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Chapter 37

Hearing Nathan’s voice, Jane quickly loosed her grip on Mercedes’s hair, running to Nathan for shelter but he moved before she reached him. Disappointment clouded her but replaced it with a smile. She couldn’t let Mercedes win. This good for nothing bitch would allow me to wait for you in your office,” she complained.

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frowned, as crisps of anger meandered through him, he with gritted teeth, “her name is Mercedes. I won’t have you address any that manner. Then he turned to Mercedes. His heart sunk at her dishevelled form red marks on her cheeks. He hated for anyone to turn her but he couldn’t show emotions at the moment and quickly said, my apologies, Miss Winters,”

Mercedes had so much to ask but she had to be patient. After , she the ended it. “It’s fine, Mr Legend,”

excused herself and went to the washroom to put herself together.

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“Nat, so you are going to take her side?” Jane was embarrassed with how hert She couldn’t fathom it.

Nathan was indifferent and asked, “what do you want herek

Nathan treated her. Why did he speak to Mercedes if he of

Jane was heartbroken. She thought giving Nathan space as he asked would heal the past but it seemed to have made it worse. Perhaps, she should have stayed. “I’m your fiance and I have every reason to be here,” she stood her ground. Nathan gritted his teeth, grabbed her arm, yanked her to his office and shut the door. His action a bit harsh.

But Jane’s concern was still Mercedes. “Nat what is this? Why do you have female assistant?” She sounded irritable but Nathan indifferent, responding in his usual cold tone. The only person who had his warmth was Mercedes.

“It’s none of your business”

Jane was going mad. She didn’t imagine that Nathan’s heart would turn so dark towards her. She had to use her last bargaining chip. “You are so dead, Nat, you will never see your son!

Nathan’s eyes turned dark gazed deeply into hers. “Is he mine?” He was not doubting but pulling some strings for Jane to allow him to see his

Jane was well prepared for such an interrogation. “You know the answer to that. Your father has the DNA result.”

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Nathan pursed his lips, “I want to see him if he’s mine”

Jane’s gaze bored into . “You know what to do Nathan knew she was talking about marriage. After the engagement, he didn’t want to proceed with the wedding and asked for some time. Two years precisely because he wanted to prepare his mind since he felt no attraction towards bur after meeting Mercedes, he had no intention of doing planned. For the first time, he broke his promise but the surprising thing was, he had no

“That would never happen. That ring is all you will ever get, Jane,” his icy, Jane was hurt. She choked with tears as she spoke.

“I thought you were a man of your words? You said to give you three years to prepare and now this?”

“I said to prepare, not to marry you. There is a difference, Nathan smartly dodged her bul for over a decade and knew that something must have influenced that decision.

bullet. But Jane was smart. After all, she had known Nathan

“Your assistant.

her and I will bring our son Jane placed her cards on the table. If Mercedes was out of the picture, she would have renewed hope but unfortunately, Nathan wasn’t one to be tolled with. Indifferently, he said.

“You can keep him. He wanted his son but he going to be manipulated to get him. The only reason he hasn’t made headway was that Jane had Nathan’s father’s support, which made her brave. After all, Mr Alexander Legend was the only one who could stand up to his son.

“Nat, it’s me . We used to be best friends, What happened to us? She ambled and touched Nathan on the shoulder but he removed her hand if her scorched him.

“You happened to us, ever since that night, everything changed. Tell me the truth Jane, what exactly happened that night.” Nathan asked deadpanned.

“I already told you. We were both drunk and when I woke up, you laid naked beside me. You forced yourself on me,” she narrated . It was the same närtation every time.

“So why can’t I remember forcing myself on you after a glass of wine?” Nathan was curious. For three years, he fel guilty for what happened. But after meeting Mercedes, he felt something was wrong

“How To I supposed to know that?” jane asked defensively.

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had had enough. “You know what , I slept with a woman after eight glasses of my favourite drink but I recalled everything he

narrated.

Jane froze a casket of shock closing up on her. “You what?”

“Yes, I was surprised too. I realized I wasn’t asexual so tell me what happened that night” Nathan was furious. “Did you drug me? He asked coldly

“Nat! I will never harm you” Jane turned defensive. Nathan hoped he could get something out of her but she was a stone–cold block.

“Get out, I have work to do, he snarled and walked to his desk. Jane trembled at this new Nathan but was certain that the old Nathan would come around. Instead of leaving she ,

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“You didn’t ask why I’m here. Anyway, I want to inform you that I’ll be staying in your penthouse,” she let

Nathan stared at her cynically, “don’t even dare,” he warned coldly.

Jane was stubborn, coupled with past familiarity therefore, she insisted, I am your fiance“

“By a ring and not from my heart,” Nathan retorted indifferently.

Jane would not give up. Not when Nathan had a hot assistant in the next room. “Your dad ordered me to stay in your penthouse and that’s what I’m doing.”

Hearing dad, Nathan didn’t argue but so did he have other plans too. “Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you

didn’t respond and stormed out.

Nathan’s main door was locked, she barged into Mercedes office to use her exit but when she recalled Nathan saying he had been with another woman, her suspicion landed on Mercedes. She was too close to Nathan and Jane hated it. “Your days in this company are numbered. I will make sure that my father in law fires you,” she threatened Mercedes.

From her look and all, Mercedes could tell that things went sour between Jane and Nathan “Good luck at that,” she shrugged. Only if jane knew that Mercedes was under a life bond. But seeing how confident she was, she couldn’t help taunting!

gher.

“You’ve been fucking him, haven’t you?” She was testing Mercedes. She wanted to know the woman spoke about and of course, Mercedes wasn’t going to discuss something so private with a stranger.

I don’t know what you are talking about,” she combed her hair with her fingers and said but her body spoke a varied language, as her cheek turned pink. Jane instantly understood.

“Yes, you do. You’ve been fucking my fiance and I will make you , she threatened again, tuning to the door,

“Good luck at that,” Mercedes retorted , Jane sto

stop, turning to Mercedes.

“You-” she about to speak when she saw Nathan at the door and quickly rushed out. Silence cascaded the atmosphere. “We need to talk. Miss Winters. In my office.” Nathan said and left to his office

as Mercedes got there, she asked, “you have a ?”

“By the ring, yes and don’t tell me are Nathan countered. Mercedes was torn she hide it. She hoped it true perhaps, it was a prank but there it was, the truth coming out of Nathan.

She held the tears, as they threatened to fall. “Is that the word? You used me.

Nathan irritated with ber accusation. “You know very well that isn’t true,” he calmly said, his eyes on his laptop.

Nathan evilly enjoying her llings. Now, he was convinced she felt something for him, just as he did for her but Mercedes was hurting. Someway somehow, she recalled Griffin’s warning. “Yes, you are right. It was a purchase, she sarcastically analyzed.

Nathan was moved with pity. She wasn’t a purchase. She owned his heart. “Not only that, I wanted to give you a chance but you wanted it to end”

“A chance to be what? Your mistress? A beautiful woman wears your and calls you her fiance, yet want me to be gracing your bed. I must be just some cheap slut to you?

Nathan was saddened as he moved from his desk and walked to her. His voice was gentle. He took her hand and she flinched slightly, earning a smark from him as he placed her palm on his chest. “No, you aren’t. You captured my heart, which is why I need you Merce .”

His voice sparked honesty, melting her pain but she still wanted to know. “Why didn’t tell me you had a fance?”

“It’s a long story, Nathan moved her hand, ambling to the sola where h

te he sat in deep desiglu.

Mercedes

went to sit brande ham. “You love her! She asked. Not knowing if she was ready for his

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I love you,” he said to her shock.

“Why are you just telling me now!”

“Because you kept saying that I wasn’t your type even though I tried to be, you just couldn’t it, anger laced his tone as he spoke, Mercedes felt bad.

“So I’m the loser ha?” She asked under her breath. She didn’t realize when Nathan became a very important part of her life, capturing her heart.

“No.

I’m not

marry her,” Nathan said to her relief but instantly soaked into another pool of doubt and ,

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“And me? What I’m I to you?”

Nathan’s gaze met hers. “The only woman in my heart. I love you Merce, I never thought I would say this but I do,” he said in earnest. She didn’t realize when she answered with an,

“I love you too, her cheeks turning from pink to red.

heart did a flip he her close, she sitting on his lap. “So why didn’t you tell me?”

“I was scared. Scared you would reject me,” she confessed, face palming,

Nathan’s lips thinned. He felt an excitement he never felt before capturing her lips ferociously. When he pulled away, he stared into her eyes with factual need. “Now that I know, you just have to promise me one thing, that you won’t leave me. Please promise me please..