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Natalie was led out of the tower in a daze by Irwin!
In the car, she keenly felt the coldness and danger emanating from the man.
Dn was driving. At this moment, if Irwin had been driving, they would probably be speeding past the
other cars like the wind!
Dn could also sense the ominous atmosphere surrounding Irwin.
After a long silence, Irwin finally spoke, "Why him?"
Natalie raised an eyebrow.
In a cold voice, she replied, "Why not?"
"Natalie!" The man''s tone grew sterner.
Such a gloomy atmosphere caused even Dn, who was driving ahead, to flinch. Everyone could feel
the car slightly veering off course.
Natalie looked at Irwin. "Did you really take our marriage seriously?"
Her words held a hint of sarcasm.
Irwin fell silent. Upon hearing Natalie''s words, his already somber expression darkened even more.
Natalie continued, "You really took it seriously, huh?"
Her tone was even more mocking.
Her words implied that she had never taken their marriage seriously from the beginning.
In the cramped space, the already icy atmosphere became even colder due to Natalie''s response.
The sound of a match being struck, followed by the mes igniting, filled the air.
The man lit a cigarette and took several deep drags, filling the previously clear air with thick smoke.
With the window partially down, cold air rushed in, momentarily diluting the smell.
Neither of them spoke.
Undoubtedly, the topic at hand was heavy for them. Whenever this topic arose, Irwin was always
enraged.
When Caleb opened the door in his robe, no one knew what kind of impact the scene had on Irwin''s
heart.
All rational thought escaped his mind at that time.
As they neared Maple Peak, Irwin finally spoke in a restrained tone, "Natalie, how much longer?"
He had enough of this...!
Natalie retorted, "What? It''s just the beginning, and you can''t handle it already?"
What were their feelings when they imposed all that on her back then?
Irwin thought he was retaliating against Cedric, and that it was a way to scheme against him. Yet,
Natalie was the one who endured all the pain.
Did he ever consider letting her off?
No!
Obviously not. No matter what pain Natalie was enduring then, Irwin never stopped.
"When Cedric personally sent me to prison, didn''t you think that was enough?"
Irwin fell silent.
Too much... it was all too much!
The grievances piled onto Natalie were too numerous.
What was umted resentment? It was those countless injuries that piled up. It wasn''t just one or
two matters that happened in just a few days. It was countless things that exceeded human endurance,
stacking up one by one.
"So, will you keep doing this?" The man looked at Natalie with an imposing and dangerous gaze.
Natalie raised her eyebrows as she looked at Irwin, noticing the hidden resentment in his eyes.
She smirked and said, "What? Is this all it takes for you to want to kill me?"
Indeed, Irwin now truly seemed to want to harm Natalie. In fact, when she had given him that eerie
smile earlier, he knew that things wouldn''t be simple upon returning to Simeria.
He had no idea what awaited him.
Back then, Irwin probably never imagined facing such a situation.
"Why does it have to be Caleb out of so many people?" Irwin roared with restrained anger.
"Because I like him? Caleb is a good man," Natalie replied.
It was obvious how Natalie felt about Caleb.
Irwin fell silent.
A good person?
Caleb?!
Was she really that certain?
"Do you trust him that much?" Irwin practically hissed every word through clenched teeth as he stared
intently at Natalie.
"He''s more reliable than you guys," Natalie asserted.
Indeed. In Natalie''s mind, Caleb was far more reliable than Irwin and Cedric. At least he wouldn''t spend
a decade plotting against someone. At least he wouldn''t treat others like mere shadows.
But when Natalie confidently uttered those words, it struck Irwin''s heart painfully. Perhaps this was
what Cedric meant when he said they had no way out between them.
But did Irwin have a way out now?
This woman seemed heartless.
"Do you know his assistant is pregnant? She''s pregnant with his child! Do you really think such a
scumbag is reliable?"
Irwin''s words hit Natalie like a brick.
Natalie fell silent, meeting Irwin''s gaze. After all, such words would never havee out of Irwin''s
mouth before.
But now... what was this?
Did he really just say that?
A scumbag?!
He was really saying anything to keep Natalie away from Caleb now.
"I know."
"You know?"
"He said he didn''t want that child. He said he''ll give me a good future. Isn''t that good?"
Was he angry? Hah!
Irwin wanted to strike her with this?
Ridiculous!
Undoubtedly, Natalie won this round.
Seeing Irwin''s visibly darkening face and how he trembled with anger, she felt a rare sense of
satisfaction.
People said that in matters of the heart, whoever cared more was the loser. She had lostpletely in
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front of Cedric once.
And now, how could Natalie possibly be sincere about these matters?
"So you insist on being with him?" Irwin trembled with anger.
He had always been good at controlling his emotions, but now, his emotions were like a wild beast
unleashed.
Dn felt the uncontroble rage emanating from Irwin and was shocked!
Natalie... When did she be so important to Irwin that he had difficulty controlling his emotions?
"Natalie!" Irwin almost spat the words out.
"I think I still have that right to choose, don''t I?"
The right to choose?!
It was almostughable. For a long time, Natalie had never truly had the right to choose anything about
herself.
Now, it was a rare urrence.
Irwin''s eyes were burning with anger. "Do you know that you''re bing like Isabe?"
Isabe?
Back then, Isabe was the most painful presence in her and Cedric''s world. Now, Irwin was saying
she was bing like Isabe?
Natalie''s already somber expression darkened even further.
"No, it''s not the same!"
"You''re destroying the rtionship between Caleb and Yvonne, do you know that?"
Wasn''t she just like Isabe now?