Chapter 460


    Chapter 460 It’s Not Like That!


    Every time the topic resurfaced, it felt like tearing open an old wound.


    It was raw and painful!


    “Nat,” Cedric began.


    What should he say? What could he possibly say at this moment? That his words were merely


    outbursts?


    Though he spoke in anger, he never truly intended for Isabe to have Natalie’s eyes.


    “You never believed in me, so why ask?” Natalie’s voice was tinged with bitterness.


    “I just wanted to-”


    “Why bother putting on such an act?!” she interrupted.


    Stunned, Cedric could only wonder…


    Was this the image he held in Natalie’s heart now?


    “Whether you believe me or not, I never truly intended-”


    “Regardless of your intentions, everything went to Isabe back then. As for me, I was blind and


    trapped. I couldn’t even escape the fire.”


    Did it hurt?


    Confronted with these painful memories, Cedric felt as though his heart was being crushed. The


    pain was overwhelming and despairing.


    At that moment, he even wished that the one who perished in the fire was him instead. For the


    dead, at least, were at peace, while the living continued to suffer.


    No one truly knew how Cedric endured his torment.


    Was there an exnation? Some things were beyond exnation!


    It was such a painful matter… Where could he start to exin?


    As Natalie had pointed out, it wasn’t about trust anymore. But Cedric recognized one undeniable fact


    Back then, the events that transpired weren’t so straightforward!


    The events that had happened in another lifetime hadn’t transpired in this life, and the trajectories in


    their current life had been permanently altered.


    Despite that, it still left behind haunting memories.


    “Cedric, do you know? When your people wheeled me into that operating room, I wished I had


    never met you.


    What were ten years?


    Even if it were anyone else, they also wish they could erase those memories and never recall them


    again, right?!


    The pain was unbearable.


    Even now, revisiting those memories was excruciating.


    Cedric remained silent, the weight of guilt pressing down on him!


    Finally, Natalie had voiced it out.


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    For her, each word was like peeling away a raw, bleeding scar. And just hearing it, Cedric could sense


    the depth of despair she had endured!


    It was no wonder she loathed him and Isabe so vehemently.


    “Before the fire happened, Isabe came to me. She said she was carrying your child!”


    “No, it’s not like that-” Cedric tried again.


    “How am I supposed to forgive you both?!”


    interrupted him abruptly.


    The operating table! The child!


    The raging fire!


    Before Cedric could finish his sentence, Natalie


    Each of these was an unforgivable sin in Natalie’s eyes. Every detail of that time was etched into


    her memory, and each memory brought back overwhelming despair.


    And with every wave of despair, she bore it alone.


    Where had Cedric been during those moments?


    Forgiveness?


    In Natalie’s world, how could such a concept exist?!


    No. Those words didn’t exist at all.


    Nat, Cedric’s voice was barely audible.


    His heart felt as if it were being squeezed, the pain almost unbearable!


    Natalie continued, “You say I don’t know what Isabe sacrificed for me? So, what exactly did she


    sacrifice that I should be grateful for?”


    Given the magnitude of her despair, what could Isabe possibly sacrifice to make Natalie forget that


    anguish and feel thankful?


    “No matter the lengths you’ve gone toe here, Cedric… you’re undeserving of it!”