Chapter 1
Natalie Shaw suddenly blacked out while being intimate with her boyfriend, Felix Harrison.
In a haze, she overheard him talking to Steven Keller, his friend who was a doctor.
Steven gave her a quick check and asked solemnly, “Felix, did you drug Natalie so you could secretly take her bone marrow for Mabel?”
Felix gently brushed some hair from Natalie’s face. “Yeah. The poison Lused is mild. If it re- acts more during intimacy, it causes less harm overall.”
Steven sighed deeply as he adjusted the medical tools.
“I truly don’t get what’s going through your head. Sure, Mabel tricked you back then. You chased her to the airport, crashed your car, went into a coma, and ended up blind. Has she ever shown up since? It was Natalie who stayed by your side.
“Let’s be honest. If she hadn’t cared for you, you might’ve been long gone because of Mabel.
“Now that Mabel’s sick and dumped, she suddenly tells you the child is yours, and you just believe her? You even got married to her, and now you’re stealing Natalie’s bone marrow to save her. How can you be this heartless?”
Natalie’s fingers twitched slightly, but no one noticed.
The sound of tools clinking filled the ward, along with Felix’s weary voice.
“Mabel showed me a DNA test. I only got the marriage certificate so her kid would have a legal father. I’ve made sure all the news is sealed off so Natalie won’t find out.
“Seventeen years ago, there was a fire at an art exhibition. My mom was trapped inside and had an asthma attack. Mabel found her medicine and helped her get out first.
“Even if we didn’t have a child, I’d still give her everything.”
Steven slammed the device down furiously.
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“What about Natalie? She’s been nothing but genuine with you. Don’t tell me you never felt anything.”
Felix didn’t answer right away. After a few seconds of silence, he said hoarsely, “I only got with Natalie to make Mabel jealous. I didn’t know things would turn out like this.
“But the wedding plans won’t change. I’ll just fake a marriage certificate with Natalie.
“I’ll make it up to her. Get ready and send her to the operating room…”
Natalie had no idea how long she’d been unconscious. When she came to, her head was fog- gy, and her mind couldn’t focus.
But the conversation she heard while unconscious kept echoing in her mind.
The fire had always haunted her.
Seventeen years ago, she was only nine and was caught in a terrible fire. After countless surgeries, she finally managed to live normally again. Even now, she hated thinking about it.
At 16, she met Felix at an art contest. Both he and his painting left a lasting impression on her.
She kept her feelings hidden for five years because he already had a childhood sweetheart- Mabel Jefferson.
But Mabel didn’t like him. Two days after agreeing to date him, she got involved with some- one else.
When Felix confessed to Natalie, she felt surprised and nervous, but she couldn’t help falling for his tenderness and love.
Then came the accident. On their college graduation day, he crashed his car and fell into a ⚫ coma. Mabel disappeared.
Natalie gave up a chance to study overseas to stay by Felix’s side. Her father was so angry that he threatened to break off relations with her. He even moved the family to New York, forbidding her mother and brother from sharing the address.
When Felix woke up, he was like a wounded animal, hurting anyone who approached him.
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Except for Natalie. No matter how crazy he got, she stayed.
One day, Felix slashed his wrist. Natalie tried to stop him and ended up with cuts.
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They collapsed into the bloody tub, and somehow, they started doing intimate things crazily.
“Natalie, don’t leave me!”
After that, everything spiraled out of control.
For over six years, Natalie had stayed by his side, shared everything with him, and tried to bring light into his dark world.
But now,
ning.
she finally saw the truth. What she thought was love had been a lie from the begin-
Felix poisoned her and slept with her on the night he proposed, just to take her bone marrow and save Mabel.
They even had a child.
Natalie grabbed her phone to call her family, but the first thing she saw was a friend request.
It was from Mabel.
After she accepted it, a message came right away.
“You’re finally awake? Felix was worried I might relapse and need your bone marrow again, so he kept you unconscious for over six months. My apologies.”
She also sent a copy of her and Felix’s marriage certificate.
Natalie searched the current date online and was stunned to learn she had been kept in a drugged coma for half a year.
With trembling lips, she dialed her elder brother’s number.
“Liam, I want to go home. If I agree to the arranged marriage, do you think Mom and Dad will forgive me?”
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