"Haha..." Natalie''sughter was crisp and clear. "Sebastian, you''re right. I am doing


    this on purpose. Do you remember when I wanted to meet you to talk about you and Joanna? I waited for you in a snowstorm just like this one for four hours. You said you would meet me so we could finally discuss our divorce, but you never showed up. You were with Joanna, who wasining about a stomach ache."


    "Actually, before her birthday party, that time I asked you to meet me was to talk about divorce. But then you didn''te home for months. The next I saw you was at her party, where you pped me so hard I passed out."


    "You couldn''t even wait two hours. You lost your patience that quickly. See? The difference between loving and being loved is crystal clear. You save all your patience for your first love. Waiting for me just once makes you this impatient."


    Sebastian said angrily, "Natalie, I was wrong about what happened before. I didn''t see our rtionship clearly. I asked you here today to formally apologize to you..." "Sebastian," Natalie cut him off coldly.


    "I''ve told you, you have no right to apologize to me. You''re just as despicable as Joanna. You enjoy the conveniences my family brought to your life through our marriage, while also reveling in the ambiguous rtionship with Joanna and the sense of pride and aplishment you get from her relying on you. Meanwhile, Joanna enjoys all the benefits you give her while trying to force me out. Tell me, would the two of you be this well-off without me? If you could, then why are you so unwilling to get a divorce now?"


    Sebastian''s heart clenched in pain. "Natalie, I told you, I was wrong before. I want to have a proper talk with you."


    "There''s no need to talk. Your actions have said it all. You''re a married man who constantly runs off tofort other women. Do you have any sense of boundaries? The day we divorced, she was faking a faint, while I was genuinely knocked unconscious by you. Yet you carried the fake-fainting Joanna to the hospital. Do you think a simple ''I''m sorry'' can heal the pain you''ve caused me? That''s hrious. Do you men always find some noble excuse for your cheating?"


    "Natalie..."


    Natalie cut him off again. "Sebastian, let me guess what''s next. You''re going to tell me that Joanna is just the adopted daughter of the Scott family, that she''s pitiful, and that you have to take care of her because she once saved your life. You''ll say nothing happened between you two and tell me to stop making a scene. Is that what you were going to say? Keep your noble excuses for yourself. They don''t work on me."


    "I have told you countless times, unless it''s about the divorce, don''t contact me for anything else. I despise you truly utterly despise you."


    Natalie hung up and went back to her show, feeling a sense of catharsis.


    She didn''t want a man like Sebastian ruining her life ever again.


    She was determined to thrive on her own.


    Sebastian stared at the


    disconnected call, furious. He hadet Stay humbled himself, but Natalie


    still refused toe back,


    He had been yed for a fool by Joanna, but he needed to draw out that illegitimate son who was backing her.


    Fine. Once he drew that person out and eliminated the threat, he would bring her back home.


    He had to prevent Joanna from


    Ene


    hurting her again. Right now, no matter what he said she was convinced that he and Joanna were involved.


    Joanna had sent Natalie plenty of photos of them in bed.


    And financially, it was true he gave Joanna money as an allowance.


    But in the end, all of it had be an obstacle between them.