PART 6

PART 6

The sound of applause echoed through the room right after Natasya gave her command.

Clap… clap… clap…

It was Edgar. Roby’s younger brother finally moved.

He had been standing quietly in the corner the entire time, silently observing everything. Now he stepped forward, a calculating smile spreading across his face.

“Bravo, Natasya,” he said softly yet clearly. “You truly are an extraordinary woman.”

Everyone turned to look at him.

Natasya’s gaze slowly shifted in his direction. Her eyes were still blazing with the anger that had reached its peak.

“What a pity,” Edgar continued, his voice turning bitter as he glanced at Roby, his own brother. “Your husband is the kind of man who doesn’t know how to appreciate what he has.”

“Edgar!” Camila snapped sharply.

She had no idea what Edgar was trying to imply.

But Edgar didn’t care.

“I’ve always wondered,” he said, staring straight at Roby, “why you used to say that Natasya didn’t have much time left to live.”

So it’s true? Roby had already given up on my fate? Natasya thought, her heart feeling as if it had stopped beating.

“What do you mean?” she asked quietly.

Roby instantly turned pale. “Shut your mouth, Edgar!”

“Shut my mouth?” Edgar let out a hollow laugh. “Weren’t you the one who kept showing that sorrowful face? You said Natasya’s condition wasn’t promising. You said maybe it would all be over soon.”

Natasya’s trembling gaze shifted toward Roby.

“But it turns out…” Edgar’s voice softened, yet it only made his words cut deeper, “while you were pretending to grieve, you were with Larisa… inside Natasya’s bedroom.”

Silence fell.

Larisa froze when she saw Natasya’s face turn crimson with fury.

Even though she had already known the truth, hearing it come directly from Edgar’s mouth made Natasya’s anger flare even higher.

She imagined herself lying helplessly in the hospital, while her husband brought another woman onto her own bed.

Thud!

Roby lost control.

“Edgar!” Silva screamed when the punch landed squarely on Edgar’s face.

Just like Camila, Silva didn’t understand why her husband was acting so recklessly.

“Don’t you dare mess with me, Edgar!” Roby shouted furiously.

Edgar staggered backward.

“This time you’ve finally met your match, Roby!”

He struck back without hesitation.

Thud!!!

“Roby!” Larisa shrieked hysterically.

Now both Edgar and Roby were bleeding.

“Stop! Both of you, stop!” Camila cried, desperately trying to separate them.

The room descended into chaos.

“Edgar, have you lost your mind? Roby has helped you so much all this time! Why are you fighting like this?” Camila shouted frantically.

Natasya pressed her fingers against her temple. Her head throbbed painfully.

“Enough…” she whispered weakly.

“Have you forgotten, Edgar? It was Roby who paid all your bills!” Camila yelled again.

“ENOUGH!” This time Natasya screamed louder, her voice trembling yet commanding, slicing through the noise and forcing everyone to freeze in place.

Everyone fell silent.

Natasya looked at Roby’s entire family one by one.

So this lazy man hasn’t changed at all?

Still drowning in debt, and Roby paying it off with company money?

Good. It’s better if all these parasites disappear from my sight.

“Get out now. Leave my house.”

Camila immediately went hysterical. “We are not leaving! This is Roby’s house too!”

“Roby’s house?” Natasya gave a bitter smile. “This house belongs to my father. And now it belongs to me.”

“If it’s your house, then it’s Roby’s house too! You are husband and wife! Remember that!”

Camila was provoking Natasya’s anger again.

“Nonsense!” Natasya snapped. “Your son is the one living off me, and starting today, I will not tolerate parasites like you! Leave! Mr. Danil, do your job!”

“Yes, Ma’am.”

Mr. Danil signaled to his bodyguards. There were ten of them standing firmly behind him.

They immediately began escorting everyone out of Natasya’s house by force.

“I don’t want to be homeless! Let me go!” Camila screamed.

Of everyone being forced out, only Camila was hysterical.

Natasya noticed a nanny carrying a one-year-old baby girl.

Gabriel, Larisa and Roby’s child.

The pain in Natasya’s heart resurfaced.

“Natasya, you can’t do this to me! I’m your mother-in-law! Don’t you have any compassion? Let me go! I don’t want to leave!” Camila shouted desperately.

Roby’s entire family had already been forced outside by Danil’s bodyguards when a car suddenly stopped in front of the house.

From the car stepped out an eight-year-old boy.

“Mom!”

That cry made Natasya freeze.

A small voice she had longed to hear for so long.

Erik stood at the doorway, his innocent face filled with confusion.

“Erik…” Natasya opened her arms to welcome him into her embrace.

“Mom…”

Erik ran toward her and hugged her tightly.

Natasya’s body trembled. She returned the embrace as if she were afraid they would be separated again.

“Erik…” her voice broke. “My son…”

“Mom, I missed you,” Erik whispered softly, holding back tears. “Dad said… maybe I wouldn’t be able to see you again. Dad said you were going to die.”

Tears streamed down Natasya’s face uncontrollably.

“No, my love. I will always be here. I’m not going anywhere. I’m still alive. I’m not going to die.”

Natasya gently wiped the tears from Erik’s face.

Oh God, how I missed my son.

“We’re going to be together again, right, Mom?” Erik asked uncertainly. “Mom, you’re not going to leave again, are you?”

“Yes, my love,” Natasya answered, kissing his forehead. “We will be together again. Forever.”

Natasya hugged Erik once more, tears streaming down her face.

Thank You, God.

You healed me so I could hold my son, Erik, again.

Erik gently pulled away from the embrace, confused as he looked around at the chaotic scene—especially when he saw his father being forced out.

“Wait! Let go of my dad!”

Erik pushed one of Danil’s bodyguards with his small hands.

“Mr. Danil, why is my dad being told to leave? This is Mom’s house, right?”

Danil drew a deep breath.

“Natasya?”

He seemed to be asking Natasya to explain it to Erik.

“Mom, why is Dad being kicked out?”

Erik looked up at his mother with pleading eyes.

“My love, your dad can’t stay here anymore.”

“But why, Mom?”

“Because…” Natasya couldn’t continue. She didn’t have the heart to say it.

“Mom, I already lost you for so long. I don’t want to lose Dad too.”

Natasya shook her head slowly.

“I want Dad and Mom to live in this house. Like before.”

Erik’s words shattered Natasya’s heart into pieces.

We can’t be together like we used to, Erik.

If only Natasya could say that out loud.

But when she looked into Erik’s innocent eyes, she couldn’t bring herself to hurt him.

“I miss us eating together,” Erik continued softly. “I miss sleeping with Dad and Mom.”

Natasya fell silent. Her heart knew better than anyone how much she missed those days too.

But now, she could never return to that life after discovering Roby’s betrayal.

“Mom…” Erik held her hand tightly. “I want Dad to stay here, please?”

Natasya closed her eyes for a moment.

For her son.

“Alright,” she finally said. “Your dad can stay here.”

Roby let out a relieved sigh.

However, Natasya looked at him coldly.

“Mr. Danil, release Roby. The others must still leave.”

Larisa flinched.

Does that mean I’ll be separated from Roby? What about Gaby?

Natasya turned to Roby.

“You may stay here as Erik’s father. Nothing more.”

“Then… I have a condition as well,” Roby said quietly.

Natasya stared at him in disbelief. “A condition?”

“I want Larisa to stay here too, along with Gaby.”

Natasya’s eyes widened.

“Have you lost your mind, Roby? You’re asking me to accept your mistress into my own house?”

“If you refuse to accept Larisa and Gaby, then I won’t stay in this house either.”

Natasya should have realized that Roby had changed into a cunning man.

Eight years of marriage meant nothing compared to his love story with Larisa.

“For God’s sake, Natasya! Gaby is still a baby. I can’t live in luxury while my child and her mother become homeless out there.”

Natasya stood frozen.

Erik, sensing his mother’s hesitation, gently shook her arm. “Mom?”

Natasya inhaled deeply.

“I will do anything to make you happy.”

Looking straight at Roby, she spoke.

“Fine,” she said softly, shocking everyone in the room.

“You may bring Larisa and Gaby to live here. But on one condition!”