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Chapter 48\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felix was so overjoyed that he couldn\u2019t hide the excitement on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail, on the other hand, remained much more composed. Her expression barely changed as she asked hesitantly, \u201cBut Natalie won\u2019t agree to that, will she?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo the police need Natalie\u2019s permission to arrest someone and lock them up?\u201d Jeffrey replied coolly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail sighed. \u201cHonestly, I feel like this matter shouldn\u2019t have escalated to this point, but\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then looked at Natalie. \u201cLet\u2019s follow the legal process. Whatever should happen, will happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stephen looked completely stunned. He asked, \u201cMr. Foster, are you really going to send me to prison?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey retorted, \u201cDidn\u2019t you commit a crime?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAren\u2019t you going to ask what actually happened? Felix insulted Natalie, smeared her, and spread rumors about her. I hit him because he deserved it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what, exactly, did Felix say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe claimed she drank and slept with her clients!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe did,\u201d Jeffrey replied flatly. \u201cI saw it with my own eyes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stephen\u2019s mouth hung wide open, unable to utter a single word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey continued coolly, \u201cAnd he said she was involved with Johnson. Isn\u2019t that right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felix nodded eagerly. \u201cYes! Mr. Foster, everyone in Caspia City\u2019s business circles knows about it. I only heard it secondhand. I\u2019d had a few drinks and was gossiping with friends, and Stephen insisted I was slandering her. Then, he smashed a bottle over my head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey\u2019s expression remained icy, and he didn\u2019t say another word as he turned to leave. Abigail and Felix immediately followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stephen slowly turned his head toward Natalie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under the lights, Natalie\u2019s expression was pale as a sheet of paper. She knew it would end up like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stephen asked, trembling, \u201cWhat do I do? I\u2019m really going to prison, aren\u2019t I?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie took a deep breath. \u201cWait for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, she ran after them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey was walking at the front, while Abigail was supporting Felix, whispering to each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie ran straight up to Jeffrey and reached out to block his path.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet Stephen go,\u201d she said, getting straight to the point. Then, she added, \u201cPlease.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey looked at her coldly. \u201cAnd why should I?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie pleaded, \u201cYou can ask anything of me. Just let my brother go. He can\u2019t go to prison.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he did, his life would be ruined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No matter what, Natalie had to protect Stephen. He was the only family she had left in this world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey\u2019s lips curled into an unreadable smile. \u201cAnything at all?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jeffrey said, \u201cThen, kneel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d Without the slightest hesitation, Natalie bent her knees and knelt straight down in front of Jeffrey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no pause or resistance. Her movements were swift and decisive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey\u2019s eyes widened slightly as he looked down at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie asked, \u201cIs this enough? Will you let Stephen go now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her obedience, humility, and degradation brought Jeffrey no sense of satisfaction at all. Instead, it only irritated him even\u00a0<\/p>\n
more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He mocked, \u201cNatalie, are you really this spineless? Is your dignity really worth nothing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She replied calmly, \u201cYes. It\u2019s worth nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
No matter how Jeffrey humiliated her, she endured it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It felt to him like he was punching cotton. No matter how much force he used, he couldn\u2019t feel any impact at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Divorced While Pregnant The Ex-Husband\u2019s Collapse 48 \u00a0 Chapter 48\u00a0 Felix was so overjoyed that he couldn\u2019t hide the excitement […]<\/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-20022","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\/20022","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=20022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}