Chapter 544
Natalia''s body was a tapestry of scrapes and bruises from her fall. The blood seeping from her wounds caused a burning pain.
But right now, she might as well have been numb, for the agony in her heart overshadowed any physical difort. It felt like it
would crush her; the stinging in her flesh was nothing inparison.
Her hands covered her face as she tried to wipe away the tears that cascaded down her cheeks, but they just wouldn''t stop. No
matter how hard she scrubbed, they kept falling like pearls off a broken ne.
Copsed in despair on the beach, she stared at the sky with a heart turned to ash. Alice was right. Hell had imed her, and her
heart shredded, leaving her spirit with no ce to rest.
“Magnus, how could you not recognize me? How could you take another woman in your arms thinking she was me?”
“The woman beneath you — she wasn''t me! How could you? How could you be with her, leaving me shattered?”
Natalia trembled with the pain that enveloped her. She knew she shouldn''t me Magnus; after all, it was Alice who had
deceived him with her uncanny ability to mimic Natalia''s appearance.
Yet, Natalia’s heart refused to ept it. Her love selfishly demanded Magnus all to herself, even when she was already dying.
Curled up on the sand, she let the waves of despair drown her, feeling her body grow colder by the moment. But no matter how
cold she became, it couldn''t quell the icy despair deep inside.
Slowly, Natalia closed her eyes, her once radiant face now pale as death. If this was hell, there was no escape, no respite from
the tearing of her soul, leaving her to suffer in silence. She opened her eyes once more, staring at the skies in despair as the day
faded to dusk...
In Hawaii, Magnus had scoured the town, alerting every officer on the force, while James and Paul searched the ocean all day
without a trace of Alice.
As the sun set, Alice, disguised as a fisherman, slipped onto a boat that docked back in Hawaii.
On the edge of a breakdown, Magnus received a call that Alice had returned to the vi. He rushed back, only to get another call,
this time from Paul. "Any news of my wife?" Magnus demanded, though he knew Paul couldn''t see him shaking his head on the
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"There''s no sign of her, and Alice is nowhere to be found.”
"She''s at the vi!" Magnus’ voice was a low growl filled with menace. "Keep looking for my wife. I''m heading back!"
He felt a crushing guilt. Duped by Alice''s disguise, he raced back to the vi. When he found Alice nonchntly eating on the
couch, he wanted to destroy the world. Marching over, he grabbed her. "Where is she? Where did you go today?"
Alice had been pleased to see Magnus until he seized her, demanding Natalia''s whereabouts. "Ha, Magnus, wasn''t | good to you
last night? Are you still hung up on Natalia...?"
With a smack, she was flung against the wall and then crumpled to the floor.
"You think I''ll fall for your tricks again? Where is she? Speak, or today''s yourst day!"
Magnus couldn’t wait any longer. Fearing for his wife''s suffering, he couldn''t be yed by Alice''s disguises any longer.
Alice endured the severe pain, slowly crawling up. She red coldly at Magnus, "You treat me like this. Don''t expect me to tell
you Natalia''s whereabouts!"
Magnus stared at Alice, as if looking at a corpse, "Come in!" His icy eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, and two bodyguards
came in from outside.
"Boss!"
“Lock her up in the basement. Starve her until she reveals the whereabouts of Madam!"
"Yes!"
Alice was pushed out by the two towering bodyguards, screaming shrilly all the way, "Magnus, even if you kill me, you can''t find
Natalia! You deserve it. Just wait to pick up her corpse!"
She was thrown into the cer, chained, and left to consider her imminent death. Yet she refused to divulge Natalia''s location.
That evening, Jonas returned home, his gaze sharp. "Where''s Mommy?"
Magnus bowed in pain. "Alice took her. We haven''t found her yet. It''s my fault."
Jonas scorned him. "How could you let her be taken again? You''re a disgrace!" And with that, he stormed out.
Magnus took his son''s reproach in silence; he had lost his wife, after all.
Come nightfall, he could bear no more. In the cer, he faced Alice in chains. "Still won''t talk?" His bodyguards stood ready.
Alice''s defiance continued. "You were sopliantst night, Magnus. Why are you so cruel today?"
"Ha, Ollie,e here!" He called, and a bodyguard removed his hat, revealing an identical tattoo on his wrist.
"The man who was with youst night was my bodyguard, Ollie. You''re delusional if you think you''re worth more than a moment''s
distraction to me."
"| thought giving you my bodyguard would loosen your tongue about my wife. How greedy are you to want more?" Magnus'' gaze
bore through Alice''s shock, disappointment, and then despair.
Laughing maniacally, she retorted, "So it wasn''t youst night? You had your bodyguard pretend to be you. Ha! | thought | had
won you over!"
"You''ll never find Natalia. She''ll rot on that ind!" Alice spat out, sealed in her cer. As Magnus walked away, his heart felt
heavy with the search for his wife.
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Natalia’s on an ind!
Magnus whirled around, his voice stern. "Keep an eye on her, and make sure she doesn''t die," he ordered before rushing to
have Paul rally a search team for the nearby islets.
As dawn broke, Magnus and Jonas,
with a K9 unit in tow, sped off on a
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byone. But as daylight grew stronger,
after searching over a dozen inds,
there was still no sign of Natalia. The
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Jonas immediately steered the
speedboat toward the odd-shaped
northern islet, driven, by\the dogal''''
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to the islet, the dog''s barks became
more intense and more insistent,
heralding the urgency of the search.
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