Chapter 550
There was another moment of silence.
This time, none of them spoke any further and there was only silence in the air.
Hours passed. Tobias waited outside the emergency room, pacing up and down.
Natalie was going to tell him to leave, but she stopped herself. She had no right to tell him that.
Initially, he had stayed back because of her, but now, he was here for Remington.
Remington was his younger brother, after all.
Late in the evening, the doctor approached them with a relieved smile on his face. Remington''s
condition had finally stabilized, and he was no longer in critical condition.
Natalie heaved a huge sigh of relief. She felt like a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.
Thank God Remington was safe.
"Remington is not in critical condition anymore. You may leave with me now," Tobias suddenly said.
"No." Natalie refused without thinking.
She had never intended to follow Tobias home. After all, Remington was now suffering because of
her. Even if his condition had stabilized, she still couldn''t leave him. To leave him after all that
happened would be inhumane.
Tobias''s eyes bored intensely at her. "I''ll send someone to take care of him, and I will make sure
that he gets the best care. It is not your duty to watch over him. You''re my woman. Remember your
ce."
Clenching her fists, Natalie tried to keep her breathing steady as she took a few breaths.
She pinned him with a determined gaze. "Mr. Whitlock, I must stay here. He is injured because of
me. I must stay with him."
Tobias''s eyes widened, incredulous.
He had no idea how or why Remington got injured, but he would never have guessed that he hurt
himself because of Natalie.
"He went to the Amazon Jungle because of me. He was bit by a crocodile, and he almost died," she
exined, her body trembling slightly.
Tobias narrowed his eyes, his jaw clenched.
His irked gaze sliced her face, interrogating. "Natalie, who is Remington to you?"
Remington was bitten by a crocodile when he visited Amazon Jungle because of Natalie.
Natalie, on the other hand, was so insistent on staying by Remington''s side.
Tobias scoffed bitterly to himself, suddenly realizing how ironically things were unfolding.
Natalie''s mind was in aplete state of chaos.
What was her rtionship with Remington?
She had always looked to him as her best friend.
But after he nearly forced himself on her in the car, their friendship came to an end.
With everything that had happened, coupled with the fact that she found out she was not a virgin,
the idea of leaving Tobias was bing increasingly sensible.
She decided to tell him the possible half-truth. "Remington and I might probably be lovers."
Plus, she wanted to drive Tobias away with her words - topletely destroy his hopes of winning
her back.
Natalie''s motives were achieved. As soon as she finished speaking, Tobias''s eyes burst into a
violent, fiery rage that she had never seen before.
The me in his eyes burned straight into her soul, his mouth that usually smiled at her now formed
a hard and unforgiving line.
At this moment, it was as if Tobias stepped out from his usual self, and turned into the very
reincarnation of Hades himself.
He was terrifying without even having a word leave his lips. Natalie flinched and took a step back,
frightened.
Gritting his teeth, he sputtered, "I''m warning you, Natalie, never say something like that again. You
are mine. Every inch of your body, every strand of your hair. Mine. I will never allow anyone else to
touch you, otherwise-"
His words stuck in his throat.
The sight of Natalie as frightened like a deer in headlights made him go soft.
He couldn''t bring himself to yell at her.
"Follow me," he said after a while.
Tobias reached out and held onto her hand tightly.
Natalie hesitated for a moment.
She nced up and stared at Tobias defiantly. Tears had already gathered in her eyes. "Mr.
Whitlock, even if you took me by force and used every method possible, what use will they be when
my mind and heart are still unconvinced and worried about Remington? This will only make me hate
you and despise you. Is this what you want?" Tobias froze, and his grip on her hand stiffened.
Then, he let go of her hand.
Silence struck again. Natalie noticed his hurt expression and bit her lip.
Their eyes met, and he said ndly, "I''ll give you some time to think about it, Natalie.”
Tobias finally left her alone.
Natalie''s whole body copsed onto the hospital bench, dead on her feet.
Pain and anger welled up inside her, and a huge lump formed in her throat.
How did things turn out this way?
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Why would things fall apart soon after she finally epted Tobias and slept with him?
They broke up right after they slept with each other. Their rtionship certainly was unique and was
one of a kind.
Natalie bit her fingernails.
She could have continued dating Tobias, but she couldn''t lie to herself.
She had another man before Tobias.
It would be impossible for her to act like nothing had happened and continue dating him.
She had to find out everything that happened before she lost her memories. Was Remington her
lover before?
As she was figuring out the answers to these questions, she felt a painful sting jolting her brain
again.
Her head would hurt like mad every time she thought about these things.
It was already quitete, and a slender figure walked towards her as she was massaging her aching
temples.
She blinked her eyes and made out the shape of the figure. It was a tall and buff man. Peering
closer, she saw a handsome face with eyes as clear as spring water.
"Mr. Simpson," she greeted when she finally recognized him, forcing a smile.
Benjamin sat down beside her and asked, "Are you okay, Miss Godfrey?"
"I''m fine." Sheughed dryly. "Why wouldn''t I be?"
Benjamin''s gaze wavered.
He hesitated before exining, "Mr. Whitlock asked me to apany you."
"Oh."
Of course, she knew this without needing Benjamin to rify. Otherwise, why would he suddenly
come here?
The two of them stared at each other, the situation felt a little thorny.
Benjamin gave a tinyugh, attempting to relieve the weird tension between them.
However, Natalie did not respond at all. Instead, she stared vacantly at the wall. The atmosphere
grew even more awkward.
Benjamin cleared his throat loudly.
Startled by the noise, Natalie looked towards him.
"Mr. Simpson, do you have something to say?" She asked.
He decided not to be direct and asked, "Did you have an argument with Mr. Whitlock?"
When Tobias called him earlier, his tone was so icy that he could feel the bone- piercing chill
running down his spine through the phone.
Natalie''s expression changed a little.
"Not really. We just broke up," she muttered.
It was just a breakup.
Benjamin heaved an internal sigh.
He remembered that before Natalie had lost her memories, she had also been in an on-and-off
rtionship with Tobias. Their rtionship was constant breakups and getting-back-togethers.
He had lost count of how many times they had broken up then reconciled then broken up again. If
he had a dor every time they broke up, he would probably have enough money to circle the
globe.
Who knew Natalie would still break up with Tobias even after she had amnesia.
Benjamin just couldn''t figure out why this kept happening.
After all, since losing her memories, Natalie''s personality seemed to have changed. She was no
longer the prickly and unapproachable person she used to be, and she was even sweet to Tobias
now.