Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 3

A thrill of victory shot through Joanna as she watched Natalie sign the papers. It was almost impossible to conceal her excitement. Natalie was finally getting a divorce, and Sebastian would finally be hers alone.

Natalie confirmed that Sebastian’s signature was already on the document. With hers added, the agreement was legally binding. She straightened her back and handed the papers to him.-

He was standing close, closer than he’d ever been during their two-year marriage. For the first time, he truly saw her. Her skin was like porcelain, her eyes as clear as a mountain spring. Dressed in a simple black dress, she radiated a cool, almost languid elegance. But the loving gaze she once reserved for him was gone, replaced by an icy indifference that seemed to pierce right through him.

A sudden panic seized Sebastian’s heart, as if something vital was being ripped away. His hand tightened around the divorce papers.

Natalie turned to Joanna. “Are you satisfied now, Ms. Scott?”

Satisfied? Joanna was ecstatic. The whole point of this charade was to have Natalie publicly humiliated and thrown out. Her plan had worked perfectly.

“Please don’t say that. I never meant to blame you…”

“Oh, I know,” Natalie cut in. “You never blame me. You just orchestrate things to turn my family against me. Well, congratulations. You’ve won.”

Natalie glanced at her parents and her four cold-hearted brothers, a resigned smile on her face. She checked the time in her head, then turned and walked away with a graceful, unhurried stride.

As she walked, her mind raced. The Scott family had thrown this lavish birthday party for Joanna, only for Joanna to arrange her own kidnapping and assault that very day. Her maid, Lily, had then pointed the finger at Natalie, which was why Sebastian had flown into a rage and knocked her out. After all, he and Joanna were childhood sweethearts.

She counted down in her head. Five, four, three, two, one…

Suddenly, the large screen behind the stage flickered to life.

“Miss, if you want to get Natalie out of the Scott family for good and make Mr. Griffith divorce her, there’s only one way. You have to suffer a little. We’ll hire some men to kidnap you and frame Natalie.”

“Everyone adores you. One word from you, and they’ll believe anything. They’ll never trust that country girl over you.”

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