Chapter 203
Chapter 203
"If there comes a day." Natalie batted her eyelashes and said, "If one day, you don't like me anymore or even hate me, will you also use such ruthless means against me?"
Tobias' black eyes seemed to contain an infinite amount of dark light, "I won't ever not like you."
"Why?" Natalie's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Tobias looked at Natalie and asked, "Why not?"
"What do you mean?" Natalie asked again.
Tobias' eyes twitched.
He felt helpless around Natalie.
"Natalie, over the past few years, there have been a lot of women around me. Or should I say, there were a lot of women who wanted me to notice them," Tobias suddenly said.
Natalie's eyes trembled slightly.
At that moment, she felt a little jealous.
She knew that an outstanding man like Tobias would definitely try to get other fish in the sea. He could easily get just anyone.
"But the only woman I've ever noticed was you, only you. I don't fall for a woman that easily, but once I fall in love with her, I won't easily change my mind, unless..."
At that point, Tobias stopped all of a sudden.
"Unless what?" Natalie suddenly became very curious.
Tobias was silent for a moment.
"Nothing. Sleep." Tobias closed his eyes.
Natalie's heart stopped for a second.
She knew that Tobias did not intend to continue. No matter how hard she asked, she could not get her way.
She was a little upset.
However, it did not last long because she remembered what Tobias just said to her, which might be another confession of his love.
Tobias said that in the past few years, he had only fallen in love with Natalie alone.
Natalie thought about it and felt very happy again.
However, this happiness did not last long, just like when she was upset earlier.
She was thinking about how Tobias said that it was these recent years.
What about the past? Had any woman been able to walk into Tobias' heart?
Time passed day by day. Natalie's summer vacation was nearing.
Tobias told Natalie that he was going to bring her on a cruise.
The cruise ship was the well- known "Princess Cruise".
Even if Natalie was not well-versed with the high-status society, she knew a thing or two about the Princess Cruise.
The Princess Cruise would hold a charity event on the cruise ship every year, and the guests they would invite were all the rich and famous from business and politics.
Natalie never expected that she would be able to go on a cruise that only appeared in magazines and television.
She wanted to refuse but Tobias said, "I want you to go with me." In an instant, she swallowed her refusal.
When the man said it, his eyes were fixated on her. There was an indescribable feeling in them. Natalie could not say anything to refuse him.
Initially, Natalie wanted to work to provide for James. However, now that James won the lottery, she did not have to work. She had nothing to do anyway. It was better to participate in an event on a cruise with Tobias to broaden her experience.
Before accompanying Tobias on the Princess Cruise, Natalie went back to the Godfrey family. Of course, it was because James asked her to.
James hoped that the family could have a good meal together.
The Godfrey family was no longer the Godfrey family they used to be.
Because James received a large sum of money, the Godfrey family no longer lived in the old single unit. Instead, they moved to the city and bought a nearly two- hundred- acre house, which was decorated lavishly.
In fact, there were only a handful of people in the Godfrey family. There was no need for them to buy such a big house. After all, James won the sum of money from the lottery. He had no savings to begin with. There was really no need to splurge.
Natalie was very clear that Madison and Queenie must have been behind this.
Her father was an honest man and would never do such a vain thing.
The dinner was a little awkward.
Although Madison and Queenie did not say anything, they kept looking at Natalie with a very displeased look.
Seeing this, Natalie was outraged, but for the sake of her father, she swallowed it.
James kept getting food for Natalie.
Queenie was enraged. At first, she tried to control her anger, but later she opened her mouth and said coldly, "Dad, she is with a rich man now. Why do you keep giving food to her?"
James knew a little about Natalie but he did not ask too much.
He believed that Natalie was a good girl who would make her own decisions.
What more, he also knew Madison did not treat Natalie well. It was good for Natalie to escape from this family.
James put his utensils down for a moment.
His face darkened, "Queenie, no matter what, Natalie is my daughter. Would Natalie move out if you treated her slightly better as her sister?"
Queenie snorted heavily.
Madison glared at James harshly and said, "Don't talk so much. Eat your dinner!"
James was terrified of his fierce wife. As soon as she spoke, James immediately stopped and did not make another sound.
Natalie sighed silently in her heart.
Her father was good at everything, but he was too obedient towards his wife. He did not even have his own opinions. NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.
After dinner, Natalie took James to the balcony to chat.
She would come back if she could in the future. With that, she would have less contact with James. Hence, whenever she had the chance to meet him, she would naturally want to have a good time talking to her father.
"Dad, I'm not like how Queenie described me to be, mingling with powerful people for the sake of vanity," Natalie said to James.
She just realized that Queenie must have slandered her a lot to James.
James nodded and said, "Natalie, you are my daughter. I know who you are. You don't have to explain yourself. I believe you."
Natalie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "By the way, Dad, do you have plans to open up a small business, as you said before?"
All of a sudden, James started to stutter.
Doubt flashed across Natalie's eyes. "Dad, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing."James was avoiding the topic.
The doubt in Natalie's heart grew. She kept probing and James opened his mouth.
It turned out that Madison had taken all the money he won from the lottery.
Besides buying the lavish house, Madison said that she would give Brayden the rest of the money as his funds to get married. She did not leave any money for James.
Natalie was about to implode in anger. She was going to give Madison a piece of her mind.
However, James stopped Natalie, and his face was extremely helpless, "Natalie, don't argue with your mother. As long as this family stays in peace, it's okay. The rest is not important. It is all alright as long as the family is together."
Natalie knew James was tolerating everything to keep the peace in the family, but she could not bear with it.
She did not want her father to be used by Madison as a money- making machine and go to the construction site again.
Natalie found Madison, who was chatting with Brayden and Queenie in the living room.