Wendy was stunned. She had never imagined he could be so utterly shameless.


    It was depravity at its peak.


    For all these years, she had worn rose-colored sses, believing Nathan''s gentleness and consideration were genuine. A wolf in sheep''s clothing-she finally understood the true meaning of that phrase.


    Her face filled with contempt. "Nathan, you treated Joanna like a precious treasure since she was a child. You poured all your love into your daughter whilepletely ignoring my four sons. You even stole my biological daughter and abandoned her in the countryside. And now you''re telling me you raised a viper? How ironic."


    Nathan was in agony. He truly was. Divorce was what he had wanted most, and living happily with his new family of four was also his dream. But he didn''t understand.


    Why had he ended up with nothing?


    He still loved Wendy. He loved her gentleness, her kindness, her warm affection.


    Only after leaving her did he realize who had been best for him.


    If he hadn''t done those things, he would still have a warm, happy home, and his parents wouldn''t be hounding him all the time.


    He had brought all of this upon himself, and now he was drowning in regret.


    Watching from a distance, Natalie also found Nathan''s behavior repulsive.


    She had never felt any warmth for this father of hers. From the very first time they met, she''d had a strong feeling that he wasn''t her real father.


    That feeling had never faded.


    Nathan wasn''t feeling well today; he had a cold. If Wendy had been by his side, she would have seen his runny nose and dropped everything at herpany to take care of him at home until he recovered.


    Sophiacked that attentiveness. She only cared about herself and couldn''t be bothered with whether he lived or died.


    He apologized sincerely, "Wendy, I was wrong. We''re not young anymore. Let''s get back together and live a quiet life. I know you''ll find a way to pay back that five hundred million. I believe in your abilities."


    Wendy''s gaze was as calm as still water, her voice just as cold. “We are divorced. There is nothing between us. Don''t forget, your whole family forced me into this divorce. You abandoned me when I was at my lowest. Do you really expect me to coddle you like I used to?


    "Nathan, how dare you even show your face to me?"


    Wendy''s look of contempt and iciness made Nathan''s scalp tingle.


    "Wendy, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."


    Wendyughed, cutting him off. "Nathan, you weren''t wrong. I was wrong for being blind. I met you when you were twenty. When you were twenty-two, I gave birth to Jerome. For the next five years, I was constantly pregnant, having children because I thought you loved


    me, because I thought you were d


    good person I''m the only daughter in my family, and I often felt lonely, so I thought having more children would make our home lively. When you tried to stop me from having more kids, I never once suspected you had another woman on the side."


    "Your family, the Scotts, only started living well because of my family, the Dons. Now that I have no more money to give them, once they''ve bled you dry, they''ll kick you to the curb too."


    "You thought you had found your childhood sweetheart and true love, but she was cheating on you the whole time. You thought you had raised a brilliant, superior daughter, better than anyone else but she turned out to be a snake."


    “Nathan, you can spend the rest of your life rotting with the rest of those vampires.”


    Nathan was aghast. His legs felt weak, his face pale. She hadid out his current situation in just a few simple sentences, and he was filled with an overwhelming sense of regret.