Chapter 38 The Ring and the Ruin


    Miss Natalie never troubled Jensen over the things she wanted.


    She would always earn them through her own efforts.


    And she never behaved like a hysterical shrew, screaming and throwing tantrums.


    What a shame. Why did it have to be Miss Natalie who died?


    Hansel hadn’t interacted with Natalie much, but even so, he knew how much she had contributed to thepany.


    A woman like her-quietly devoted-was the one who truly deserved to be thedy of the Luke household.


    Mr. Luke had simply chosen the wrong woman.


    As Hansel sighed inwardly, Sharon was still shrieking and cursing, even grabbing things around her and hurling them at his feet.


    “You’re just Jensen’spdog! And now you dare raise your voice at me? Hansel, get the hell out of here right now!”


    Watching her scream like a madwoman, Hansel found it hard to believe she was supposed to be sick.


    His gaze turned cold as he called out to the bodyguards outside the room. “Ms. Summers is refusing to return the Eternal Love ring. Mr. Luke has ordered us to retrieve it. Since she won’t cooperate, lend me a hand.”


    Sharon immediately understood the implication behind his words.


    Her expression changed on the spot.


    “Hansel! Don’t you dare!”


    Hansel didn’t acknowledge her. With a flick of his wrist, the bodyguards entered the room and forcibly restrained Sharon, yanking the ring off her finger with no regard for courtesy.


    “Ah! You bastards! I’ll make sure Jensen fires everyst one of you! Just you wait!”


    Since returning to the Summers family at eighteen, Sharon hadn’t been treated like this in a very long time.


    Now it was happening-at the hands of Jensen’s own people.


    She couldn’t ept it.


    Hansel, however, responded tly, “Then we’ll be waiting. Goodbye, Ms. Summers.”


    With that, he turned and walked out, not sparing her a second nce.


    When Jensen received the ring from the Eternal Love collection, his brow furrowed slightly upon noticing it had been bent out of shape.


    “Have it cleaned. I want every trace of someone other than Natalie scrubbed off.”


    “Yes, sir,”


    Hansel took the ring and left.


    Almost immediately, Sharon’s name lit up on Jensen’s phone-call after call, like a curse.


    Jensen nced at the screen once, then switched the phone to silent.


    He didn’t want to hear Sharon’s voice. Not even for a second.


    Hansel returned quickly with the cleaned ring.


    Jensen locked the entire Eternal Love collection in the safe.


    But as he turned away, a wave of emptiness washed over him. Without Natalie, Luke Corp felt unbearably hollow.


    He sat in his chair, staring at the photo of himself and Natalie on his desk. His eyes turned red once more.


    In the photo, Natalie was smiling so brightly-so joyfully. How had he let someone like her slip away?


    Footsteps in heels echoed outside the office.


    Jensen snapped his head around and instinctively called out, “Natalie!”


    But when the office door opened, it was Louis from the secretarial department, hesitantly stepping in.


    “Mr. Luke, something just arrived. It’s something Sunny hadmissioned before.”


    Jensen blinked in surprise.


    Natalie had always arranged for her deliveries toe directly to thepany, and he had personally signed for them.


    But the Eternal Love collection was already finished. What else was there?


    “Bring it here. Let me see.”


    Louis ced the package on Jensen’s desk and quickly backed out.


    Everyone in thepany had been walking on eggshellstely. No one wanted to test Jensen’s temper.


    Not that Jensen cared whether they stayed or left.


    He opened the box-and the moment his eyesnded on the cufflinks inside, they turned red again.


    These were the cufflinks Natalie had designed before her hand was severed.


    What must she have been feeling when she designed them?


    Was she still dreaming of marrying him? Were these her wedding gift to him?


    They looked even more beautiful than the sketches had shown.


    Jensen’s tears spilled down his face uncontrobly.


    “Natalie… I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. If you came back, I’d do anything you asked.” <fnd0f0> ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fnd0f0>


    His voice broke as he sobbed.


    With trembling hands, he fastened the cufflinks to his sleeves.


    The gleam of the metal caught the light, reflecting the raw anguish on his face. But there was no one left in the world who would care enough tofort him.


    To dull the stabbing pain in his chest, Jensen turned to alcohol, drinking like a madman.


    Luke Corp was soon engulfed in an atmosphere of unbearable tension and unease.


    Unable to reach Jensen by phone, Sharon stormed over to Luke Corp in person, demanding to see him-only to be blocked at the entrance by security.


    “Ms. Summers, Mr. Luke gave strict orders. You’re not allowed inside Luke Corp. Please leave.”


    “Look again! I’m Sharon! I’m Jensen’s wife! Move!”


    After suffering blow after blow in a single day, Sharon’sposure finally began to crack.


    It wasn’t supposed to be like this.


    This humiliation-this rejection-should’ve been Natalie’s fate, not hers.


    Jensen had loved her so much. The only reason he was treating her this way had to be because Natalie had just died.


    She’d made a mistake.


    She shouldn’t have killed Natalie.


    She should’ve let Natalie live-barely. Long enough to suffer and regret every breath.


    If Natalie were still alive, Jensen wouldn’t have cared about her. His love and his attention would’ve belonged to Sharon and Sharon alone.