Chapter 552

Natalie's gaze bore into Gabriel, her typically fair face now cold as ice. Gabriel pursed his lips, meeting her eyes once more.

"Is there no room for negotiation?" he asked.

"Gabriel, I haven't called the police over you taking my son. That's the greatest mercy I've shown you. If you don't return him, don't blame me for being ruthless," Natalie retorted.

"But he's my son too. He's been with you all these years. Can't I have him over so my parents can see him?"

"Did you even ask Benjamin if he wanted to go with you? Don't you realize how much he resents you and your parents?"

Frustration made Natalie raise her voice, her emotions spiraling out of control. "Do you even understand the psychological trauma you inflicted on him? Do you know how terrified he becomes every time he needs an injection at the hospital, recalling how you once planned to harvest his bone marrow for your other child? And you dare claim you're fit to be his father?"

Without wasting more words, she shoved him a