Chapter 21

Damian frowned. Cheryl never dared to disobey him before."Are you deaf, Cheryl Garcia? Why aren't you doing anything?""Why should I do anything about it? If anyone owes Natalie anything, it's you!"The endless days of torment had already pushed Cheryl past her breaking point. The news that Natalie was still alive was the final straw that broke the camel's back. She couldn't believe that everything she did for him still couldn't amount to that bitch after all!She glared at Damian with hatred."Is Natalie really that important to you after all, even after abandoning you again and again? What about me? What am I even to you? I've also loved you for years, Damian!"You used to like me back then as well! Isn't that right? Otherwise, why would you have agreed to marry me in the first place? Tell me!"Natalie's already dead! She doesn't want you anymore! Can't you just look at me now?"Cheryl screamed her words at him, but they only managed to anger Damian even further.He grabbed

Chapter 22

A few days later, the Mercer family banquet took place as expected.Given the Mercer family's influence, only close friends and relatives were expected to attend. Nobody expected Damian to actually show up."Mr. Abbott! We're truly sorry for the inconvenience. We just never expected that you'd voluntarily present yourself at such a small and humble banquet like ours," the current CEO of Mercer Group, Ricardo Mercer, said to Damian in shock.He was flattered because he never imagined that he would have a chance to meet such a prominent figure as Damian."It's alright. My wife is interested in events like this, so I thought of coming along to see what she's up to," Damian replied, his face devoid of expression."Oh, I see. It's because of Mrs. Abbott. But why don't I see her anywhere? I'll get the rest of my family to greet her properly as well," Ricardo replied politely.No matter what the reason, Damian's presence at their banquet today was already a very significant one.Ricard

Chapter 23

However, the results weren't the same as back then, years ago.Natalie rejected his confession.Damian's face turned a deathly pale color. He gripped her hands and said, "No, you must come with me! Erik is not a good person! He'll kill you! And I'm telling you the truth! Don't you know that all of his business overseas is—""That's enough, Damian Abbott!"Natalie flung off his hands and looked at him with disappointment, anger, and condemnation in her eyes. However, there was no love for him at all. Her words were blatantly sharp and honest, piercing straight into his heart."Only staying with you would kill me! You forcibly took my blood for Cheryl and humiliated me countless times with your money! If anything, you're the scoundrel instead! I thought I'd finally escaped from your clutches, so why do you have to come after me now?"I like Erik! I love Erik! He's nothing like you! He'd never hurt me the way you did. Do you really think that everyone is as much of a scumbag as you

Chapter 24

Despite the farce that Damian caused, the engagement party banquet was still a success and finally came to a close. Natalie had also managed to pull herself together and calm down after that."Let's go home, Tasha. I'd like you to meet my family elders today," Erik said excitedly.He had been meaning to bring her home to Mercer Manor before this, but she hadn't had a label back then. After all, she was only the adopted daughter of the Rosewood family. But now, she was officially his fiancee, and he finally had a reason to bring her back.A greedy light reflected in his eyes."Sounds great! We're already engaged now, but when will we finally get married? You know very well that I don't have much influence in the Rosewood family," Natalie said worriedly as she took Erik's arm in hers."What's the rush? We're already engaged to each other, and marriage is just a matter of time. Once Grandpa meets you and is happy with you, it'll be a done deal. You don't have to worry about anything,

Chapter 25

Soon, police sirens blared outside the door, and chaos erupted inside the warehouse."It's the police!""How did they manage to find this place?""Nobody knows about this place at all! How could the police even find out?"All of the guards surrounding the place were all from the Mercer family, and they were all panicking. However, they had been in the business for years, and so, they immediately suspected Natalie."It must be that woman! She had only just been locked up for a while before the police found us!""That bitch! She's a spy for the police!""If we're not getting out alive, then she isn't either!"Desperate people would do just about anything to save their own asses, let alone drug cartels who had already been dabbling in the wrong side of the law for ages.A large group of men stormed in, wielding iron bars in their hands, intending to kill Natalie before the police arrived. They surrounded her and began beating her up mercilessly with their bars, taking out their a

Chapter 26

"Natalie…""Please accept my condolences.""May Damian rest in peace."Natalie stared blankly at the tombstone in the graveyard with lifeless eyes.Her comrades were all comforting her. They all knew the immense risks of being an undercover police officer —all it took was just one wrong move for their entire family to be wiped out.Before, Natalie's entire family had been killed by the drug cartel as revenge. She had arrived too late and didn't manage to see them off for the last time.And now, the one person she loved the most had also died at the hands of the drug cartel, beaten to death right before her very eyes as he was protecting her.During the forensic examination, the doctor had said that all of Damian's bones were broken, and his kidneys had also ruptured again. Natalie couldn't even imagine how much pain Damian had to have endured while he was beaten to death.Yet, Damian had died with a smile on his face because he finally heard her say that she still loved him.T