Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 1128

Seeing Natalie confined to a wheelchair, Wendy felt a sharp, sudden ache in her chest. She knew about the accident; she knew Natalie had been in the car with Sebastian when he supposedly died. She had desperately wanted to visit, but feared her presence would only upset Natalie.

She was a colossal failure as a mother. She didn't even know where her own daughter lived.

The only piece of information she had was that Natalie would return to the office on the eighth, so she had come to wait in the lobby.

"Natalie, how are your legs? Are you feeling any better?" Wendy approached, her voice laced with heavy concern.

Natalie felt absolutely nothing in response to the maternal warmth. She gave a curt, polite nod. "I'm fine, Mrs. Scott."

The formal title cut Wendy to the quick.

Natalie knew they had nothing left to say to each other. Once, she had practically lost her mind trying to earn a single scrap of Wendy's affection. But Wendy had known exactly how desperate Natalie was for validation and had chosen to weaponize it, treating her with unimaginable cruelty.

Tears welled up in Wendy's eyes. "Natalie, I'm so sorry. I was wrong."

Natalie shook her head dismissively. "It doesn't matter, Mrs. Scott. We have no real connection anyway. I know you've always looked down on me."

"Honestly, I've never understood you. Joanna spent years orchestrating vicious attacks against me, and you watched it all happen without lifting a finger. I thought you just had an endless capacity to forgive her. Even when you found out she was Sophia's biological daughter—the child of your husband's mistress—I figured you'd just keep coddling her."

"It's only recently that I finally figured it out. Your love is completely superficial. You both just put on this grand performance of affection to make yourselves feel like good people."

"Please, just stop showing up in my life. Looking at you makes my blood boil."

Natalie closed her eyes, forcing down the suffocating wave of bitterness and grief.

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