Chapter 463 Rosalie's Plea
Rosalie was floored. "You and Adrian..."
"Mom, I've been with Adrian forever. I knew him way before Alice did." She shot Rosalie a look and went on, "Are you here to beg for Alice, saying she's engaged to Adrian and they’re planning a wedding this year, so I should back off?"
Rosalie asked, "Natalie, I know you’re mad at me and Alice, but Alice is laid up with a bunch of broken bones. She saved Claire. Her wedding with Adrian is a done deal. Why are you doing this? Why not just let them be?"
"Who’s letting me be?" Natalie's fingers were ice-cold as she grabbed Rosalie's hand. "Mom, remember how your hospital bills got paid? I lied. It wasn’t the Cullen family who covered it." She suddenly found her past self ridiculous and laughed out loud. "Curtis wouldn’t care; he’s a total hypocrite. And Avery would rather see us all dead. I did something for Alice, and she paid me for it."
Rosalie was blindsided by this bombshell.
Natalie kept going, "Do you know what I did for Alice?"
Rosalie shook her head, feeling something was off. "Did Alice mess with you, Natalie? It’s my fault. All my fault. Blame me."
Natalie's voice was calm and soft as she looked at Rosalie. No matter what, Rosalie always thought of Alice. Her heart felt like it was gonna burst, an emotion so strong she wanted to cry but couldn’t shed a tear.
"Alice found out where Adrian was staying. She wanted to set up a situation to marry him, so she had me go into his room. That night, it was me with Adrian, not Alice, because Alice wasn’t a virgin and was scared of being found out. I look a lot like her. If the Howard family knew it was me that night, would they still marry Alice?"
Rosalie was stunned.
The shocks kept coming, making Rosalie's breathing go haywire. Natalie supported her, not expecting Rosalie's condition to tank. She wanted to call 911 but was held back by Rosalie's frail hand.
"Natalie." Rosalie sounded like she was on her last legs, her voice heavy and raspy. "Natalie, I’m begging you."
Natalie paused, looking at Rosalie with hurt in her eyes. Her lips were pale and trembling, like she was giving in to fate. "Begging me? Mom, what are you begging me for?"
She knew what Rosalie wanted, but she hadn’t expected Rosalie to still choose Alice.
Even though Alice was reckless and almost got them both killed, Rosalie still begged her for Alice's sake upon learning the truth.
Natalie found it laughable, absurd, and pathetic.
When guilt hit a certain level and piled up, Rosalie found it not hard to say these words.
"Everything is my doing. You can hate me; I don’t blame you. It’s all my fault. I beg you, don’t expose Alice, okay?" Rosalie knew how much Alice wanted to marry Adrian, how much she wanted to be the Howard family’s mistress.
"What if I say no?" Natalie's face was pale. "Why should my life be sacrificed for Alice? Alice likes Adrian, so do I. You beg me to let Alice have her way, but why don’t you beg Alice to let me have mine?"
Rosalie hadn't expected her usually obedient daughter to suddenly push back so hard. She thought that even if the past came out, Natalie's long-standing feelings for her would make her listen. She never saw this coming.
Rosalie couldn’t answer.
Natalie stood up, pulled out her phone, and dialed 911. That night, Rosalie was taken to the hospital. Due to her emotional state, her condition relapsed. Coincidentally, the doctor on duty at the hospital was Jagger.
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