The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 3

Natalie coldly turned around and left empty-handed with her hands in her pocket.

Selena bit her bottom lip, and she couldn't hide the expression on her face. After a long while, she stomped her feet while gritting her teeth.

"Mom, Dad, just look at her. What's the meaning of this? Is she making an enemy out of us? The Langleys have raised her for so long. She had the life that was supposed to be mine for 20 years. What right does she have to speak this way? She made it sound like the Langleys owed her something."

Diana ached for her daughter after Natalie exposed her in front of Tyler. She could no longer maintain the composed expression on her face.

Diana murmured as she watched Natalie's back, "What a traitor! We wasted so many years of our lives raising her."

"Ty, this is a misunderstanding." Selena bit her bottom lip and cautiously looked at Tyler. When she first returned to the Langley family and saw Tyler at the reunion banquet, it was love at first sight for her.

Knowing that Natalie and Tyler grew up together like childhood sweethearts, Selena was distraught that Tyler liked Natalie and was unwilling to rescind his marriage proposal.

As such, Selena asked Meredith to put on this spectacle for her. She planned to label Natalie as a thief when she left the Langleys, hoping to show Tyler that Natalie was an orphan and a bad person.

However, she never expected Natalie to place a surveillance camera in her room and at the entrance of her room.

It would be a lie to say Tyler wasn't disappointed. However, he was aware that Selena, as the real Langley daughter, would do something drastic to retaliate. This was given her suffering and lack of security on the streets.

Selena's hatred and jealousy, fueled by the fact that Natalie had taken 20 years of her life, made it understandable for her to be angry.

"Don't worry. It was merely a misunderstanding. It's alright as long as Natalie did not steal anything from the Langleys."

The corner of Tyler's lips curled into a smile. "Selena, Mr. and Mrs. Langley, I have matters to attend to. I'll take my leave."

Selena wanted to say something, but Diana quickly grabbed Selena's hand, stopping her. She smiled at Tyler and said, "Okay, go ahead. Be sure to come back for dinner."

"Okay." Tyler agreed and left the Langley residence.

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Tyler had only driven briefly before he noticed Natalie walking by the street with both hands in her pockets.

Natalie was tall and slim with an outstanding figure. Her features were so gorgeous that she looked terrific, even when bare-faced. When she applied a full face of makeup, she looked even more breathtaking.

Tyler's mother, Mariah Fisherman, had previously mentioned that Natalie didn't resemble Victor and Diana. The better parts of Victor's and Diana's features combined didn't come close to Natalie's beautiful facial features.

At that time, Tyler had laughed and said that genes were a mysterious thing. As long as his future wife was good-looking, it would be enough for him.

As it turned out, however, Natalie wasn't the true Langley daughter he was to marry.

Tyler felt a discomfort in his chest that he couldn't explain.

"Where are you going, Natalie? Let me drive you there," Tyler said to Natalie with his car window down.

Natalie looked at Tyler and immediately shook her head gently. "That won't be necessary."

Since she wasn't the daughter of the Langley family, her marriage arrangement with Tyler became obsolete. Even if they grew up together, Natalie wasn't in the business of competing with other women for a man.

"Are we no longer friends because you're not a Langley anymore?"

Tyler looked at her, slightly upset. "Was the relationship we built together growing up not real? Get in the car. I'll drive you. It's hard to hail a cab here."

Natalie thought about it. Hailing a cab would indeed take a long time on such a quiet street. As such, she simply opened the car door and climbed inside.

"Drop me off where it's more convenient to hail a cab."

Tyler wasn't having any of it. "Where are you going? I'll drive you there."

"That's okay. You're Selena's fiancé now, so you should keep your distance from me." Natalie rejected Tyler's kindness indifferently.