Chapter 86 A Promise of Forever
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In love, it didn’t matter who fell first – what mattered was mutual affection and staying together in the end. That was the future Baron hoped for.
Hearing the way he changed the subject, Natalie could tell Baron didn’t want to talk about their past.
She couldn’t help but feel a little guilty.
How could she have forgotten someone like him?
It didn’t make sense.
Baron had a face anyone would remember
and that beauty mark near his eye was far too distinctive to overlook.
If he had truly appeared in her life before, there was no way she could’ve forgotten him.
But the truth was – she didn’t remember a single thing.
And if Baron really had been part of her past, it would certainly exin why he treated her so differently.
But what kind of history wouldpel him to risk his life charging into a burning building to save her?
Even though she’d been drifting in and out of consciousnesstely, she’d still heard bits and pieces from Yvonne and the other nurses- stories of how hard Baron had worked to keep her alive.
That kind of desperate, reckless devotion reminded her all too much of herself five years ago, when she’d done the
same for Jensen.
Her heart suddenly clenched at the thought.
“Baron,” she asked abruptly, “do you… like me?”
Baron’s body tensed ever so slightly.
Then, all at once, he smiled.
It was a smile like sunlight breaking through the clouds- direct and radiant, cutting straight through to her heart.
“I thought I made it obvious. Yes, Natalie. I like you.”
His honesty made her heart pound.
Suspecting it was one thing-hearing it from him was something else entirely.
She quickly turned her face away.
“Sorry… I didn’t know.”
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“That’s okay. We’ve got decades ahead of us. I can wait until you have room for me in your heart.”
He said it withplete confidence.
Natalie had never met a man like him.
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She’d been with Jensen for five years, and even though he’d treated her well, he had never once told her he liked
her.
She’d always believed love didn’t need pretty words – but just now, when Baron said those three simple words, she finally understood.
Sometimes, love did need to be said out loud.
A smile slowly spread across her face, like a weight had lifted from her chest.
“If – and I mean if – I get a second chance at life, I’d be willing to try sharing the rest of it with you.”
“It would be an honor.”
Baron’s happiness was written all over his face.
And Natalie felt lighter, too.
Jensen’s betrayal had left her hurt, disappointed, even numb. But that didn’t mean every man in this world was heartless.
Everything Baron had done for her – she felt it in her bones.
Gratitude might not be love, but it could be the start of something real.
And besides… they had children together.
Thinking of Sean and Susie softened her expression.
“Did you bring the kids so I’d have something to hold onto? So I’d fight to stay alive?” she asked gently. “You didn’t need to. I’ll make it through this. No matter how painful it gets, I can take it. There are still debts I need to settle- with my own hands.”
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There were things Natalie would have to learn eventually.
He took a deep breath and said, “I brought them because you’re about to undergo skin graft surgery. The Witch Doctor said the best donor is a direct blood rtive. I could donate, but there’s a higher chance your body would reject it.”
Natalie’s eyes widened in shock.
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“No. Absolutely not!”
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The image of her two children being stripped of skin for her sake shed through her mind – and it made her chest ache so badly she could hardly breathe.
“Baron, they’re just four-year-old kids! I won’t let them go through something like that, no matter what. And even if we used their skin, they’re still so small – it wouldn’t even be enough!”
She tried to sit up, but the sudden movement tore open her wounds. Blood seeped through the bandages and onto the bedsheets, ring red.
Baron gripped her shoulders and held her down.
“This is the safest option,” he said softly.
“Then I’d rather stay like this for the rest of my life! I won’t let my children suffer for me. Baron, they’re innocent. You raised them for four years – you of all people should know what that would do to them!”
Her voice broke.
“For so long, I thought I waspletely alone in this world. And I still managed to survive. Now that I know I have family my own flesh and blood – how could I possibly let them suffer like that?”
Tears streamed down her face.
They mingled with the blood on her cheeks, making her look raw and ravaged – but in her eyes, there was nothing butpassion and resolve.
And that look cut Baron to the heart.
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