The Year She Stopped Being Crazy for Him novel Chapter 270

The second Natalie opened the car door and stepped out, Tobias rushed toward her.

He was at least smart enough to come alone this time, clearly terrified that bringing his new wife would only set Natalie off. The sheer panic plastered across his face proved he had been stewing in anxiety for a while.

Just as he reached out to grab her arm, Hassan stepped smoothly out of the car behind her. Impeccably dressed in a tailored suit, he swept a cold, dismissive glance over Tobias. Instantly, Tobias abandoned any thought of touching her. He shrank back, clasping his hands together in a pathetic plea. "Natalie, please. You have to save your brother!"

His voice shook violently. "You're the only one who can help him! He got set up at school! Those awful kids are all claiming he pushed the youngest Holt boy down the stairs! But he'd never do something like that! They obviously did it themselves and are just using my poor boy as a scapegoat!"

Natalie looked at him coolly. A sudden, sharp laugh escaped her. "A scapegoat?"

She glanced down at her own knee.

She was wearing a fitted, plaid skirt today that stopped at mid-thigh, leaving her knees and calves fully exposed. Pointing to a flawless patch of skin on her knee, she leveled a glare at him.

"Do you remember when I had to get stitches right here? I was thirteen."

"What?" Tobias stared at her, entirely lost. "When did that happen?"

Her lips curved into a bitter, devastating smile. "Right around the exact same age Jasper is now. Your mistress shoved me down the stairs, and you stood there and told everyone I was vicious and calculating. You let her use me as a scapegoat and said I had been nothing but a malicious brat since the day I was born."

Bringing it up now, she had honestly thought she was over it. But despite her best efforts, her eyes still stung with hot tears.

"I took the fall for your mistakes, too. That's just part of being your child, isn't it? So why should Jasper get a free pass? Why should I lift a finger for him when he never once lifted a finger for me?"

Tobias gritted his teeth. "He was just a kid back then! How can you..."

"He was a kid. But what about you? Did you ever stand up for me?"

Tobias dropped to his knees right in front of her. "Natalie, I'm begging you. Please help him. He's the only..."

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