Felix was speechless.
He didn't know what to say and fell silent.
After a while, he chuckled.
He teased lightly, "Seven, you've grown up. You're not as innocent as before."
Natalia froze.
He knew she hated it when he spoke to her in that tone, but he insisted on doing it.
It seemed he was born to go against her.
She rubbed her forehead and had a headache.
"Felix, one more word, and I'll go back to Ambario immediately and drop the deal! I will never work with you again!"
Felix chuckled, "Why? You've really gotten crafty!"
After a pause, he sensed that she was really getting angry and immediately changed the subject.
"Well, I promise you I'll tell you everything I know about what happened nine years ago, if you help me win the championship in Flying."
Natalia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Deal."
"Deal."
After that, Natalia hung up the phone.
She got up, poured a glass of lukewarm water, and went to the balcony. She stared at the beautiful night view of Lanceham.
It had been nine years!
Soon it would be ten since she first came to this place.
She went from being an eighteen-year-old teenager to a mother of two.
It haunted her and she never found the answer.
Natalia would never forget that one day nine years ago, she woke up and found herself lying on a white surgical bed.
Next to her were Felix and Mr. K.
They looked at her and told her that she had been rescued by them from the sea.
She was seriously injured. It took the doctors hours to operate on her. She was in a coma for many days before she woke up.
Natalia tried hard to remember everything she had experienced.
But she didn't remember anything.
It was like someone had dug a big hole in her memory. The only thing she could remember was what happened in Ambario.
As for what happened to her in Othua, she didn't remember at all.
It had been exactly three months since she had come to Othua.
A lot of things had happened, but the memory had vanished from her mind.
She didn't know where she'd been, what she'd done, or what she'd experienced.
It was like a few floors in a tall building were missing.
It looked peaceful now, but deep inside her, this matter was like a time bomb that could explode at any time.
So she wanted to find it out.
Natalia closed her eyes and felt the cool night air on her face.
After a long time, she opened her eyes with a grim look.
Then she turned around and walked into the room.
The next day.
Natalia went to bed late but woke up early.
She was already up and washing her face before Nancy knocked on the door.
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