NovelEnglishChapter 122
But if she were Azure, she couldn't have made it back so fast. The route to Prestige Penthouses passed by the
stadium, and traffic was a mess tonight because of the concert going on. The crowd wouldn't clear out until past
eleven and he got stuck in a ten-minute jam.
Then again, the thought was almost laughable. If Natalie had the chops, why would she settle for playing second
fiddle, accepting slaps to the face without fighting back?
He was overthinking it.
Silently, he moved to the side of the bed where she lay, a faint perflingering in the air, tantalizing his
senses.
It made sense, though. She had been alone abroad for years. How could she have survived in Bluestar without
external help?
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Kellan swooping in wasn’t her fault. It was his mistake. He admitted it and regretted it.
He lay down beside Natalie, clothed, and reached across the sheets to encircle her waist.
Natalie stiffened slightly, sensing his touch.
“Don’t move,” he whispered, eyes closed, right beside her ear.
Was he unaware of her ruse? Why else would he be so calm, even holding her as they slept?
She had borrowed Dave’s motorcycle in a rush to get back. She had barely shed her clothes and lay down when
she heard Brian's arrival.
If he hadn't paused at the door, giving her a moment to catch her breath, she would have been exposed!
Brian knew she was still awake.
After a while, he suddenly asked softly, “How much money has Kellan given you over the years?”
Natalie hadn't expected him to bring up King at a moment like this.
Shocked, she heard him continue from behind her, “If you can’t figure it out now, we'll talk in the morning. I'll
pay him back tenfold.”
Natalie thought perhaps Brian was trying to compensate for the pain of losing a son.
She steadied herself and after a moment, spoke softly, “Sthings can’t be undone with money.”
“If ten times isn’t enough, then a hundred,” he cut in abruptly before she could finish.
Natalie frowned, “You...”
The hand around her waist tightened, his breath hot in her ear, “Sleep.”
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Natalie clutched the bedsheets beneath her, daring not to move again.
Against anyone else, she wouldn't back down, but this was Brian. She knew how Brian was raised by his
grandfather in the military district.
His fighting skills were unquestionable. Even the champion of his troops, Reid, could only manage a draw with
Brian. That was with Brian holding back.
If not for the fact that Brian was the sole heir to the Howard family and the Morales family had given their tacit
consent, he wouldn't have chosen business. Even his two years abroad were spent at a military academy, not
studying finance.
When they were children, he used to call her dumb, a mute, but Natalie never retorted. Brian was exceptional, a
child prodigy who skipped grades and becthe top scorer in their country during his college entrance exams.
Brian was an omnipotent god, getting whatever he desired. No one could stop him from succeeding.
So when this golden boy was cast from grace due to Audrey, Natalie's mother, plummeting from the heavens to
the earth, how could he not harbor resentment towards them?
He wanted to drag her down to hell and sever any chance she had to climb back up. She understood that.
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