Chapter 88\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t play games with me, Natalie Bennett,\u201d Jeffrey warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie shrugged. \u201cI\u2019ve already given you my word. What are you still worried about? You\u2019re not afraid of me, are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to apologize first thing tomorrow morning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard you loud and clear!\u201d Natalie snapped. \u201cCan I go now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long and exhausting day, she was completely worn out. She wanted nothing more than to get some rest. In fact, she felt like she could pass out as soon as her head hit the pillow. She wasn\u2019t in the mood to argue with Jeffrey at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as she had expected, it was better if she stayed busy. If she had too much free time, she\u2019d start thinking about romance and other sentimental nonsense. She should stay busy. That\u00a0<\/p>\n
way,\u00a0<\/p>\n
all she would think about was work and her career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for that apology\u2026 Jeffrey would simply have to wait and see. After all, in order to put on an outstanding performance tomorrow, she needed to be well\u2013rested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey\u2019s expression was dark and unreadable. Natalie wasn\u2019t the type to give in so easily. He didn\u2019t think she would be so compliant, but she had agreed to his request without putting up a fight. He couldn\u2019t find a single fault in her behavior at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While he was lost in his thoughts, she had already walked out of the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once she returned to the main bedroom, she removed her makeup and took a shower. Subsequently, she climbed into bed and tucked herself underneath the covers. Before she slept, she even slipped on an eye mask. She didn\u2019t pay Jeffrey any attention at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey was beside her, reading a book on finance and investments, but he barely got through a couple of pages. He felt incredibly irritated. Meanwhile, Natalie was sound asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He cleared his throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Natalie, who was lying by the edge of the bed, was perfectly still.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In an attempt to get her attention, he coughed again. But to his dismay, he still didn\u2019t receive a single response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as he was about to cough for the third time, she finally decided to say something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf your throat is feeling irritated, go drink some water. If that doesn\u2019t help, go suck on a couple of lozenges,\u201d she spat evenly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 89\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once she was done speaking, she rolled over and turned her back toward him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey slammed his book shut. \u201cIn order to save me from the blazing fire, Ab ended up inhaling an excessive amount of smoke. So-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I know,\u201d Natalie cut him off. \u201cShe saved your life, so you want to devote yourself to her. Today, I let my jealousy get the best of me and acted like an evil woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201cBecause of me, Abigail is now mute. My actions crossed a line in your books. As a result, I have to admit to my wrongdoings and apologize to her. Otherwise, you won\u2019t be able to offer her an explanation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took his words right out of his mouth. She had hit the nail on the head. If she had hurt Abigail in any other way, he would\u2019ve let the matter slide. However, Abigail\u2019s voice was his bottom line, and Natalie had crossed a boundary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t tolerate her behavior, but he couldn\u2019t understand why he was explaining everything to her. Was that really necessary?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey shut his eyes and rubbed his forehead. He couldn\u2019t believe himself! He had the urge to tell her that he could forgive her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some things you simply can\u2019t do, Natalie. Do you understand?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNatalie?\u201d He opened his eyes and glanced at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At some point, Natalie\u2019s eye mask had slipped off. She was already fast asleep, and her jet- black hair was spread across the pillow underneath her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His expression darkened. He couldn\u2019t believe that she was sound asleep!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enjoy Ad\u2013Free Reading>>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Divorced While Pregnant The Ex-Husband\u2019s Collapse 88 Chapter 88\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t play games with me, Natalie Bennett,\u201d Jeffrey warned.\u00a0 Natalie shrugged. […]<\/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-20062","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\/20062","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=20062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}