"So you two are a real family now? Actually, I''ve always wanted to ask you. After you and my mother divorced, why did Joanna stay by your side? What exactly is your


    rtionship?"


    Natalie''s gaze was ice-cold as she stared at him, deliberately emphasizing thest few words.


    Nathan looked at her guiltily. He reflexively raised a hand to his mouth and coughed, his eyes darting away, unable to meet her stare. "Anyway, my business is none of your concern. I''m here today to talk about the money."


    Natalie''s tone was relentless. "When I left the Scott family, I even gave you ten thousand dors. I made a clean break and didn''t owe you a single cent. How can you have the gall toe ask me for money now?"


    At the time, his and Joanna''s goal was to get her out of the Scott family for good. Because Sebastian had fully recovered, she was no longer of any use to them.


    "Hmph!" Nathan snorted, his gaze menacing. "Natalie, no matter what, you will always be my daughter."


    "Then were the disownment papers you made me sign just for show? You only wanted to get rid of me because I was no longer useful."


    "Sebastian didn''t need me to control him anymore, and Joanna was back, so I lost my value. I''m actually very curious. You fought so hard to protect Joanna, but you two aren''t even father and daughter by blood. So what exactly is your rtionship?"


    Nathan was speechless.


    He had never even considered that question.


    Natalie''s interrogation made his eyes shift nervously, and his old face flushed crimson.


    "Natalie, don''t let your imagination run wild. I raised her. She is my daughter."


    "Is she? You treat a girl with no blood rtion as your own daughter and live with your mistress. When


    you divorced you didn''t want any of your four sons was as if we live


    siblings were just a burden you were finally d to be rid of."


    "Mr. Scott, no matter how I look at it, something about your actions doesn''t add up. Did you deceive Mrs. Scott?"


    Natalie''s gaze was frigid, piercing him with a look that seemed to freeze the very air.


    It was a gaze devoid of any warmth or emotion.


    Nathan shivered, feeling the temperature in the room plummet.


    How could this wretched girl possess such a cold andmanding presence?


    "You brat, stop talking nonsense! How could have deceived your mother? We''re at an age where we can''t handle such turmoil. She was in so much debt. What was wrong with my choosing to divorce her? It''s every man for himself."


    "Every man for himself.'' Well said. Then if I want to live a good life for myself and refuse to give you my money, that should be perfectly eptable, shouldn''t it?"


    "You can abandon your wife and children, so why can''t I abandon my own father and family? I am your flesh and blood. If you can do it, why can''t I?"


    Natalie smiled, her teeth bright, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "If I could, I truly wish I didn''t have the blood of such a selfish person running through my veins."


    "You..."


    "Get out!" Natalie stood up, ring at him. "Nathan, from the day I cut ties with you, from the moment you cheated, conspired with Joanna to frame me, and staged that faculous kidnapping, any father-daughter affection between us was dead. As for giving you money, that''s impossible."


    Hearing that he wouldn''t get anything, Nathan roared in fury, "But I am your father!


    I''m down on my luck now, and you have a responsibility to take care of me! Give me


    a sum of money to buy out our rtionship."