Chapter 662
Clyde's embrace made Natalie feel secure and warm. So, this was the charm of family strength. Since
returning to the Jarvis family, this warmth had been everywhere.
"When is the surgery scheduled?" Clyde asked. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.
"Tomorrow."
"Then I'll stay here with you."
"Okay," Natalie replied.
Hearing that Clyde would accompany her, Natalie felt even warmer inside. She felt much more
reassured by his presence.
Clyde tightened his arms around her. He didn't ask Natalie what darkness truly looked like!
Even if the surgery succeeded, it was probably a pain she wouldn't want to face in her lifetime. -
In a wooden building not far away, Cedric and Irwin stood together. They watched as Clyde held
Natalie.
At that moment, Cedric's eyes held more than just sadness and bitterness. He spoke in a hoarse voice,
"I once thought that her world revolved around me."
"So, at one point, you also believed that she could never live without you, right? You thought that no
matter what happened, she could never be without you!"
Cedric fell silent at Irwin's words.
Indeed!
No matter what happened, Cedric always believed that Natalie would never leave him.
He thought Natalie would stay by his side forever.
However, he was wrong.
Even if she had nothing... she would still leave him if she was hurt!
Now that the limits of her patience had been reached, there would be no compromise or forgiveness.
"After tomorrow..."
Irwin trailed off when he reached this point. At this moment, the atmosphere between the two was
heavy.
What would happen after tomorrow?
After tomorrow...
Cedric... would fall into the same suffocating darkness that Natalie was experiencing now.
"After tomorrow, Irwin... you'll be the only one left in her world!"
This time, Cedric had truly made up his mind.
No... He had decided after he left Yuloria and when he allowed Irwin to head to Natalie's side.
He was leaving Natalie.
"Are you really...?" Irwin looked at Cedric with anxiety when he reached this point.
Previously, Cedric had said there seemed to be no one else in this world he could trust except Irwin.
But was Cedric really willing?
Naturally, he wasn't!
He couldn't bear to let go!
As Cedric had said before, he never imagined that he and Natalie would come to this point. No matter
what had happened in their life before, he had never thought Natalie would truly leave him.
However, they have now reached this point.
"I can't bear it...!" Cedric said these words with such helplessness.
Irwin fell silent.
Cedric couldn't bear it!
He was obviously reluctant to leave!
Ten years... a full ten years!
How many couples failed to reach the ten-year mark?
They spent ten years together, and the depth of their feelings in those years...!
So now, putting it down and letting go of everything was naturally unbearable for Cedric.
However, he had to let go!
"Irwin, don't let her down again." Cedric's tone was heavier than ever.
"In that case, cancel the surgery tomorrow."
"You-"
"Can you let go then?" Cedric cut off Irwin's words before he finished.
Irwin fell silent instantly!
Obviously, he couldn't!
His silence also made Cedric see his determination towards Natalie. Irwin was a man who had difficulty
falling in love with a woman. But once he did, he would never let her down.
"Since there's no way out for me and her, then I... will let go!"
Cedric glanced at Natalie in Clyde's arms. His tone was somewhat solemn.
Irwin was silent. At this moment, even breathing felt difficult.
He would let go!
Cedric was letting go for real this time. He was no longer clinging to Natalie and had completely let go
of her.
Irwin's heart ached terribly.
The early evening sunlight, tinged with a faint red, could freeze anyone's gaze for an eternity.
At this moment, Cedric had engraved everything about Natalie in the depths of his memory!
"Do you know why I scheduled the surgery for tomorrow?"
Irwin was silent.
Why?
"Because I want to see her in the morning sun. I want to see her bathed in hope," Cedric said.
The morning sun represented hope.
He wanted to see her in hope!
"She's been by your side for so many years. Haven't you seen her like this before?" Irwin asked.
"For her, there's been too much despair!"
Irwin stiffened at Cedric's words.
Cedric was right.
In the days leading up to their divorce, Natalie had experienced too much despair by his side. It was a
despair that almost enveloped her.
That was a fact that could never be changed.
And now...!
Tomorrow was the surgery, and everything in her future was now filled with hope.
That was truly what standing in hope looked like. -
Cedric left soon after.
During dinner, there was a bonfire party. Lydia and Xyla were thrilled. Although Natalie couldn't see
anything, Clyde's arrival clearly improved her mood. The atmosphere was lively, and she could feel the
enthusiastic ambiance around the bonfire.
"Open your mouth." Clyde's voice came from beside her.
Natalie protested, "I can do it myself!"
"Open your mouth!" The man's tone was firm, and there was also a hint of coercion.
Natalie fell silent.
In the end, she reluctantly opened her mouth. Clyde stuffed a piece of appropriately sized grilled meat
seasoned with cumin, her favorite food, into her mouth.
She recalled the first time she and Cedric had eaten grilled meat together. It had also tasted like this.
The past surged like a tide!
But more than anything, it brought her a cold feeling of suffocation.
"How does it taste?" Clyde's voice brought her back to reality.
At this moment, Natalie realized that it was all in the past. Things were completely different now.
Forget it!
In the future, no one would ever be able to force her to accept what she didn't want to accept.
Natalie nodded. "Hmm, it's delicious."
"The coconut juice here is very refreshing. I'll ask Lydia to bring you some."
"No need, let her enjoy herself."
Lydia and Xyla rarely went out during the time they spent in Yuloria with her. Girls naturally loved to
have fun, and now that they were in a lively atmosphere, Natalie didn't want to spoil their fun.
"Then I'll go get it for you." Clyde felt somewhat helpless with Natalie's temperament.
If it wasn't because of Blair, Natalie's attitude toward Irwin and Cedric probably wouldn't have been so
resolute, right?
So, in the end, it was they who... wronged her first!
No one could accept that Natalie had only experienced all her beautiful memories because she was
living in the shadow of another person!