HIS REGRET (Ex-Husband wants Me Back) novel Chapter 1068

However, her steps stopped when she heard Natalie’s name.

“Thank goodness Natalie is still willing to defend her.”

“Yeah. They said Natalie even explained to some people that Eli isn’t like what they’re saying.”

Eli turned her head briefly before finally leaving without wanting to be noticed.

When she arrived at her room, she closed the door and leaned against it. The conversation from earlier echoed in her mind again.

Natalie again.

Eli walked toward the study table and slowly sat down. Her thoughts returned to the various incidents that she had considered insignificant all this time. Natalie, who always asked her to understand her closeness with David. Her questions about Josh. Her accusation that Eli might have made up her relationship with David. And now, Natalie was always the first person to know about the latest developments in the gossip about her.

Eli fell silent.

“Is all of this just a coincidence?”

She did not know the answer yet. She also did not want to accuse Natalie without evidence. However, for the first time, she began to see that perhaps all this time, there had been someone slowly making her feel as if she were the one at fault.

Eli reached for her phone. Natalie’s name was still on her recent conversations list. Her finger moved as if she were about to open the message, but then stopped.

No.

This time, Eli would not immediately ask questions or believe everything Natalie said. She would see for herself what was actually happening.

She did not want to become the girl who was easily deceived again, only to blame herself for something she had not even done.

For the first time, Eli chose to stay silent and observe.

Especially Natalie.

“If my instincts are right, I hope... I had never met you,” Eli said with determination.

A few days later, Eli began paying closer attention to Natalie.

She did not ask anything or show that she had begun paying attention to everything Natalie said. Eli simply stayed silent, letting everything continue as usual. However, the more she observed, the more often she heard her name being mentioned in other people’s conversations.

Then one afternoon, when Eli was about to head to the library, her steps stopped after she heard Natalie’s voice from around the corner of the corridor.

“I never meant to make Eli look bad. I only told them what I saw.”

Eli, who had initially intended to keep walking, unconsciously stopped.

“I also never said that Eli cheated,” Natalie continued. “I only said that she was often with Josh. If people then came to their own conclusions, that’s not my fault.”

Eli’s heart began beating faster.

We’re friends.

I just want you to reflect on yourself.

Eli clenched her fists.

All this time, Natalie had always asked her to understand David, understand their relationship, even understand other people’s reasons when Eli herself was the one who was hurt. But when it came to her, Natalie had easily brought her personal matters before other people.

What hurt even more was that Natalie had done it while continuing to come to her with a concerned expression, as if she had never been part of the problem.

Eli stopped at the end of the corridor and took a deep breath.

“Why?” Eli murmured softly. “What do you actually want from me, Natalie?”

Her phone rang, and Naomi’s name appeared on the screen. Eli’s brows furrowed deeply. “Yes, Naomi?”

“I’m in front of your dorm,” she said cheerfully. “Cale allowed me to pick you up.”

Eli was stunned. “What for?”

“You haven’t forgotten that you have to go home this week, have you? Or are you deliberately keeping yourself busy?”