Natalie yanked her arm free.


    "Talk to me," Sebastian said, his voice low.


    "About what? Are you here to defend your precious first love? Sebastian, I believe


    I told you that the only thing I''m willing to discuss with you is our divorce. As for tonight, you were there. I did nothing wrong. The only ones at fault are you and your pack of heartless wolves."


    She opened the car door and slid in. Luna sped away.


    Sebastian let out a heavy sigh. When had it be so difficult for them to have a simple conversation? He remembered the two years of their marriage, how they had lived in quiet respect. She had cared for him meticulously, asionally trying to tell him a joke. But he had never found them funny, and eventually, she had stopped trying.


    He stared into the deep, dark night, his eyes as inscrutable as the shadows.


    "Well, well, Mr. Griffith. Not offforting your girlfriend?" Marshall''s voice dripped with sarcasm. "Your father-inw made quite a fool of himself tonight. The whole city will be talking about it by morning."


    His roguish eyes narrowed. "I don''t get you. When Natalie was in trouble, you said nothing, just stood by and protected Joanna. Yet you let Joanna parade around as your mistress while refusing to divorce Natalie. You really want to have your cake and eat it too, don''t you?"


    He thought he was a yer, but Sebastian was on another level of scum.


    "This is between my wife and me. It has nothing to do with you," Sebastian said coldly before striding away.


    Marshall watched his retreating back and sneered.


    ...


    In the car, Natalie stared out the window, lost in thought.


    Luna nced at her in the rearview mirror. "Everything went perfectly. Why do you still look so down?"


    Natalie snapped out of her trance


    and forced a smile. "Luna, this is just


    the beginning. Joanna is


    resourcefu


    She''ll find a way to get


    back to Mr. Wilson''s good graces and use him as her patron in the entertainment industry. I don''t know the details, but she''s a master performer and knows how to


    manipte people."


    "Have you ever wondered why, with her looks and talent in piano and dance, she never became an entertainer?"


    Luna shook her head, waiting for the answer.


    "Because the time wasn''t right," Natalie exined. "She doesn''t want to climb thedder; she wants to


    explode onto the scene. You seen et?


    what mean? She deliberately got close to Mr. Wilson, saved his


    grandson, all because the Wilsons are giants in the entertainment.


    che cam


    world. With their backing, backingnd a leading role in a major


    production and be an


    overnight sensation. She can buy her way to stardom."


    Luna was shocked. "So she can just pay to be an A-list actress."


    Natalie''s eyes sparkled. "You''re getting smarter, Luna. Just watch. This is the moment she''s been waiting for. Even after what Nathan did, she''ll convince Mr. Wilson he was framed, and hell be inclined believe her, or at least have his doubts."


    "Mr. Wilson knows he was used tonight, but people areplicated. Some are


    willing to be used, and others see the truth but choose to say nothing."


    "Then why didn''t we expose herpletely?" Luna asked, frustrated.