Natalie sighed, but she still nodded at him. “I understand, brother,” she said. She did not have to argue with him about Ivan. She knew him better than all of them.“That's good. Just remember to be careful about him and know what he wants from you,” Scott nodded and looked at her. He was silent for some seconds as he stared into her eyes. He shook his head when he saw her confusion. “Can I hug you?“Natalie was shocked again. Recently, he asked for a hug several times. Maybe he was not feeling well? She did not say anything, but Scott took a step towards her and pulled her into his embrace. He hugged her so tight that Natalie felt like something was not right.She wanted to speak up but her dad appeared at the door. “Where did you guys go…” he stopped when he saw them hugging like that.Scott smiled awkwardly and released Natalie. “Were you looking for us?“ He asked after clearing his throat.Riwel looked between them silently. Then he nodded. “Food is here,” he said and snatched t
Natalie was still so confused about the girl's certain appearance when she was hugged tightly. She did not even have time to react. All she could do was freeze in place.“Cammy? Where have you been all these years? We missed you a lot,” the girl said, close to tears.And Natalie was so confused. “Miss?“ She called almost in a whisper. Was she being compared to someone else?The girl seemed confused. She pulled away from the hug and looked at Natalie. “You… why are you like this? Don't you remember me?“Natalie shook her head gently. “I am sorry, miss. I think you are confusing me with someone else. My name is Natalie…”She looked at Ivan in confusion. But Ivan shrugged. “Maybe she got the wrong person,” he said and held her hand. “Let's go.““You are not Cammy?“ The girl held Natalie's hand hurriedly and looked at her like she wanted to cry. “Are you sure you are not pretending?“Natalie was so confused. She was still feeling repelled by this place. She just felt like nothing was real
The doctor sighed. He did not say anything for the time being and examined the girl. He decided to ignore the man who was still pacing around.He wrote something down and looked at Ivan. “Her response like this is a good sign that her memories are not permanently deleted. With time, she will recover them, but only if she is willing to. Her subconscious mind is not ready to recover the memories. They might be something so painful to her…”Ivan was silent for a second as he stared at the girl on the bed. “Does it still mean that I should try reminding her of the past? It seems to hurt her a lot…”The doctor nodded his head. “If both of you want her to recover her memories, you could try triggering it. But I am not forcing it… you could just take it slowly.““Mmh, I understand. But why did she fall unconscious?“ Ivan questioned. He wanted to understand everything.The doctor smiled. “Taking her to such a place triggers her memories, making things that happened try to play in her mind. Bu
Of course, these were the lines that her dad had created for her. She had to pretend that she wanted to go to her brother's room but she had entered the wrong room.The man seemed to have frozen for a second. But then, he used the whole of his force to push her away.The girl fell to the ground and gave out a scream! She trembled and looked up at the man. “Brother…” But her heart stopped. How could he be that handsome? She almost forgot that she was supposed to be acting!She came to her senses and shook her head. “Aah! Why is it you?“ She asked in fear and looked back at the door. “Um… I am sorry… I entered the wrong room…” she said with a gasp. She pretended to turn away from him.“Who are you?“ She was just thinking of how to bring in her next acting skills when the man spoke up in a cold voice. She immediately trembled and shook her head. She looked at him and tears fell from her eyes. “Don't mind me, sir… I know you are not my brother… I was just expecting him. I think they tri
“Ah!“ Natalie said, coming back to her senses. “I think it was just a dream,” she said. It would not make sense even if she tried to explain to him.Ivan looked at her briefly and sighed. “Was it very scary?“ He asked and held her tightly. He thought that she was not ready to talk about it. He was not going to force her either.Natalie nodded in a spoilt manner. “I want to sleep in your arms,” she said with a pout, and put her head on his chest. “Tsk tsk,” Ivan chuckled. But he loved the fact that she could ask for such a thing. “You can go back to sleep. But, even if you are not allowed to be close to other men, you are forbidden from trying to push me away, okay?“Natalie smiled at his warning. She yawned and the man could not help but pull her closer to himself. “It is fine, go back to sleep.“What he did not know was that back in the country, things had gotten out of hand. Trevor's efforts to get rid of the curses online had worked out, and everyone had calmed down. But for some
How could they just assume that, because she was not someone very great, she could carry the blame for the things that she did not even know about. He felt annoyed. Natalie was human too.The manager trembled. “But… I am just trying to…” He could not believe that Luca was defending that girl now.“It is fine,” Luca said while shaking his head. “I think I need to handle this on my own,” he said. “It is all my fault. I will take care of everything.““Um…” the manager stammered. Was Luca blind? Did he care about that useless girl more than he cared about himself? Didn't he care about his career anymore?But before he could reply, Luca's assistant stopped beside them. “Senior, I found out something,” he said with some worry.Both Luca and the manager turned to look at him. “What is it?“ Luca asked. He wanted to know who could be capable of leaking that photo.The assistant scratched his head in fear. “ At this time, Belinda entered your room. I am not sure what she did, but she left a few
“Are you sure about that? We have been away for three days now,” Ivan said. He did not want to believe that it was the truth.“I don't understand that either. But I have already contacted people to help out with it,” Trevor explained. He was feeling so guilty about everything. “Boss, don't act rashly, let us wait until we find out the whole truth.“Ivan was silent for a while. “Okay, give me feedback as soon as possible. Also, try suppressing the news…”He quickly hung up and searched for something online. And he froze even more when he actually saw the picture of Natalie in the man's embrace. It was her, being hugged by Luca.His hands clenched into fists and he tried his best not to lose his calm. He hated seeing her closer to any other man.But looking closely, he immediately knew that that was not photoshopped. And with the clothes that Natalie had on, he was sure that that had happened that day before they left the country.He stood still for a while and restricted himself from r
Double dealing?“ Natalie asked in shock. She could not understand what the man was talking about. Just when did she double deal?Ivan ignored her question and handed her his phone. “What about this? Can you explain it?“ He asked, his voice still so cold.Natalie looked at the screen of his phone and she froze. That was her being hugged by Luca. She recognized that picture with just a glance.“What? Did he take a photo?“ She asked in shock. Did Luca take a photo of them hugging and send it online?Ivan saw her reaction and sighed angrily. “So it is true?“ He asked. His eyes had turned so red and his face so dark. She trembled, seeing him like that.“Ivan… this…. Um… that day…” she began stammering. No wonder the man had been angry since morning. But how was she going to explain it to him?Ivan glared at her. “I don't want any explanation, Natalie,” he said. “Just answer me, is the photo real? Did he hug you like that?“ He asked.He did not care about what the others were saying. All he
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