervert? "Ahh! You! What are you doing here?" She asked. Why would he come in while naked?Ivan smiled and walked to the closet, where he slowly chose a pajama.And while Natalie was still blushing, the man got on the bed.Natalie gasped and sat up, confused by his behaviour. "What... Um... I am not doing anything with you..."Ivan looked at her and smiled. "Anything like?" He asked. "I just came to bed to sleep. Or... Maybe you are missing something?"Natalie blushed even more. She covered her face and looked away from him. "Why
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS CHAPTERIvan was silent for a second. He had not expected her to ask that question. Like... Why did he want to do that with her? Tsk tsk! It was because it was her, okay?But he did not want to say that to her. He smiled and proceeded with his movements, playing with her breasts."Because I want to do it and there is no one else to do it with," he said. He could not confess to her, right? What if she turned him down?Natalie felt a bit offended, but what he did to her next made her forget about who she was.The man dipped his hand into her shirt and held onto her left nipple. He held it in between his fingers and teased it, while he kissed her lips.He could feel her moan against his lips, and that drove him crazier. With less effort, he pulled off her shirt, leaving her exposed breasts and hardened nipples to himself."Look here baby," he said as his mouth watered at the sight of her pink nipple. "They got all hard because of me."He took
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT CONTINUESIvan groaned with pleasure as he felt her tight walls against him. He held her tightly, and moved all the way inside her.She moaned and cried as he did that, because it hurt a little. But she did not have any intention of asking him to stop.Ivan kissed her before he began moving inside and outside of her, both of them moaning and touching each other in pleasure.They did their thing, rising up to the skies and back again. It was so much ecstasy that every other thing around them stopped existing.They turned in bed, changing positions and experiencing what they had both missed in their lives.It was only after a while that it began getting unbearable. The sweetness was too sweet for Natalie to continue.She held onto the man on top of her and trembled, begging him to stop. "Ivan... It is... Mmn... Enough," she said between her sweet moans.But the humanity in Ivan had left long ago, and only the beast in him was awakened.He only changed his position
"Carter!" June called in fear. "What did you just say?"Carter looked at her in shock for a second before he shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know," he said. "But maybe daddy is marrying Natie! She is going to be my mommy..."June swallowed hard and took a step towards the child, her face full of anger. "Listen to me Carter," she said, making the child tremble in fear. "Only I can become your mommy!"Carter pouted. "No! My daddy loves Natie! He loves hugging her. I want her to be my mommy..."June smiled sarcastically. "I see that you love her a lot! But let me tell you... If you do not want her to get hurt, tell your daddy not to marry her!"Carter seemed scared, and she looked up at Bella with teary eyes. "Will Natie get hurt if she is married to daddy?" Bella sighed. "I don't know Carter..." She began speaking. But Carter had already begun running upstairs. "I am going to ask daddy that!" He said in a sad voice.Bella hurriedly stopped him. "You cannot go now. Give them some alone
At work, everyone was shocked by Ivan's good mood today. He did not have that cold and icy look on his face like always.And he even signed documents that required his signature without causing trouble or reprimanding his employees.For the first time in months, he ordered salary bonuses for all the employees and bought all of them tea."What do you think happened to the president?" The employees spoke to each other. "He is very good today.""I heard that his supposed fiance is now in his house," one of the girls said."Huh? You mean that June?" Another one questioned. "I heard that his grandmother is forcing him to marry her, but he does not want to. Did he give in in the end?""Whatever!" Another one said. "I don't like that June. She has an attitude. But anyway! It is fine if the boss is always in this good mood."Trevor, Ivan's personal assistant, was walking around and heard the conversation.He creased his brows because he was the only one who knew the truth. He knew very well th
Ivan was working on his computer, a satisfied look on his face. He could not wait for evening so that he could go back home to Natalie. He was really in a good mood.His phone on the desk vibrated, and seeing that it was from Trevor, his assistant, he immediately picked up.He had sent him earlier to check into Natalie's family issues and how things were."How is it?" He asked calmly, waiting for Trevor to explain. But Trevor's voice alarmed him. "Boss, things are not well. The police are on their way to your house...""What?" Ivan asked as he stood up. "What for?""That girl. It is said that that Gello thing she has is illegal. No one is allowed to be in possession of an AI right now. I think someone leaked information. Her brother and father were arrested earlier today..."Ivan felt the blood in his body freeze. Of course, he knew that it was illegal to own an AI in the country. But did that mean that whatever they were hiding was an AI?He stood up and did not even bother to take h
Black and Ivan looked at each other before turning to Natalie. Ivan cleared his throat. “Honey, I recently found out that Black wasn't the person that killed my family. It was June and her accomplices!“Five years ago, Black really did have intentions of killing Ivan and the whole of his family. But his first aim was Ivan, and that was the reason why he sent Natalie to kill him. His family, back in the country, were out for a night. Black was prepared to attack, because Ivan was away and he would not be there to protect them. But an hour earlier, he received information that they were already killed.After gathering information, Ivan had recently realized that June was behind everything. Despite being around and pretending to be a naive and innocent girl, she had caused more havoc.She had killed, thinking that the company belonged to Ivan's dad. To her shock, it was Ivan who owned it. So she lost. She was not able to put her hands on the company.Luckily, she was now behind doors. I
The old lady chuckled. “I was so stupid! How could I not differentiate between someone with a good heart like you from those full of bad intentions? Instead of protecting him, I exposed all of us to danger. Please forgive me…”Natalie, who had never had any experience of an elderly person apologizing, did not know what she was supposed to say. She pursed her lips in fear.The old lady sighed. “I am not saying all this because you saved my life. I just think I was too blind in the past not to see the good in you. Please, take good care of my grandson, and my great grandchildren!“Natalie was just so shocked. She had not expected that things would be this easy after so much struggle. That meant that the old lady was blessing her marriage with Ivan, right?She lifted her eyes to look at Ivan, and seeing the broad smile on his face, Natalie relaxed. Everything was fine. They were finally going to be together without any difficulties.Ivan winked at her, and Natalie could not help but roll
The doctor sighed with disappointment. “You don't know it? That thing that healed you!“ He was not sure if the girl was just pretending or she really knew nothing about it.Natalie shook her head. “Wait… I think I was wounded! What happened? What is that Gello you are talking about?“ She asked.The doctor sighed. “When you were brought here, we all thought you were going to die! You had wounds, you had lost a lot of blood and you were almost losing your child. But… that thing they gave you… it healed you in less than ten minutes…”Even though Natalie was pretending not to know anything about Gello, she was shocked to hear that she was healed like that. “Doctor, are you sure about what you are talking about?“ “Yes… it happened… He just wrapped it around your hand…” The doctor had begun speaking when the door was pulled open and two men walked in. Trevor went directly to the doctor and held his hand. “Doctor, would you mind us having a small talk?“ He asked while pulling him out, not
Natalie froze up. She waited for the excruciating pain, then maybe, death. She had been so sure that June had shot her straight in the chest. She would be dead in just a few seconds.However, after a few seconds, nothing happened. She did not get any pain either. Confused, she opened her eyes.“Natalie…” Someone called her. All she could hear and see were the movements of people here and there.But her eyes caught one person who was running towards her direction. “Natalie… are you okay?“ Ivan asked as he pulled her into his arms.Due to the pressure he applied, Natalie winced in pain. Her body was covered in several wounds due to the torture that these people had inflicted on her. She saw June lying on the ground, her gun some distance away from her.“You are hurt! Quickly, call an ambulance!“ Ivan ordered as he tried to untie her. Trevor and a few other men were checking up on the old lady.“Ivan… you came…” Natalie said in shock. She had not expected him to be back that quickly. But
Carter opened his eyes when he heard Natalie's voice. “Mommy…” he called between cries as he struggled. His mommy was finally there to save him.Natalie hurriedly untied him and pulled him into his hands. “You are fine now…”“Mommy…. Save great grandma. She is in the backyard. Auntie June has a gun…” Carter said the moment he remembered what had happened.Natalie shook. “It's okay,” she said and carried Carter to the room where she had locked Melan. “She will protect you,” Natalie whispered to Carter.She handed Carter to Melan. “Melan, don't open the door until I come back. Don't make any noise,” she said while trembling.“Sister… will you be safe?“ Melan asked in fear. Natalie hurriedly nodded and locked the door behind her, leaving.She ran upstairs to Ivan's room and took out her phone. Luckily, Ivan hurriedly picked him up when she called him.“Natalie…” Ivan called. “Did something happen? I am done here. I am taking the plane soon…”“Ivan… hurry up! Grandma is in danger!“ Natal
When Black came back to the room, Natalie wanted to keep her distance from him. If this man could send his wife away without blinking, what was he not capable of?Black sighed seeing her action. “Daughter, I sent her away to make up for what we caused you to go through in the past,” he spoke up. “Please, forgive me…”Still, Natalie could not fully understand if the man had changed or he was just pretending. “Why did you bring me back?“ She asked at last. She wanted to end things as fast as possible. She wanted to go back to Ivan and Carter.Black took a seat beside her. “I heard about your break up with Ivan… that man has wronged you. I am your father. I had to come for you. I will help you carry out revenge if you want to…”Natalie pretended to be really heartbroken. “But… why are you two fighting?“ She asked. She was still mad that the man had pretended that the break up had nothing to do with him.Black was silent for a while. “ We were fighting in the past, not anymore. I won't li
…Natalie's eyes widened when she woke up on an unfamiliar bed, her mind finally connecting the dots. The room she found herself in was lavish and spacious, a real contrast to the small, cramped space she had been forced to inhabit in the past in this house. The memories of the mistreatment she endured flooded her mind, making her feel annoyed and anger about those two people that called themselves parents.She moved, and her body ached. She could not help but wince in pain. She had expected to be taken away by Black, but the fact that they had sedated her before bringing her here spoke volumes about their intentions. It was as if they didn't even want to give her the chance to fight back or escape.Her thoughts were interrupted as the door was pushed open, and a woman around forty years old stepped inside the room. The woman's eyes widened in disbelief as they landed on Natalie, and she let out a horrified scream."Aaaah!" the woman shrieked, her hands flying to her mouth as if to st
Natalie tried to sit up, her concern immediately shifting to the boy who had accidentally knocked her off her feet. "The boy who just knocked me off... Is he okay?" she asked, showing her compassionate nature even in her own moment of distress.Ivan scanned the crowd and locked eyes with the worried boy. He noticed the blood on the boy's hand and pursed his lips. "Someone check up on the boy," he instructed, and the people around quickly rushed to help him.Still feeling disoriented, Natalie held onto Ivan's hand. "Can you help me up?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly."Of course," Ivan replied hurriedly, carefully assisting her to her feet. He guided her away from the gathering crowd and led her towards the car, where they could have some privacy.As they distanced themselves from the scene, Ivan noticed Natalie's expression changing. Her eyes turned red, and sadness enveloped her face. He gently helped her into the car, his heart aching for her."Are you feeling hurt anywhere?
Ivan woke up with Natalie in his hands, a broad smile appearing on his face as he looked at her sleeping face. He brought his hands to her face and gently caressed her, feeling the sense of peace that he had missed for days.Natalie's eyes fluttered when something kept moving on her face. Slowly, she opened her eyes and met a man's warm gaze. She snuggled closer to him, a smile on her face. "Good morning, beast," she greeted him jokingly.Ivan smiled and pinched her nose. "You look so happy today. Did that mean that I satisfied you well last night?" He joked back.Natalie buried her face into his chest to hide away her embarrassment. "Can't you just talk like a normal person?" She asked and pinched his waist playfully.Ivan hurriedly held her hand. "Stop messing around unless you want to awaken the beast again," he said, and kissed her lips lovingly.Natalie smiled, her cheeks flushed. She seemed to have thought of something and sat up. "Um... Black will be taking me today, right?" She