Chapter 155

Natalie’s beautiful eyes sparkled with amusement. “Deliberate? What would I gain from that? I just let things develop in the direction you wanted.” She thought, ‘In my past life, this heartless creature allowed robbers to ruin my appearance!’

“Natalie, you knew this would happen, so why didn’t you stop it?” Jason yelled in despair.

“I warned you several times not to participate in the competition, but you didn’t believe me. What does that count as? Isn’t what you all did to me even worse?” Natalie said.

“When you allowed others to plot against me, rape me, beat me, and steal my designs, didn’t you think you were going too far?” Natalie spoke calmly, her beautiful eyes bright yet unable to hide the hatred inside.

“And why are you so anxious? There’s still a lot of time for you to think. The clock is ticking; when you wake up again, it’ll be your life’s nightmare. I really want to see how you’ll spend your life; don’t disappoint me,” she said.

Jason was deeply pained by her words and fell silent.

Natalie continued to mock him. “Zoe gave her all for you. Not only did you fail to see it, but you also deeply hurt her. What makes you think you deserve her love? You’re more suited for someone like Jasmine. You two should lock it down and stop hurting Zoe.”

Jason choked up, remembering Zoe, the bookworm.

He hated school, absolutely hated it. He just wanted to go out and play; his dad never cared as long as he grew up healthy.

Then he heard Natalie’s words, which sent a chill through him.

She said, “Do you know why your dad lets you live so freely? Because he wants to raise you to be useless. The one who truly cares about you is the girl next door; she wants you to study hard so you can achieve great things in the future.”

She added, “She’s already achieved great things; she’s now the executive president of a Fortune 500 company. That bookworm you used to look down on is now someone you can’t even aspire to be.”

Jason was stunned. Since Zoe left, he hadn’t heard anything about her. But he refused to believe that his own father would want to raise him to be useless. He shook his head in pain, saying, “No way, Natalie, you’re lying. This is all part of your scheme, isn’t it?”

Natalie didn’t look at Jason but turned to Wendy. “It seems you haven’t told him the truth. After all, she’s your daughter, no matter if she’s a mistress’s child. For you, the bond of family matters most.”

Wendy quickly explained, “Natalie, I didn’t mean it that way. I didn’t tell him the truth to avoid ruining my plans.”

Natalie looked at the haggard Wendy, feeling no sympathy.

“Natalie, we’re family. Do we really need to escalate things this way?” Wendy asked, crying.

Natalie turned sharply, glaring at her with eyes full of hatred. “Do you know why I have to make such a fuss? Do you know I’ve died once? I never felt a mother’s warmth from you. Until the moment I died, it was your family that pushed me toward death.”

She added, “Do you know what he did for Jennifer? He had the kidnappers ruin my face. His reason was simple: Jennifer didn’t like my stunning looks, so he had them destroy my face. I suffered for four days before dying, trampled on by all of you one by one.”

“As a mother, you’ve never stood up for me. As a brother, all of you looked down on me with disdain and were never kind. Now I understand: your whole family is inherently bad.” Tears silently streamed down Natalie’s face.

Wendy froze, thinking, ‘How can she hate me this much and make it feel so real?’ She said, “Natalie, please don’t say that. It was wrong of Mom. I really didn’t know. Jennifer has been scheming everything in the background.”

Natalie said, “No, you know. It’s just that your heart is with her, so you think I’m from a poor village and would embarrass you in the high-society circle.”

She added, “Jennifer is indeed outstanding and has a great reputation; she’s the delicate Ms. Shawn from the Simpson family, beautiful and seemingly kind. Even though I’m pretty, I’m just a pretty face that can’t compare to your precious daughter whom you’ve nurtured since childhood.”

Wendy felt a sharp pain in her heart. She had thought this way before, but later, she saw everything clearly. “Natalie… I’m sorry. Before, Mom was wrong. I promise I won’t do that again. Can you come back?”

“Heh…” Natalie’s face was filled with hatred. She thought, ‘How can she even say that?’ She said, “Come back? Where to? Back to listen to your cold mockery?” She turned to leave.

“Natalie…” said Wendy.

“Mom, don’t interfere with her. Even if Jennifer is at fault, she’s still malicious,” Jason shouted angrily.

Wendy turned with a smirk. “Can she be more malicious than you? Didn’t she warn you? She did warn you, but you didn’t believe it. You call her malicious, but did you ever think about how much worse you were to her?”

She added, "Today, I’m sending you abroad. From now on, I won’t care about your life or death. Since you like being concerned about Jennifer and your dad, let them take care of you.”

“Mom, why are you treating me like this too?” Jason’s eyes turned red.

Wendy smiled again. “Yes, why has it come to this between us? Because you’re as malicious as Jennifer and Nick. I’ve seen through your wicked nature.”

She added, “I’ve been struggling to keep the company afloat while you didn’t give me any shares, instead giving them to your dad. Jason, I’ve taught you well since you were little, but you’re still so selfish. You can only see yourself; you’ve blinded your own eyes to the pain of others.”

Wendy pointed at the documents on the table, but before she could speak, loud noises came from the entrance.

“Natalie, this is my cousin. He crushed his legs in a car accident, suffering multiple fractures. The doctor was helpless–he’d be permanently disabled. Since you can save him, please help!” Chris’s voice was filled with desperation. He thought, ‘Great, I was just looking for her, and she appeared.’

Natalie met Chris at the elevator. They both trained under different masters, but Chris was the apprentice of her master’s junior. He was developing abroad, while she almost got crushed by her romantic thoughts over the past few years.

Seeing him on the verge of tears, she thought people with fateful connections often shared similar personalities. She and Chris were both quick to shed tears. Despite not wanting to cry, tears fell anyway. “Chris, don’t panic.”

He clutched Natalie’s hand tightly, his palm sweaty. “No, Natalie, I’m anxious. I can’t trust other doctors to perform the surgery. You have to do it!”