Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie) novel Chapter 73

Victoria's words sent a ripple of shock through the audience, both in the studio and in the square.

The truth? What could the truth possibly be?

Natalie’s hands clenched into fists at her sides. She would stand here and see just what kind of twisted fairy tale they planned to spin.

“The truth is,” Victoria began, her voice resonating with manufactured sorrow, “that my younger son, Darren, and my daughter-in-law, Marie, were the ones who should have been married all those years ago.

They were childhood sweethearts, a match I was overjoyed to support.

But the very year they were planning their wedding, Natalie used despicable means to get into my son Darren’s bed.

They slept together, and Natalie used the resulting pregnancy to force her way into the Cross family.

Marie was utterly devastated. But she has a kind heart, and she couldn't bear the thought of an innocent child being caught in the crossfire, so she broke off the engagement, bearing the pain all by herself.

In that time, my son Darren was a wreck, lost in a fog of depression.

But Marie wouldn't forgive him. She’s a woman of principle; she couldn't tolerate such a betrayal.

She didn’t want their relationship to harm an innocent party. But she never realized that she was the most innocent one of all. The calculating one, the one with the dark heart, was Natalie.”

On the screen, a stream of comments began to fly by.

I know he was giving her his blessing to be with Darren. But that woman, Natalie, had already used her pregnancy to cement her place in our family.

Honestly, if it weren’t for Natalie, none of this tragedy would have ever happened. She comes from a terrible background, with a gambler for a father who constantly leeches off our family. We were willing to overlook all of that. But now, she has gone too far. She takes our money and uses it to stab us in the back, even going so far as to beat her own child.

She’s a psychopath. That video was a deepfake she created with AI, all to humiliate us and destroy our family’s reputation.

My son Darren and my daughter-in-law Marie have always had feelings for each other, but they have always maintained the utmost propriety. The chasm between them—brother and his sister-in-law—has kept them apart. Sometimes, it pains me to see them, two people who belong together but can’t be. Now Natalie wants to ruin them completely. My grandson has taken a stand, and so I must as well, to protect my son and my daughter-in-law. I will say this here and now: if the day comes when Darren and Marie can finally face their feelings and choose to be together, I will give them my wholehearted support.”

Hanley immediately shot his hand into the air and shouted, “Hanley supports them too! Hanley wants Auntie to be Hanley’s new mommy!”