Turning Of The Tide

Chapter 24

After a refreshing shower, Natalie blow-dried her hair in the bathroom while counting the days remaining before the divorce in her heart.

Half of a month had stealthily elapsed since she and Trevon got the marriage license, leaving behind a mere two and a half months until their divorce.

Soon, liberation would be hers to embrace.

However, where would she go once the two-and-a-half months waned? The Foster’s residence was replete with cherished memories of her late grandfather. Besides, living there would fail to offer her tranquility,

In the past, Harry, her father, would never set foot inside the house. But now that Barron had passed away, it was certain that Harry would not abide by the rules Barron had established before.

This was all because of Harry’s audacious act of bringing his mistress, along with his illegitimate daughter, into the Foster’s residence merely a week after Natalie’s mother’s demise. Natalie’s grandfather, Barron, incensed beyond measure, had been consigned to a hospital bed, vehemently demanding the severance of any paternal connection to Harry.

Harry didn’t agree, so Barron then offered that if Harry wanted to live with his mistress and illegitimate daughter, then he wasn’t allowed into the Foster’s residence even half a step. Otherwise, Harry would no longer be considered as his son, and he would be disinherited from the farmily fortune. Moreover, Barron also said that he would take Natalie away, and Harry was not allowed to meddle in everything about her.

Driven by his desire to live with his mistress and his illegitimate daughter as a family, Harry capitulated, swearing off ever setting foot in the Foster’s residence, nor bothering Natalie ever again.

However, Harry had never anticipated, nor had Natalie herself, that Barron would entrust the lawyer Abbot to transfer all the inheritance to Natalie’s name upon the deaths of her mother and grandparents. It was all notarized.

It was an obvious trick to Harry, orchestrated by Barron, to grant Natalie

a life with no worries.

The recollection of this weighed heavily upon her heart, and Natalie’s

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eyes welled up with misty tears.

She raised her head to hold back her tears, lost once again in pensive

rumination.

Harry had always acted like an obedient son in the past, fueled by his desire to get Barron’s inheritance Yet, now that Barron’s inheritance lay securely under Natalie’s name, she knew Harry would undoubtedly unleash a torrent of troubles upon her

Anyway, things would work out in the end. Natalie decided to put it behind her for a while.

Meanwhile, Trevon, having also finished his shower, reclined languidly on the bed, retrieving his phone to search about the working hours of doctors at the Athana Hospital

The page displayed the schedule of doctors at the Athana Hospital, and the morning shift was from 8 am to 5 pm while the night shift was from 1:30 pm to 8 pm.

As he glanced at the work schedule, a frown creased his forehead. The attended time was from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am the following morning followed by a day off, and then back to the morning shift. There were two shifts a week.

Such was the rotating schedule, dictating the rhythm of the morning and evening shifts.

workload was undeniably arduous. It came as no surprise that Natalie was often

well, but upon first impression, it was difficult to imagine her as a doctor. Though they got married for

recent fight, she had been feeling that her physical fitness had become worse, so she chose to rise early

unexpectedly crossed paths with Trevon descending the stairs. It was the first

in a black suit, standing at more than 5.9 feet tall, he descended the stairs with an air of confidence. His black attire made him look

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immediately captured

was as though the spotlight of the world had found its mark

features perfectly aligned with her personal aesthetic,

be better if he didn’t always put on a long

his gaze on Natalie who stared

to her senses.

always.

her greeting. Instead, he inquired, “What’s

fridge is empty. Shall we go out and grab a

manner.

she realized the inappropriateness, since their relationship now was far from suitable for sharing

they were having breakfast together. Natalie could imagine that people would praise Trevon as God’s favored one while she would be criticized hard, like she was not worthy of him, or

topics, she could already fathom

cook something with them,” Trevon declared with an icy nonchalance.

the morning, he suddenly wanted to have the breakfast she made, fueled by a mysterious curiosity about what she would prepare for

test the veracity of his grandfather’s high praise of her.

was not as good

that she

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that was why she had to eat durian to satisfy her stomach, only

attempt to verify Trevon’s words, she imitated his way of not responding and promptly entered the kitchen to

this scene, Trevon couldn’t help but lift the corners of his mouth. It seemed that Natalie remained unconvinced of

life? It was as though the supermarket had relocated itself within

test of her cooking?

cakes, and she worried that the cakes sold in the shops outside would be overly saccharine for his

from the kitchen to the living room, “What

of contenting himself with whatever rations were provided,

must admit that Natalie’s cooking was

taste.

the most challenging option. After all, who knew whether he would enjoy it or

milk. In the morning, she had

substantial breakfast, a good lunch, and a lighter

she would never forget having breakfast, which was also stipulated by her grandfather. It had already become second nature for

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