Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie) novel Chapter 717

Everyone was a little stunned. After all, Victoria doted on Hanley. They never expected her to be so harsh with him. Hanley looked quite pitiful.

Victoria continued her tirade as she hit him.

"Do you know I was worried sick? I thought you'd fallen into the hands of a bad person. Do you know how scared Grandma was that something might happen to you? If anything happened to you, Grandma wouldn't want to live anymore."

"Grandma, I'm sorry."

Hanley was wailing. Mrs. Lockwood couldn't bear to watch. Victoria wasn't holding back.

"You can use your words to discipline him. There’s no need to hit him."

Natalie watched Victoria hit Hanley, her expression dark. Something felt very strange.

"Grandma, I'm sorry I worried you. I just missed Mommy so much."

"You missed your mommy, so you ran off by yourself? Where did you go?"

"We went camping on the mountain as a family before. I had so much fun. I really want to go camping with Mommy again. I wish our family could go back to how it was before, to the times when I would wake up and both Mom and Dad were there."

Victoria managed to force out a couple of tears and said to Natalie, "Natalie, did you hear what this child said? He ran to the mountain because you all camped there together. It's because he misses you, because he misses the days when the three of you lived together. He's so happy. He wants to be with you. After hearing him say all this, can you still have the heart to abandon him?"

"I'm not abandoning him. You're the ones who fought for his custody. And at the time, he chose to be with you. I was the one who was abandoned."

"Home? I have no home with you!"

Natalie's firm refusal made Victoria grit her teeth in frustration. She suppressed her anger and said, "You and Darren have a child together. It's normal for couples to argue a bit. You should get back together for the child's sake. Besides, Darren still…"

Mrs. Lockwood cut her off with a cold laugh. "Everyone can see what you're up to. Now that you see Natalie has become a Ward, you want her back. You're after the Ward family's fortune, aren't you? But I think your hopes are about to be dashed."

"What do you mean by that?"

Victoria looked at Mrs. Lockwood, a sudden sense of foreboding washing over her.

Natalie said, "I've already told the Ward family that I have no intention of returning. I won't be taking any of the Ward Group's assets either. I expect the Ward Group will announce in the next day or two that Marcus Ward will inherit the presidency and become the heir to the Ward family."