Natalie Wheeler came to the door and looked out from the peephole. There were two men in suits.
She had a bad feeling in her heart and did not open the door.
“Miss Wheeler, we know you’re inside. Open the door. Mr. Yaleman had asked us to come,” one of the men said.
Natalie frowned.
Mr. Yaleman?
They were Sean’s men.
It would only show her guiltiness if she ran away. She opened the door and asked, “Is there anything I could do for him?”
“Mr. Yaleman had asked us to pick you up. You’d better ask him the details in person.”
“Okay,” Natalie closed the door and followed them. After getting into the car, they took her handbag away and put a blindfold on her.
Natalie had already expected it.
Sean Yaleman had never been easy to deal with. He had to step on so many corpses to get to his present position. His viciousness was self-evident.
She leaned against the seat calmly.
Once a person had let go of everything in their lives, they would no longer have a purpose to stay in this world. No matter how dangerous it was, they would still be at peace.
The car drove for more than an hour. Every ten seconds, the car made a detour, and they eventually made seven detours in total. As far as she knew, there were no such roads in A City, so she suspected that they were bringing her to a secret base that belonged to Sean Yaleman.
After the car detoured again, it finally stopped after driving for another ten minutes.
Someone then removed her blindfold.
“Sorry to offend you, Miss Wheeler. Please come with me,” the man in the black military uniform said coldly.
“It’s okay.” Natalie got off the car and followed the man in the black military uniform. They stopped after passing through several doors.
There were eight soldiers stationed in front of this door.
Natalie guessed that Sean was just behind this door.
The guard knocked on the door.
“Come in,” Sean’s voice came from inside.
The guard opened the door.
Natalie saw Sean, who was sitting in front of the desk, reading documents. When he saw Natalie coming over, he closed the documents and put them in the file. He ordered, “Everyone, get out.”
As soon as the order was given, the man and the woman in the room went out and closed the door.
There were only the two of them left in the room.
Sean stood up and asked casually, “What kind of wine would you like to have?”
Natalie raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said calmly, “Red wine.”
Sean walked to the wine cabinet and opened a bottle of Lafite. He took two glasses and put them on the tea table. While pouring the wine, he said, “I didn’t expect Eli to have such a smart friend.”
Natalie sat down on the sofa across Sean, “I didn’t expect that Eli would provoke the president.”
Sean handed the glass to Natalie, “Strictly speaking, I am your lifesaver.”
Natalie took the glass of wine over from Sean’s hand, “Speaking more strictly, I have never wanted to survive.”
Sean raised his eyebrows, “Still, have to thank you. If Eli hadn’t thought of saving you back then, she wouldn’t have stayed with me, and she wouldn’t have given birth to my son.”
“I’m doing my best to make up for my mistake. Mr. President, I assume that you have guessed it a long time ago.” Natalie raised her head and emptied the wine in one gulp.
“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll harm Jasper?” A cold gust flashed through Sean’s eyes.
“Haven’t you always wanted to attack Jasper? It won’t change just because of me, would it?” Natalie said calmly as she put down the glass on the table.
“I always thought that Jasper was invulnerable, but he has a weakness, which is you. Now, it seems that you are the one who is truly indomitable. In that case, let’s make a deal.”
Natalie looked at Sean’s harsh eyes, “I don’t think that there are any deals to make between us.”
“I love Eli,” Sean said in a deep voice.
Natalie’s heart skipped a beat. She frowned, looking at him suspiciously. She did not believe him at all.
“Why else do you think that I tried my best to keep her with me? I knew that if she were to be exposed, my reputation would be ruined completely, but I still keep her by my side. She has scolded me thousands of times, but yet she could still live safe and sound,” Sean said firmly.
“Do you think that Frederick loves me?” Natalie asked.
Sean pursed his lips and stared at Natalie. After ten seconds of silence, he said, “Do you think Frederick doesn’t love you?”
“I can’t see the love in him. As I could see is possessiveness and his desire to destroy me. Similarly, I can’t see the love in you, but you only desire to possess and destroy her.
Look around you, it’s an impenetrable fortress. Even your desk is bulletproof because you know just how dangerous your position is.
I can guarantee that once Eli’s identity is exposed, you would not be the first one to die immediately, but her. You could tell from the murder at Stephen’s place. Do you think your man was the mastermind?” Natalie said fiercely.
“I can guarantee that as long as I am alive, she will definitely not die,” Sean promised.
“You and Eli have known each other since you were kids. You should know her as well as I do.
She is a simple, righteous and straightforward woman. She can be quite impulsive but she is kind and she had never schemed against others.
She hated being restrained and she liked to live in freedom. She will do anything she wants to do. She is a person with an unquenchable thirst for freedom.
But look at what you’re giving her right now!
She lives a restricted life without freedom and she struggles every day. She couldn’t even move freely and has to be separated from her child. She is just like a canary in a cage.
More importantly, she has to bear the accusation of being a mistress.
It would be fine if you were just an ordinary person. But you are the President, you will be remembered in the historical records, whereas her name would be tainted forever in history.
Therefore, she would rather lose everything just so that she could live freely.”
Sean gritted his teeth and his eyes were sharp. He said firmly, “Then I’ll break her wings. At least, she won’t be in danger as long as the master of the canary is there.”
“Eli will hate you for the rest of her life.”
Sean threw the glass of wine to the ground. He held Natalie’s shoulder and looked at her deeply, “I love her.”
“You are destroying her. For me, a married man has no right to say that he loves another woman.”
“I have never touched my wife. Eli is the only woman I have. One day, I will let her be my wife, but not now. I have my responsibilities and family duties to attend to. Now, I am not strong enough and there are still a lot of people eyeing me menacingly. Should I fail, hundreds of people will die with me.”
“Then you shouldn’t drag Eli down. She’s innocent,” Natalie said, pitying Eli.
“That is why I wanted to negotiate with you. I’ll let Eli go, but you have to tell me where she is. When I solve all my problems, I’ll go to her. I believe that there are no other men in this world who would love her more than I do. Only I could give her real happiness. After all, we share a child together, and I don’t believe that other men would love our child sincerely,” Sean’s eyes were filled with tears.
Natalie looked at Sean, and complicated thoughts flashed through her mind one after another. She began to recall her memory from five years ago…