Sebastian watched as Natalie left with Wayne. In just a few days, a parade of handsome men had appeared by her side, each one more attractive than thest. How did she attract men so easily? It was so much better before, when she was a docile housewife at home. He didn''t have to deal with all this trouble.


    He had thought that when Natalie left, that would be it. It was probably for the best; she wouldn''t have to face the mess at the Griffith family estate. But after leaving him, her life had be spectacrly vibrant, as if a switch had been flipped. In just a short time, she hadpletely astonished him.


    She knew medicine, she was a talented fashion designer, and she could speak multiplenguages. She was nothing like the country girl the rumors made her out to be. There was clearly a lot about her he didn''t know.


    And the Natalie who had left him now dressed with increasing style and grace, looking more radiant and elegant than any high-society heiress.


    What had he missed all these years?


    "Follow them. Find out who that man is."


    Sean was taken aback. Follow her again? Before, when Natalie would ask him toe home for dinner, he found her clingy and annoying, always nagging him. Now that she was gone, he was the one chasing after her every day.


    Sean didn''t dare say anything. He walked to the car, held the door for Sebastian, then quickly got into the driver''s seat and sped off after Wayne''s car.


    When Jerome got home, Joanna was waiting at the door to greet him. She saw the bruise on his handsome face and gasped. "What happened to your face?"


    Jerome managed a fond smile for his sister. "It''s nothing. I went to see Natalie and we had a little disagreement. Don''t worry, Joanna, I''ll make sure to drag Natalie back here to apologize to you."


    Joanna lowered her head, looking sad. “An apology isn''t necessary. I just wish she would stop bothering Sebastian. It puts him in such a difficult position."


    "Don''t worry, Joanna. Sebastian is yours. I''ll make sure he marries you. Only Sebastian is worthy of our kind and gentle Joanna." Natalie deserved to be a country bump and it would be best if she never showed her face to them again.


    A happy smile spread across Joanna''s face as she took Jerome''s arm. "Thank


    you for always being so good to me."


    Wendy, who had just walked in, overheard her eldest son''s words and scoffed internally. The cheapest thing in the world was insincere affection. But none of them could see it. Because they had watched Joanna grow up, she had always shown them her gentle and kind side. It seemed life always demanded a heart-wrenching betrayal to teach you a lesson.


    "Mom, you''re back!" Joanna turned to close the door and was surprised to see her mother. Why hadn''t she told them she wasing back this time?


    "Yes. Things at work went smoothly, so I came back early," Wendy said coolly, pulling her suitcase inside.


    "Mom, you''re back just in time! Natalie was bullying Joanna again. That woman can''t go a day without causing trouble."


    Wendy nced at the crestfallen Joanna. "Oh? And how did Natalie frame you this time?"


    Joanna sensed a change in her


    mother. The look in her eyes was no


    longer as fond as it used to be.


    Mom whats wrong? Joanna knew her mother suspected her


    rtionship with her father, which was why she was elerating her ns.


    Wendy shook her head. "Nothing. I''m just tired from the long flight, and with you boys being so useless, it''s exhausting." She started walking inside. "So, you were saying? How did Natalie bully you?"