Chapter 1012 The Stolen Life
At night, Adrian held Natalie close when she couldn't sleep.
In the dim light, she gazed at his handsome profile and high nose bridge.
Adrian was awake too. "Can't sleep?"
"Just a bit excited." Realizing she was finally married to Adrian, Natalie suddenly sat up, opened the drawer, turned on the light, and looked at their marriage certificate, feeling at ease.
Adrian saw this and chuckled. "Dummy."
"I'm afraid it's fake." Because of her rough childhood, Natalie didn't feel very secure.
"It's real. You're my wife." Adrian held her and kissed her cheek.
The next morning, Natalie took Adrian to the cemetery.
Standing in front of Stanley and Ryan's tombstones, Natalie held two bouquets of flowers. "Dad, Ryan, I got married. This is Adrian, my husband."
Adrian took the flowers from Natalie's arms and placed them in front of the tombstones. "Dad, Ryan, I'll take good care of Natalie, don't worry."
At 10 a.m., the sun was just right.
Natalie looked at Ryan's photo, reached out, and gently touched it. Time had worn this photo out. Natalie murmured, "Ryan, are you still there?"
Adrian sensed she had more to say, so he stepped back and waited for her a little distance away.
Natalie chatted with Stanley and Ryan for a while, talking about recent events and funny things that had happened while she was filming.
After a bit, she started pulling the weeds around the tombstone.
Actually, the cemetery staff usually handled this. This was a pretty high-end cemetery in Vachilit. She and Rosalie couldn't afford to bury Stanley and Ryan here. It was because Stanley's death was related to Curtis, so the Cullen family covered all the funeral expenses.
There were some weeds, but not many.
Natalie quickly dealt with them and wiped the dust off the tombstone before leaving.
"I always felt that Ryan didn't die," Natalie told Adrian. "I met someone who looked almost exactly like Ryan. But I couldn't find any clues or prove he was Ryan. His name is Raymond Newman."
"Raymond?" Adrian knew him and wondered what connection he had with Natalie. "If you think he might be your brother, I can arrange for him to come out, and you can do a DNA test. The results will come out quickly."
Natalie held Adrian's arm, sighed, and shook her head. "I'm actually not Rosalie and Stanley's biological daughter. It's crazy. My biggest dream was to leave the Cullen family, buy a house in Vachilit, and live with Rosalie. Rosalie was sick and needed a kidney transplant. I didn't have that much money; I was still in college. Alice told me that if I went into that room and slept with the man inside for one night, she'd give me the money. I agreed because I wanted to save my mother. And then..."
She looked up at him as Adrian tightly held her hand.
"All my efforts were for Rosalie. I endured hardships, worked several jobs a day, just to save up enough money for her treatment as soon as possible. But I never expected that she wasn't my biological mother, but the one who stole my life!" Natalie said sullenly.
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