ituation so ridiculous tha
t wasn't until Natalie turned thirteen that her biologic
d, Joslyn was never sent back
n too attached to Jo
ad only just come home, to live with her grandfather, Jeff Fuller. She wasn't allowed to mo
red Joslyn that blood ties meant nothing and th
ng to her. She was told from day one that the marriage arrangement between the Fuller and Gi
ome trapped in a vegetative state, the Fuller famil
ed at her
y. "If your grandfather hadn't once saved Carl Gilbert's life, do y
f it's such a wonderful opportunity
before he could answer, Rhonda
liked Joslyn, but I didn't thi
inked in c
ed with love and care. She can't suffer the way you can. If she
Natalie lowered her eyes as a
sold vegetables at a roadside market. Natalie, who had been rais
very household chore. Her adoptive parents were harsh a
g clothes and dishes through freezing winters, Joslyn wa
en late into the night before she could finally sit down to do her homework. Meanwhile, Joslyn grew up in comfort and luxury, sp
rdship simply because life had n
an Fuller, stared at her
ed. "Do you really think marrying int
other hiding her indi
had always doted on Joslyn while t
have to do with you?"
ying in a coma, Wesley is still a man countless women
ughed at the absu
marrying Wesley were
en marry him," she said fl
ess developed any feelings for him. Why shou
ly known fashion designer, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and sp
ightly, unsure wha
the Fuller family. That means you have responsibilities. E
across the living room. "Dad, please don't pressure her an
hough she were gathering all her courage just to say those words. Her deli
reacted immediately. "No, Joslyn," he said fir
turning a cold gaze toward Natalie. "Are you satisfie
at kind of crisis the Fuller Group is facing right now. Without the G
eyes tur
Officially, she worked as Jeremy's secretary, but behind the scene
ompany recover from decline and even
emy had ignored her warnings and insisted on investing i
pital, nearly draining the company's cash res
en the crisis came, the family would cho
d enough and gave everything she had to the family, they mig
understood how naive
ment something went wrong, she was the fir
"The Fuller Group is in this mess because of your own bad decisio
at her unwavering attitude. After a br
"Wesley's medical team is the best in the world. If
tiffened
the Fuller family, she had been sent
the maid, Esme Fowler, who had cared for Natalie with genuine warmth and patience. To
e had fallen down the stai
pecialists and treatments, sparing no effort or e
ar accident, and the Gilbert family had gathere
at those doctors could help Esme, Natalie couldn't
ere, wearing a pitiful expression. Greg's face was filled with calculation, while her brothers w
of hope she had held for this fa
"Fine," she said quietly, the words almost fo
also offered Natalie a chance to escape the su
Rhonda finally smiled again, "I knew you'd make the right choice," Rhon
siness world for generations. Their wea
ess collaborations Carl had offered them. Simply becoming connected
tisfaction, Natalie spoke agai
e family. If there is somet
eeply into her palm as she spoke each word with deliberate
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