An Affair With The Ceo (Natasha and Jared) novel Chapter 249

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Chapter 249 Forced to Reveal the Name

Chapter 249 Forced to Reveal the Name

Joelle’s expression suddenly shifted. “Natasha, you…”

But she had no comeback.

It was true. After marrying Nicolas, she kept seeing Percy.

Natasha didn’t give her a chance to defend herself, turning straight to Bernard.

“If cheating means getting punished by family rules, then the first person who should be punished isn’t me, but Joelle Joelle was completely dumbfounded, frozen in place, unable to get a single word out.

She was seething inside.

Roxanne immediately stepped in front of her daughter, shielding her.

Roxanne shot Natasha a fierce glare. “Natasha, you’re the one acting out, and now you’re trying to pull my daughter into your mess.”

Natasha wasn’t intimidated by Roxanne’s fierce aura.

Instead, she calmly shot back, “You know better than anyone what kind of person your daughter really is.”

Roxanne was momentarily speechless.

She felt a bit guilty inside.

She knew her own daughter better than anyone.

Even after marrying Nicolas, Joelle was anything but well-behaved.

Besides Percy, she was fooling around with several other men too.

“Enough. We’re talking about your issues now, so stop dragging others into this,” Bernard reprimanded sternly.

He shot a look at the butler.

The butler gave Natasha a helpless look, then went to fetch the disciplinary whip used for enforcing the family rules. The whip was long and stiff, glinting coldly under the light.

One strike from it would tear the skin right open.

The butler reluctantly handed the whip to Bernard.

“Do it.” Bernard ordered.

At his command, the servants immediately stepped forward, restraining Natasha and forcing her to her knees.

“Let me go.” Natasha struggled desperately, refusing to get on the ground.

“You can’t punish me.” she shouted.

Bernard towered over her, looking down with authority.

His face showed no warmth whatsoever.

“If I don’t teach you a lesson now, you’ll destroy the Whittier family’s reputation,” he said coldly.

Today, he was making an example of Natasha.

This was for Joelle and Collin to witness.

But Joelle and Collin were Bernard’s favorites, and with Roxanne always shielding them, he didn’t dare lay a finger on them.

So he latched onto Natasha’s mistake, deliberately making her punishment harsher to set an example for Joelle and Collin.

Natasha watched as Bernard’s merciless whip was about to come down on her.

“Wait.” Roxanne suddenly called out.

Roxanne suddenly called out.

Bernard looked at Roxanne in surprise.

She usually couldn’t stand Natasha, his illegitimate daughter. Was she actually going to speak up for her this time?

Under everyone’s stunned gaze, Roxanne walked up to Natasha. “If you’re willing to say the name of the guy you were seeing behind our backs, you can skip this punishment.”

She wanted to pin the cheating on Natasha, so Joelle would have a chance to marry Percy.

This was Joelle’s last shot at landing a rich husband.

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Chapter 249 Forced to Reveal the Name

The name of that man… Natasha thought.

Natasha narrowed her eyes.

Roxanne wanted her to spill Jared’s name.

If Jared were an ordinary guy, it wouldn’t make a difference whether she gave up his name or not.

But Jared was anything but ordinary.

Natasha knew Bernard had always been tight with Jared’s uncle Harley, and had been doing his bidding for years

Harley and Jared were constantly at each other’s throats, fighting for power both in the open and in the shadows.

Bernard had already tried to force her to help Harley go after Jared before.

If the Whittier family found out she had something going on with Jared now, they’d never let her off the hook.

She didn’t want to betray Jared.

And she absolutely refused to become a pawn in the rich families’ power games.

“Who is he?” Bernard pressed her, his voice low and demanding.

Everyone’s gaze locked onto Natasha.

Everyone fixed their gaze on her, suspicion and doubt written all over their faces.

Natasha held her head high.

She stood her ground, not flinching one bit.

“I already told you, it’s Percy.” she repeated, her voice unwavering.

Everyone stared at her in disbelief, like she was making things up.

Everyone thought, ‘Percy? Seriously?

‘No way it’s Percy.’

For one thing, the guy in the photo was way taller and way more muscular than Percy ever was.

Percy and Natasha were never that close.

And now they were out on dates, making out.

Everyone knew that the moment Natasha moved in, Percy had her living separately.

That was an open secret in the Whittier family.

“Natasha, are you really trying to fool Mom and Dad?” Joelle rolled her eyes, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she called her out.

Natasha kept her cool. “You guys asked me to say who it was, and I already told you.”

‘What else do they want from me?’ she thought.

‘Will they only be happy if I say the answer they’re expecting?’ she wondered.

Roxanne’s eyes were cold and sharp. “Natasha, I’m giving you one last chance. Who is the man in that photo?”

Natasha met her gaze. “I already told you, it’s Percy. If you don’t believe me, go ask him yourself.”

Bernard and Roxanne both fell silent.

Their faces looked even more grim.

If this had happened before, they would’ve marched right up to Percy and confronted him face-to-face.

But now, that was out of the question.

Now, Percy was the heir to the Grosso family.

He was the prized son-in-law they were desperate to pull into their corner.

Natasha fooling around with some guy outside was already a scandal in itself.

If it really was true and word got to Percy, they’d basically be outing themselves.

Natasha’s palms were slick with cold sweat.

Her heart was pounding like crazy.

Her calm on the outside was all for show.

She was playing a dangerous game.

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Chapter 249 Forced to Reveal the Name

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She was betting that Bernard and Roxanne wouldn’t risk letting Percy find out about this, much less actually call him oyer to confront her.

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