Feel the Way You Feel, My Love
Chapter 929

Feel the Way You Feel, My Love Chapter 929

Natalie bit her lip. "I remember now. The day I went to request the paternity test, my bag was snatched away by someone. It could be intentional. Someone could have switched the hair samples in my bag...' She had no idea there were so many people out there who had plotted against them, all to ensure that the truth about the relationship between Shane and the children would never see the light of day. At the same time, she was also secretly glad to know she had never been with any other man besides the one who was currently by her side. It turned out that Shane Thompson had been her one and only all this time.

Her husband drew her into an embrace and dropped a tender kiss on her forehead. "I won't let anyone who's involved in this off the hook," he promised solemnly. "They'll get what they deserve. I already told Silas to launch an investigation. It won't be long before we know for sure whether Sam was behind the two negative tests."

Natalie pressed her face into his shirt and nodded.

A sudden question popped into Shane's mind. "Can I ask you something?" At the other's inquiring look, he continued, "I want to know what happened five years ago in that hotel. It was you who was in bed with me that night. Why did it become Jasmine when I woke up?"

On that fateful night, he had been drugged by Sean, who had made arrangements for two women to bed him in the hotel room. The man had also tipped off the reporters in order to create a scandal, the goal o which was to blackmail Shane into submission.

However, when Shane realized that he had been drugged, he used what remained of his rationality to book a different hotel room and went there to hide from Sean's schemes. Before he could call for Silas to get a doctor, however, the aphrodisiac in his body was already in full effect, robbing him of any rational thought. It was then that a woman-Natalie-came in. Unable to help himself, he tumbled into bed with her.

When he came to his senses, it was Jasmine who was lying next to him, and he had assumed that she was the one who saved him. He could have died of heart failure if left unattended as the aphrodisiac that Sean fed him was quite the potent drug.

This was why he had put up with Jasmine's shenanigans over the past five years. Not only was she his savior, but she was also his fiancée as arranged by his grandfather.

Little did I know, she was neither. Shane clenched his jaw at the thought of the lies spun by that woman. It's fortunate that everything turned out all right. I've found the right girl in the end.

He squeezed Natalie's hand, grateful to have her at his side.

His wife squeezed back with a smile. "Well... It's a long story. You know that my father cheated on my mom, right? He abandoned her, Jared, and me seven years ago."

"I'm aware," Shane said gently.

He had only come to know about this earlier in the year when he grew suspicious and investigated to replace out if Jasmine was indeed his fiancée. Before that, he only heard through the grapevine that Harrison and Yulia got a divorce, and their daughter changed her name to Jasmine, while the Smith family son went overseas to further his studies. At the time, he had no idea that none of it was true.

"We didn't have any money with us back then," Natalie explained with a bitter smile. "Jared has had heart problems since young. Five years ago, his condition worsened and the doctor said he'd need surgery to live. The cost of the surgery was too much for us to afford. After discussing with my mom, I decided to go to Harrison. I figured he'd help. However much of an a*shole he is, he's still Jared's father. But then..."

"What happened then?" Shane asked.

Natalie chuckled, but it was not a happy sound. "I never got to see the man. Susan made sure of it. She insulted me and told me to get out of her house. It was then that Jasmine came to me with an offer. She was taking part in a fashion design competition at the time and had hooked up with one of the organizers in order to win."

Shane's expression darkened. He could tell where this was going. "She pimped you out."

The woman nodded. "That guy told Jasmine he would let her win if she slept with him. Jasmine offered me enough money to save Jared if I took her place. I went to the hotel that night but ended up going into your room by mistake."