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Chapter 3 I Will Repay

Author: BELLA
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-22 14:36:04

Angel Wing Hospital

"Don't worry, Mr. Frederick, your wife and your baby are safe and sound. Your wife is just in a bit of shock and needs to rest," said Dr. Torrance.

"Are you sure there is no danger that will threaten their safety, doc?" asked Charles, still with great worry.

"Yes, Mr. Frederick, I will continue to monitor the condition of your wife and baby," replied Dr. Torrance. "No need to worry."

However, what Dr. Torrance said did not calm Charles down. He was worried about Gina.

His lover continued to tremble and her eyes were blank. Charles thought that Gina's emotions were on edge.

"Baby, hey, don't worry. You and our baby are fine," Charles tried to persuade. He stroked Gina's messy hair, trying to encourage his future wife.

Gina sobbed and she gripped Charles' arm tightly.  "I must have made a big mistake, Charles. I have made a big mistake and this child will suffer the consequences! My child would be a bastard, and I feared that he would be discriminated against at birth."

Gina's cries were so pitiful and Charles' heart ached seeing how fragile she was.

He cursed and cursed Nathalie in his heart for causing all this trouble.

If anything happened to Gina and the baby, Charles would make Nathalie regret it for the rest of her life. He had been waiting for a child for years and Nathalie was completely useless in realizing his wish, yet, she end up harming Gina and the baby.

"Don't think too far, baby," Charles said softly. He kissed Gina's sweaty forehead. "Our child will be fine and I will protect you both."

Gina hit Charles' chest with overflowing emotions. "You are evil, Charles! You are evil! You made me like this. You should have divorced your barbaric wife immediately so she couldn't hurt me and my child!"

"Sshhh... Baby, baby, hey," Charles said as he hugged Gina to his chest. "Don't worry. I will push Natalie to sign the divorce papers right away."

"She won't let you go, Charles," Gina whimpered weakly.

"No, baby, I am sure that Natalie would sign it, because her father needed the money for his treatment. I will threaten her with that, so she won't be able to fight me. She has no one but her father and I am sure she won't want to lose her father just because she is being selfish."

Charles came out of the room where Gina was being treated and looked for a quiet place in the emergency stairwell area, after Gina calmed down and she fell asleep. He needed to immediately settle things with Nathalie.

"Where are you," Charles scolded without further ado, as soon as Nathalie answered his call.

"What do you want, Charles?" Nathalie's voice sounded sharp.

Charles's eyebrows furrowed. "Nathalie, sign the papers. I don't want any more problems like what you caused to Gina and my baby," Charles growled threateningly.  "Or, if you keep making things difficult, I will take back all your shares in the company."

"You are a bastard, Charles! The company is mine too. You wouldn't have made it this big if it weren't for me!" Nathalie snapped angrily.

"Don't talk too much, Nathalie," Charles snapped. "One more thing! You have to give up the patent rights to all your designs. I'll give you some money in return."

There was no answer on the other line. Natalie was shocked by Charles' shamelessness, but she hated her naivety even more. She hadn't seen Charles as so shameless for the past eight years.

"Charles, are you stupid? What do you think will happen to the company's stock price once I leave the company?" Nathalie threatened. "You know nothing about design and everything I've done to make the company great!"

Nathalie didn't understand how Charles had the confidence to threaten her like that. He had so much to lose by kicking Nathalie out of the company.  Doesn't he know that or is he just too big-headed to realize it.

Charles laughed mockingly. "You must think I'm too confident. But, I am, my dear ex-wife! You're worthless now, because I have hired over very famous designers from other companies to replace you. From now on, you have no leverage left, so you better sign the divorce papers for the sake of your father's medical bills!"

Nathalie sneered. Although she still didn't understand why she was reunited with Nicholas, but right now, while listening to Charles trying to harass her with various threats, she felt lucky that Nicholas had kindly helped her.

"Oh don't worry, damn ex-husband," Nathalie replied mockingly. "You don't have to think about my father's medical expenses anymore. Everything is covered, I even moved his room to the VIP room. All this time you put my father in a makeshift regular treatment room and always complained about the money you paid. Now you can rest assured, my father will be fine, in the VIP room and under the supervision of the number one doctors!"

Charles moved the phone away from his ear, feeling that he had heard wrong.  What did she mean that all of her father's medical expenses were covered and he was even moved to a VIP room? How was that possible? Nathalie couldn't possibly have the money to do that.

"You must be bluffing," Charles said sneeringly. "Your father's medical expenses are very high, even when he's only in a regular room. VIP class? Hey, come on, Nathalie, no need to exaggerate!"

"It's up to you, Charles," Nathalie replied calmly. "You can ask the hospital if you don't believe me. You should know, I'm not a liar like you!"

Charles' brows furrowed. Slowly anger crept into his heart. What was Nathalie playing at? Did she secretly have a lot of money, another account, that he didn't know about?

"Where did you get the money for that, Nathalie? Have you been cheating on me all this time? Are you corrupting the company or what?" Charles hissed angrily.

Nathalie laughed. "THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, EX-HUSBAND!"

"Nathalie!"

"I'll sign the damn paper and send it to you. I don't want to be stuck with a jerk like you for long!"

Nathalie hung up before Charles could say anything.

Two minutes, her phone rang again. Charles was calling again.

"Listen, Charles," Nathalie hissed coldly, as she answered the phone, after Charles said anything. "If you call me again for anything, I'll come to you with the police and report you for terrorizing me. Just remember, you'll regret what you've done to me now, you jerk!"

Nathalie blocked Charles' number and threw her phone on the pillow. She made a plan in her head. She had to pay for all the hurt and pain Charles had caused her.

She needed a large amount of cash to start over and she couldn't give up before she made Charles fall as low as he could. She didn't have the heart to forgive that evil man. Charles would feel his karma.

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