Chapter 54\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie answered immediately, \u201cAlright.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her readiness caught Jeffrey off guard. \u201cYou\u2019re not even going to ask what it is?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She replied, \u201cJust say it, and as long as it\u2019s something I can do, I\u2019ll agree. And even if I can\u2019t, I\u2019ll do my best.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He turned slightly, looking at her with an unreadable expression. \u201cYou\u2019re getting more and more sensible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie scoffed. \u201cAfter losing so much and paying such a high price, there would be something seriously wrong with my head if I still haven\u2019t learned anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey shot back, \u201cWhat losses have you taken? What price have you paid?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In his view, she had been living in luxury after marrying him. For five years, she was well clothed, well fed, and respected by everyone. Was that still not enough?\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for after the divorce, that was her own fault. Who told her to steal what belonged to Abigail? If you forcefully took something that belonged to someone else, then you deserved the punishment that came along with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie smiled. \u201cJeffrey, in your eyes, you still think I came out ahead, didn\u2019t I? I spent five years fawning over you, but did I owe you that? No, I did it willingly because I loved you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He asked, \u201cSo, you don\u2019t love me anymore?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She steered the conversation back. \u201cCan you get back to the point?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was utterly pointless to talk about love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey lifted his head slightly. \u201cAfter the divorce is finalized, I want to marry Ab.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie nodded. \u201cI know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But what did that have to do with her? He could marry whoever he wanted. He could keep any\u00a0<\/p>\n
number of mistresses as well. It was none of her business.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey continued, \u201cBut my grandma won\u2019t agree, so I need you to persuade her. I need her to\u00a0<\/p>\n
accept Ab into the family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie froze for a moment, then smiled in sudden understanding. So, that was it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cIf I persuade Caroline, you\u2019ll let Stephen go. Is that it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d Jeffrey nodded. It was a simple transaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 54\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey was paving the way for Abigail to marry into the Foster family. Since Natalie was desperate to save Stephen, he would take advantage of the situation to make this demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNatalie, do you agree?\u201d Jeffrey asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A mocking expression appeared on his face as he asked again, \u201cWell?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie nodded. \u201cI can agree to it, but I can\u2019t guarantee I\u2019ll succeed. What I can promise is that I\u2019ll give it everything I\u2019ve got.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caroline\u2019s stance wasn\u2019t something Natalie could change with just a few words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At her age, Caroline was extremely traditional and utterly repulsed by someone like Abigail, a vixen who had appeared out of nowhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In her eyes, Jeffrey and Natalie had been engaged since childhood, and they got married upon reaching adulthood. They were childhood sweethearts who knew each other inside out\u2013the perfect match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Abigail? Who was she? On what grounds was she trying to barge into the family? In her\u00a0<\/p>\n
dreams!\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey kept his hands clasped behind his back. \u201cI also can\u2019t guarantee that Stephen will be spared from prison.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie shot upright on the couch, furious. \u201cYou!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His expression remained calm. \u201cThat\u2019s fair, isn\u2019t it? If you can do it, then so can I.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She clenched her teeth hard. \u201cFine!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The corner of Jeffrey\u2019s lips curved upward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie said, \u201cEven if you didn\u2019t use Stephen to threaten me, I\u2019d still do everything I can to persuade Caroline. Since you like Abigail so much, I genuinely want to help you fulfill your\u00a0<\/p>\n
wish.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She would see if they would remain deeply in love once they truly got what they wanted. Or would their feelings slowly crumble and collapse under the trivialities of marriage? After all, love and marriage were two different things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey asked, \u201cHelp me fulfill my wish? Why didn\u2019t you do that five years ago?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie said, \u201cBecause I was an idiot back then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He raised an eyebrow. \u201cAnd now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, you\u2019re the idiot.\u201d Natalie really wanted to say that, but she swallowed the words back\u00a0<\/p>\n
Divorced While Pregnant The Ex-Husband\u2019s Collapse 54 Chapter 54\u00a0 Natalie answered immediately, \u201cAlright.\u201d\u00a0 Her readiness caught Jeffrey off guard. \u201cYou\u2019re […]<\/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-20028","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\/20028","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=20028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}