It was time to act. Otherwise, these people would think she was still a pushover.


    Sebastian frowned. "You''re saying the designs are yours?"


    Joanna jumped in. "Natalie, you can''t create your own designs, so now you''re using others of giarism? Have you no shame? Verna was the best designer at your oldpany. Why would she need to copy you? What have you ever aplished? Have you won any design awards? How dare you use Ms. Young of stealing your work?" Joanna scoffed.


    Natalie just smiled, then lunged forward and grabbed a handful of Joanna''s hair. "Ah! Natalie, what are you doing? Let me go!" Joanna shrieked in pain.


    Natalie''s smile was chilling. "Joanna, from now on, I''m going to do every single thing you falsely used me of. Remember this scene? You knew Sebastian wasing, so you messed up your own hair and imed I pulled it. When I actually pull your hair, you should be screaming like a banshee, not whimpering like a dying puppy."


    Sean stood by, stunned into silence.


    Natalie''s eyes, red with fury, locked onto the motionless Sebastian. "Get Verna


    down here. Otherwise, nobody is leaving this room happy."


    Sebastian signaled for Sean to call Verna. Sean quickly made the call.


    Joanna was speechless. Why was Natalie so relentless?


    "Natalie, let me go!"


    Natalie tightened her grip, spun Joanna around three times, and shoved her into Sebastian''s arms.


    "Sebastian..." Joanna sobbed.


    Natalie''s voice was like ice. "Listen carefully, Joanna. You framed me eighty-six times Every single time was a calcted setup. I remember. all of them, big and small. The worst was six months ago, when you used Jerome to frame me and Zenobia."


    Her cold eyes bored into Joanna, her gaze a shattered reflection of pure pain.


    Joanna yelled, "Natalie, you''re insane! I never did those things!"


    "Of course I''m insane!" Natalie''s voice cracked. "You two-a cheating scumbag and a conniving bitch-you already killed me once. Since I''ve already died, why should I tolerate you anymore? What''s one more death to me?"


    Her sharp gaze fixed on Sebastian, who stood there like a cold, heartless mountain.


    "A man like you, Sebastian, doesn''t even deserve to live. For the rest of your life, until the moment you die, I will have my revenge. I will personally send you two lovebirds straight to hell."


    She was so furious her eyes were bloodshot. She would make them pay for the child she had lost, the child that had already begun to form inside her.


    Tears streamed down her face, the pain in her heart reaching an unbearable crescendo. Today, she had been wronged beyond measure.


    Sebastian frowned, feeling the intense hatred radiating from her. So, this was the result of what he''d done to her. This was the depth of her hatred.


    Joanna was also stunned. This version of Natalie was truly terrifying. It seemed she had finally been pushed beyond her breaking point. Only a desperate person would act so recklessly.


    Just then, Verna appeared. Dressed in a wine red dress that clung to ber wless curves and featured a daringly open back, she descended the stairs with graceful steps, her heels clicking on the floor.


    Natalie strode toward her without a word and pped her across the face.


    "Ah!" Verna stumbled and fell, looking up at Natalie with a victimized cry. "Who is


    this crazy woman? Why did you hit me?"