"Haha..." Natalie's laughter was crisp and clear. "Sebastian, you're right. I am doing this on purpose. Do you remember when I wanted to meet you to talk about you and Joanna? I waited for you in a snowstorm just like this one for four hours. You said you would meet me so we could finally discuss our divorce, but you never showed up. You were with Joanna, who was complaining about a stomach ache."
"Actually, before her birthday party, that time I asked you to meet me was to talk about divorce. But then you didn't come home for months. The next I saw you was at her party, where you slapped me so hard I passed out."
"You couldn't even wait two hours. You lost your patience that quickly. See? The difference between loving and being loved is crystal clear. You save all your patience for your first love. Waiting for me just once makes you this impatient."
Sebastian said angrily, "Natalie, I was wrong about what happened before. I didn't see our relationship clearly. I asked you here today to formally apologize to you..."
"Sebastian," Natalie cut him off coldly.
"I've told you, you have no right to apologize to me. You're just as despicable as Joanna. You enjoy the conveniences my family brought to your life through our marriage, while also reveling in the ambiguous relationship with Joanna and the sense of pride and accomplishment you get from her relying on you. Meanwhile, Joanna enjoys all the benefits you give her while trying to force me out. Tell me, would the two of you be this well-off without me? If you could, then why are you so unwilling to get a divorce now?"
Sebastian's heart clenched in pain. "Natalie, I told you, I was wrong before. I want to have a proper talk with you."
"There's no need to talk. Your actions have said it all. You're a married man who constantly runs off to comfort other women. Do you have any sense of boundaries? The day we divorced, she was faking a faint, while I was genuinely knocked unconscious by you. Yet you carried the fake-fainting Joanna to the hospital. Do you think a simple 'I'm sorry' can heal the pain you've caused me? That's hilarious. Do you men always find some noble excuse for your cheating?"
"Natalie..."
Natalie cut him off again. "Sebastian, let me guess what's next. You're going to tell me that Joanna is just the adopted daughter of the Scott family, that she's pitiful, and that you have to take care of her because she once saved your life. You'll say nothing happened between you two and tell me to stop making a scene. Is that what you were going to say? Keep your noble excuses for yourself. They don't work on me."


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