Irwin's already suffocating heart felt even more stifled upon hearing Natalie's words.
Regardless of the role he played in Cedric and Natalie's lives in the past, he couldn't help but offer an explanation for Cedric.
"Nat, the thing is...!" Irwin began.
"When I found out that both of you approached me because of Blair, do you know what was going through my mind?" Natalie interrupted.
"Nat!"
"Nothing! My mind was blank!"
Indeed!
At that moment, Natalie's mind went blank, overwhelmed by tumultuous emotions that left her unable to react. She couldn't bring herself to believe that everything was real!
How could it be real?
How could things turn out that way?
She couldn't believe it! She couldn't believe that things could be like that.
"For seven years, do you know how he treated me during those seven years?"
At this moment, instead of speaking of hatred, she spoke of love.
But was there love between them?
Now, looking back, even saying 'yes' felt ironic!
Natalie scoffed, "I thought he loved me very much! So when Isabella appeared, when Isabella touched our relationship, I found it incredible."
Seven years!
How much did Cedric love her during those seven years?
Ever since he appeared in her world, it was as if he instantly reached out and pulled her out of the quagmire. He was like a godly figure in her world, but who could have known that this existence was so terrifying?
"Nat," taking a deep breath, Irwin moved his lips, wanting to say something, but he couldn't.
Before he could speak, Natalie continued, "He waited for me to eat together every day. He personally escorted me to the dormitory door every day."
"On holidays, he wouldn't go home! He stayed by my side, making me, who already had no family, completely devoid of loneliness."
At that time, she had nothing!
But Cedric, with a strong presence, became like family to her.
Irwin felt suffocated!
He never imagined that Cedric was such a presence in Natalie's world.
Considering all of this...!
"He took me traveling, wherever I wanted to go, he took me there. Whatever food I wanted to eat, as long as I mentioned it, he would find a way to get it for me."
This was what it meant to be attentive! That was the Cedric of those days.
From these words, Irwin could hear how sweet those seven years were between them.
Cedric truly cherished her.
Perhaps that's why, during the three years of marriage, no matter what grievances she faced, no matter how the Jiang family treated her, she never thought of leaving Cedric. She silently endured everything for him.
Even when rumors about Isabella and Cedric surfaced, she didn't cry or make a scene because she always believed in him!
But in the end...!
When Isabella was attacked, and Cedric wanted to save Isabella with her own eyes, that was when she finally erupted.
Not all love can withstand limitless harm.
"I never believed he would hurt me for another woman! It was only at Wexford that I realized I wasn't the one in his heart."
"Nat."
"You're the same, aren't you?" Irwin's words were cut off again by Natalie's direct interruption.
"...,"
The same? Him?
"Time and time again, rescuing me from difficulties, it's not just about plotting against him, but because of... Blair!"
The last two words, Natalie's tone turned cold.
"...,"
His heart instantly suffocated!
Wasn't it?
No, it wasn't because of that!
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