Sebastian nced at her coolly. He reached out, gently stroking her delicate face, his eyes filled with a deep possessiveness.


    He smiled deviously, his voice maic and alluring. "Natalie, do you really think I, Sebastian, would need to y along with Joanna just to lure someone out?"


    He hadn''t made a move on Joanna because there were still things he wanted to investigate.


    The woman he once cherished was a liar. Did she think Sebastian would let her off so easily?


    This was the Sebastian that Natalie feared most-the one who was truly angry.


    Sean was right. He only smiled like that when he was furious.


    His voice was sensual, but it carried an icy edge.


    She instinctively took a step back, trying to evade his touch, but failed. Instead, Sebastian pressed forward, cornering her against the wall until she had nowhere to


    run.


    Sebastian lowered his head and bit her lip possessively before whispering in her ear, "Natalie, Joanna lied to me. Do you think I''d treat her the same way I used to? Everything she conned out of me, I''ll take it all back, piece by piece. I''ve never been a good person, Sebastian."


    Natalie was speechless. How could he say something like that with a straight face? "Sebastian, you gave her the world because you thought she saved you. Now that you think she lied, you''re taking it all back. Is your kindness, your love, worth nothing more than a single act of rescue?"


    "What about firefighters? They save thousands of people every day..."


    "It''s not the same, Natalie. That fire was no ident. It was attempted murder."


    Natalie froze. Attempted murder? She had always thought it was an ident.


    She hadn''t thought about it deeply before, but why had Nathan and Joanna been there of all ces?


    "How do you know it was attempted murder? And why were Nathan and Joanna there? I only went over there that day because my brother was at an outdoor barbecue nearby," Natalie asked, voicing her doubts.


    Sebastian remembered waking up to find Nathan and Joanna by his side.


    A murderous glint shed in his eyes. "When woke up in the hospital, Nathan and Joanna were with me Nathan said Joanna saved me, and I didn''t doubt him at the time. Later, when your grandfather came to me and told me you were the one who saved me, I sent people to investigate. The evidence had been wiped clean, but Nathan and Joanna were the best leads. The culprit orchestrated an attack to kill me, and they would have seeded if you hadn''t saved me."


    "So they improvised, using Joanna to pose as my savior because they knew I was a man of great loyalty and sentiment..."


    "Stop right there," Natalie cut him off


    with a coldugh. "I was the one by your side for two years, and I never saw any of that loyalty from you. Dont you dare define yourself with those words. You don''t deserve to


    Sebastian just smiled faintly. He really didn''t.


    His hand stroked her face again, his gaze deep as he looked into her slightly panicked eyes. She was still afraid of him. "Natalie, I was wrong. I''ve caused you irreversible harm."


    Natalie couldn''t stand the intimate atmosphere and pushed him away forcefully. This time, she wouldn''t forgive him. Sebastian, the damage is done. A simple ''I''m sorry'' isn''t enough for me to forgive you."


    Sebastian stared at her with a wicked glint in his eyes, like a predator toying with its prey.


    "Honey, one day I''ll make you forgive me."