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Chapter 41\u00a0<\/p>\n
The phone kept ringing as Natalie continued walking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, a car pulled up beside her and slammed on the brakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNatalie!\u201d Johnson jumped out of the car. He didn\u2019t even have time to open the umbrella before running straight toward her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only when he reached her did he fumble to open it and hold it over her head. \u201cWhy are you out here alone in the rain? Where\u2019s Jeffrey? Didn\u2019t he go back to the Foster residence with you?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on, get in the car.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie lifted her eyes to look at Johnson. Rainwater was streaming into her eyes, blurring her vision so much that she couldn\u2019t see clearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson\u2019s gaze was full of concern. \u201cNatalie, it\u2019s me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shivered slightly. \u201cJohnson?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Johnson replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She forced a small smile. \u201cWhat a coincidence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson answered, \u201cIt\u2019s not a coincidence. I came here on purpose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet in the car.\u201d Not giving her much of a choice, Johnson grabbed her wrist and helped her into the front passenger seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m soaked,\u201d Natalie said, looking at the water dripping from her clothes. \u201cI\u2019ll dirty your car.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson was both anxious and upset. \u201cWhy are you worrying about my car at a time like this? Aren\u2019t you more important than a car?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We went to the trunk, took out his jacket and a towel, and tried to wipe her off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
turned her head away. \u201cI\u2019ll do it myself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
lie took the towel and slowly wiped her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
nson demanded angrily, \u201cWhat kind of a man is Jeffrey? How could he leave you on the side of the road in the middle of he night when it\u2019s raining this heavily? What if you ran into bad people? What if something happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie said, \u201cHe probably wishes something would happen to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she died, Jeffrey would have no more obstacles. He\u2019d be a widower and would be able to marry Abigail on the spot. He\u2019d do it the next day-no, probably on that very day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson sat in the driver\u2019s seat, quietly watching her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie tidied herself up a little. The towel was so wet it could be wrung dry. Her hair hung damply over her shoulders, and her face was pale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She asked, \u201cWhy did you come all the way here? Did Chandler tell you something?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson hesitated for a moment before he said, \u201cYes. I had a hunch things might not go smoothly between you and Jeffrey, so I came over to see how things were going, just in case. It turns out I came at the right time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie asked, \u201cThen, were you the one who told Chandler that Jeffrey and I are living separately?\u201d Otherwise, how would Chandler know she was staying at the Bennett residence?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Johnson nodded again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie looked at him with a probing gaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know what should be said and what shouldn\u2019t,\u201d Johnson said. He read her expression and continued, \u201cChandler and I are close, but not to the point where we tell each other everything. I didn\u2019t say a single word about the divorce or the child.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie pursed her lips. \u201cI lost the baby.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson widened his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201cThe divorce won\u2019t be made public for now, so I\u2019ll have to trouble you to continue keeping it a secret.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson asked, \u201cAt this point, is there really any need to keep it a secret?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie sighed. \u201cCaroline isn\u2019t in the best of health. She wouldn\u2019t be able to take it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson couldn\u2019t understand Natalie. \u201cSo, you have to continue to suffer because of that? You\u2019ve never done anything wrong\u00a0<\/p>\n
in this marriage. If it\u2019s ending, it\u2019s because of Jeffrey\u2019s mistakes. Why should you cover for him? Why should you be considerate for his family\u2019s sake?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie said softly, \u201cFrom the time I was little, Caroline has always treated me like family. How could I bear to hurt her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what does Jeffrey treat you like?\u201d Johnson asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the first time, a crack appeared in Natalie\u2019s calm expression. \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have married him. Ending the engagement back then would have been the wisest choice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But marrying Jeffrey had been her dream when she was young. Being his wife was her ultimate ideal in life. With the marriage she had longed for right in front of her, how could she bear to let it go?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back then, Natalie had thought Jeffrey loved her, and what he felt for Abigail was nothing more than gratitude. After marriage, she would slowly win back his heart and help him distinguish love from obligation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Johnson answered, \u201cYes, you should\u2019ve married me instead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Divorced While Pregnant The Ex-Husband\u2019s Collapse 41 \u00a0 Chapter 41\u00a0 The phone kept ringing as Natalie continued walking.\u00a0 Finally, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorced-upgraded-and-married-rich"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}