The days that followed were the best for Ivan and Natalie. They spent as much time together, and things were good between them.Ivan was in a very good mood in the company, and once again, the employees were happy.He would always work earlier then go home on time so that he could take a walk with Natalie.Today was just like any of those good days. Ivan left the office at four, his face filled with joy.He was prepared to go on a walk with Natalie and Carter. However, on reaching home, he found that June was waiting for him in the living room.Anyway, he was not planning to be bothered about her. He did not even care the number of times she was home or not.He handed Bella his jacket, kissed Carter's forehead as a greeting and began walking upstairs.But June stopped him. "Ivan," she called. She did not look bothered that she was the only one who had not been greeted.Ivan stopped in his tracks, but he did not turn to look at her. "Um... Are you going upstairs?" June asked and stoppe
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS CHAPTERNatalie did not even get the chance of pushing him away. "A good wife is one that is obedient during punishments," Ivan whispered in her ears as he pinned her hands behind her.Natalie did not have any energy to fight him back. She sighed, and allowed her mouth to be devoured by him the way he liked.And seeing her stop struggling made him happy. "Good girl," he said and kissed her cheeks. "Now tell me, how would you like to be punished?"Natalie looked at him in confusion. The kiss alone was enough to mess up her thoughts.She tried shaking her head at him. She was hoping that they were not going to do anything."Is it fingers... Or tongue... Or something else?" Ivan asked playfully as his eyes scanned her whole body.He was on fire for her. He missed having her. He had not touched her since that night before the police came, all because they had promised each other to become best friends.To hell with best friends! He wanted this c
Natalie just held her head, which was giving her very great pain when she tried thinking about those words.She shook her head again, her eyes wide open. She did not even realize that Ivan was speaking to her.Ivan lost interest in everything that he was doing. He held Natalie close to himself with worry. "Tell me Natalie, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" He asked.It was then that Natalie noticed him. She creased her brows and whimpered. "It is my head," she said. " It hurts..."Ivan tensed up. Why was she having headaches out of nowhere? "Is it too bad? I will call the doctor..."Natalie shook her head hurriedly when he heard that. She was always so scared of doctors and hospitals."You don't have to," she said. "I think this is normal."Ivan pursed his lips at her. "If you are not fine, Natalie, you need to see a doctor. I do not want anything to happen to you.""I am really fine Ivan," Natalie said with a smile. "See, it does not hurt anymore."Ivan was somehow confused. H
Just at the voice, Natalie pushed Ivan away with force. And the man found himself seated at the edge of the bed in confusion.He looked disappointed, with a neglected look on his face, but Natalie did not show any pity for him now.She looked at the old woman who appeared at the door in fear. Yes! She was caught today.Ivan was confused to see his grandmother appear in his bedroom. "Grandma, what are you doing here now?" He asked in shock. And Natalie trembled even more when she learnt who she was.The old woman sneered and pointed her walking cane at Natalie. "To tell this bitch to stay away from you!" The old woman said.Ivan froze at the words. He did not know how angry he felt all of a sudden. But he stood up and looked at his grandmother. "Grandma!"The old lady slightly shook when she was shouted at. But that did not stop her from speaking."Huh! Are you shouting at me now because of this lowly woman?" She asked, her anger rising too. Ivan swallowed hard again, and looked at Nat
Carter was happy that he was going out with his daddy and mommy. But Natalie was just so quiet the whole journey.She was feeling so low, and she blamed herself for everything that had happened.Ivan sighed from time to time. Normally, he was never a man to explain himself. But now, he wished there was really something he could tell her."Do you regret ever knowing me?" He asked in a pitiful voice. Never in his life had he expected that his grandmother would speak such hurting words to the woman he loved.Natalie looked at him with pursed lips. She was not sure what she was supposed to say.Yes, since she met him, so many things had happened, but she did not think that any of them were his fault."Can I make it up for you?" Ivan asked out of the blue. And Natalie looked at him in confusion. She was not blaming him."Natalie," Ivan called again. "I know you might have your doubts about me. It is true that I am not a good man. But I will make you trust me soon..."Saying that, Ivan stopp
Natalie froze more, fear appearing in her heart. But she did not hesitate to hold Carter tightly in her arms."Siz? Did the child just call you mommy?" Scott asked in shock. He, too, could not really tell what was going on.Natalie moved her mouth, preparing to say something, but her words stuck in her throat.How was she going to tell them that this was Ivan's child? She had just denied having any connections with him."Dad..." Natalie called in fear. She knew she had to say something or they would not let her off.Carter looked at Natalie, then at the two people. And with his intelligence, he immediately knew that something was wrong.Did he put her in a difficult situation by coming in all of a sudden and calling her that?He wiped away his tears and looked at the older man. "Are you big sister's family?" The child asked.The two looked at each other in confusion. But still, Riwel nodded. He was finding the child so obedient.Natalie looked at Carter, wanting to stop him from speaki
With just the look that he gave her, Natalie was sure that this man was never going to be on her side. She was also well aware that she was the one he was yelling at.She looked back at Sonia, and she slightly froze. Why did she have all those tears on her face?"Senior Brother, she is bullying me. She says that I should stay away from you," Sonia cried pitifully.It took a second before Natalie remembered that the girl before her was an actress. Huh! She had gotten into character so fast that she scared her.She sneered and pushed away Sonia's hand. At the same time, Luca ran and supported Sonia so that she did not fall."Natalie!" He screamed. Sonia kept sobbing in Luca's hands, and Natalie felt disgusted.She looked at them one more time, pained by the fact that the man would not even say hi to her. Anyway, it was not like she wanted to get close to him again. Even though they had shared a very great bond in the past, it seemed like she was the only one who ever cared about him.Sh
Natalie slowly turned to look at the person who had blocked the slap. "Ah, Carl?" She called in shock. "Why are you here?"Carl looked at Luca calmly. "Watch carefully who you want to hit in the future, sir," he said and pushed away his hand, using some little force.Luca froze again. Even though this man was dressed in a police uniform, he was handsome. Did Natalie find herself a boyfriend in the military already?"Are you hurt?" Carl looked at Natalie carefully, completely ignoring the other two people.And Natalie shook her head at him. "Not really," she said. "Thank you for that.""Anything for you, dear," Carl said, giving Luca another taunting look. " Come on Natalie, we have to leave."It was then that Luca came to his senses. "Natalie you bitch! You will regret this," he almost shouted.But Natalie smiled at him. "Thank you for the reminder, Luca." She was not scared of anything.Luca held the side of his face. It was still itchy. "I did the right thing to break up with you! No
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