Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie) novel Chapter 268

"My brother passed away five years ago, and you've been a widow in the Cross family for just as long. You're still young and have no children. You can't waste your whole life here. I want you to take these shares and start a new life."

Marie was utterly shocked. She stared at Darren in disbelief.

She couldn't believe he was telling her to leave.

Darren was actually using shares to get rid of her.

Marie was furious and wanted to scream, but she fought to control her anger.

Her facial muscles twitched with the effort.

"Darren, do you have any idea what you're saying? Are you trying to kick me out?"

She had already asked Victoria to start arranging their wedding and was about to tell him, but now, at this very moment, he was telling her to leave.

Darren avoided her gaze, speaking nonchalantly. "I'm not kicking you out. I just feel that if you continue like this, you'll be wasting your youth."

But that was the same as kicking her out. The realization hit Marie again, and this time she couldn't hold back. Her voice rose several octaves.

"Darren, you want to get rid of me by saying I'm wasting my youth? How could you be so cruel? You've already divorced Natalie; now is the time to marry me! Your mother is already preparing for our wedding, and now you're trying to pay me off with these shares? What do you take me for?"

Marie's hysteria didn't seem to faze Darren, but her last comment did. His mother was preparing a wedding for him and Marie?

"What are you talking about? Why would Mom be arranging our wedding?"

"I cared for you because you're my sister-in-law, because my brother died young. I didn't want you to feel like an outsider in the Cross family. I was considerate of your feelings, but it led to a misunderstanding, both with you and with Natalie. And now, I regret it deeply."

"You regret it? You actually said you regret it? You regret it because of Natalie? Then what were my five years of dedication and sacrifice for?"

"This is all I can give you—these shares. The man you married was my brother. I have no right to kick you out. I just hope you can live well. Take these shares and start a new life. You're still young."

Marie was completely stunned. She could never have imagined that Darren would actually try to send her away, that he really wanted her gone.

She was livid.

"Darren, as a Ward, I wouldn't stoop to take such a paltry amount of shares. I never thought that I, Marie Ward, would one day be dismissed with money."