A Cue for Love novel Chapter 1154

Chapter 1154 Keep Dreaming

Chills traveled down Natalie’s spine as she met Bastien’s gaze filled with infatuation and obsession. She thought she had grasped Bastien’s thoughts, but he was more deranged than she imagined. “You…”

A look of utter disbelief flashed across her eyes. Having grown accustomed to her astonished reaction, Bastien, unfazed, spoke. “Natalie, you don’t need to undergo plastic surgery.

All you have to do is wear the hyper-realistic mask you put on when we first met, and no one will know about your real identity. I know you may feel slightly aggrieved for needing to do this, but don’t worry because you don’t have to wear the mask when we are alone.”

At that point, Natalie responded. She shifted her cold gaze onto him. “You want me to live the rest of my life wearing the hyper-realistic mask?”

“No, not a lifetime.” He slowly moved his fingers from her chin to her cheeks and caressed her face. “As time pass, when no one remembers the name ‘Natalie Nichols’ anymore, the mask will lose its significance too.”

Natalie didn’t find his elaboration affectionate. Instead, the emotions that filled her chest were terror and disgust.

“Bastien, you knew from the beginning the collaboration with the Leitz family aimed to set me up. Or perhaps I should say that you permitted the scheme to be executed. You allowed me to be framed, captured, and suffer these torturous punishments!”

Even the death penalty was his ultimate move for me to adopt a new identity. Bastien was clearly in the know of everything. He could’ve stopped the events that ensued from the very beginning, yet he chose to stand idly by and watch the plot transpire. Helma thinks she orchestrated this ploy. However, she doesn’t realize Bastien has secretly manipulated and propelled this conspiracy.

At that thought, Natalie grew agitated to the extent of starting to cough violently. Cough! Cough! Cough! Her coughing was so terrible that she felt as if her lungs were about to be expelled too.