HIS REGRET (Ex-Husband wants Me Back) novel Chapter 1104

Natalie opened her mouth, but not a single word came out.

David looked at her. For the first time, Natalie’s tears were no longer enough to make him feel guilty.

But before David could say anything else, Natalie suddenly turned to Eli. Her gaze, which had previously been filled with tears, slowly changed to anger.

“This is all because of you.”

Eli, who had only been standing silently all this time, finally raised her face. “What?”

“You always do this.” Natalie pointed at Eli with a trembling hand. “From the beginning, you’ve always pretended not to care, as if you were the victim in all of this. Now you’re even making David turn away from me.”

Eli looked at Natalie’s hand that was still pointing at her.

“Natalie,” David warned.

But Natalie seemed not to hear him anymore.

“Are you satisfied now?” Her tears began to flow again. “You’ve gotten everything. David is taking your side again, Josh’s family has accepted you too, and now you still want to destroy my life?”

Eli took a deep breath.

She had heard accusations like that too many times.

All this time, she had chosen to remain silent. She let Natalie say whatever she wanted because she did not want to prolong the problem. But that day, after everything that had happened, after Natalie once again stood in front of her and pointed at her face as if Eli were the cause of all the chaos in her life, something inside Eli finally snapped.

“I never took anything from you.”

“Don’t pretend to be innocent!” Natalie retorted in a raised voice. “If it weren’t for you—”

SLAP!

The sound of the slap rang out so loudly that the conversations around them immediately stopped.

Natalie froze.

David fell silent as well.

Eli was still standing where she was. Her breathing sounded heavier, while her palm felt hot after striking Natalie’s cheek.

For a few seconds, no one moved.

Eli herself seemed to have only just realized what she had done. But she did not regret it. Her gaze remained fixed on Natalie, and for the first time since all these problems began, she no longer tried to hold back her anger.

“Don’t ever point at me like that again.”

Natalie slowly touched her cheek.

Her eyes widened. Then her expression changed.

“You... slapped me?”

Eli did not answer.

“Are you crazy?”

Natalie immediately shoved Eli’s shoulder.

The shove made Eli take half a step back.

“Don’t touch me,” Eli said coldly.

But Natalie, who had already lost control, stepped forward again. “You touched me first!”

Her hand moved to grab Eli’s hair.

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