Garrett's answer, she still

hat her own father wou

d question, Garrett look

ome to feel intimidated

eyes, he remembered Natalie's mother,

Am I some sort of convict that nee

father yet you let your wife hurt me. You

acquiescence, Flora wouldn't have

f my daughters to marry into their family, but they didn't pick which one specifically. Moreover, in Bloridge,

ry into the Braxton family?" Natali

efore she came home. They told her t

e felt as if her whole

ad aband

tricked and his bride had been re

into the Braxton family, she'd only suffer. You're her older sister

ith bitterness. Over the years, she came to realize that Garre

hat I'm still your daughter. You didn't support my stud

"Flora's your mother. How dar

died a long

and her daughter moved in, Natalie was never allowed to sit at the

her way through college, paying f

he lived a life worse than

e only wore branded clothing, went to high-end clubs, and part

obody knew that Alish

he loved and leave the Rivera family, but little did sh

on't make a fuss about it with Natalie. She's right. I'm not her biological mother, and I know how s

ll off the engagement, so you don't have to marry Jarvis anymore. This matter is settled. You'd better go back to your room and change

Garrett left with

sed, but Garrett never cared for her. She didn

scowled at Natalie. "You bitch, how dare you escape from the wedd

ily. "Flora, you are so despicab

ou are? You don't deserve to compete with Alisha. Besides, I wonder if Rowley knows that you gav

est secret had been exposed, and Flora

you and Alisha who s

s ago. But the child died after it was born, and sh

ll Rowley about it. It was a nigh

rything in the Rivera family belongs to my daughter, not you. By the way, there's one mor

ht off-guard. Thinking of the baby she c

?" Flora grinned viciously. "Knee

ough gritted teeth, "One day, you'

..

wine on an empty stomach. She didn't know how much

olen away by Flora and her daughter and how

ing the sadness on Natalie's face, she felt sorry for her friend. "Only your stepmother and half

y few people had seen his face. There were

her ignores me and lets Flora a

o be abandoned and hurt by one's

't been able to get t

e nothing." The sadness was too much to b

atalie's back in an effort to comfort her. "Rowley's a bastard. There's plenty of fish

od m

e to Natalie's mind. Memories of last night

ink about that man

d to make a call. Wait for me here." Then, B

the table, reaching slowly for the wine. Sudde

s Row

red up and stumbled