When She Rose From the Ashes (Natalie and Jensen) novel Chapter 366

Chapter 366 The Search for Natalie

Chapter 366 The Search for Natalie

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Loretta had only caught fragments of the truth on her way over. She knew Natalie’s identity was no longer what it once was, but she hadn’t realized just how much weight the girl carried in both underworld and upper–world circles.

To say she didn’t regret it would be a lie.

If the Luke family had secured those resources, those connections, their future would have been limitless. She had been blind, dismissing Natalie as a discarded orphan of the Summers family, worthless in terms of benefit. Had she known the power standing behind Natalie, she would have forced Jensen to marry her no matter his reluctance.

But such thoughts came too late.

Loretta spoke in a low tone. “You’ve got your own network, however limited. Why not use it? If you find Natalie first, both the underworld and the authorities will owe you. The Luke family would rise another level overnight.”

But Jensen cared nothing for business or prestige. The moment he heard Natalie was in danger, panic surged through him.

“I’m leaving this hospital. I’ll find her myself!”

He turned for the door, but Loretta caught his arm hard.

“In your

condition? You can’t even protect yourself, let alone save her. Jensen, I know where your heart is, but you have to be realistic. You’re my only son–the entire future of the Luke family rests on you. Do you want to kill me with worry?”

Her anxious eyes cut into him, leaving him torn.

“But Mother, if she’s out there suffering, I can’t just lie here. I’ve missed too many chances to stand beside her. Every time she needed me, I wasn’t there. That’s why that useless Baron slipped in and became her husband. I still carry her rib in my body, and you want me to wait? Do you think I can?”

He beat his chest with a fist, choking on his words.

“Every time I remember these five years–how I believed Sharon’s lies, how I joined her in crushing Natalie, how she nearly burned alive while I turned away–I can hardly breathe. If I don’t find her with my own hands, I’ll never forgive myself. Mother, if you truly love me, don’t stop me now.”

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Chapter 366 The Search for Natalie

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He tore free of her grasp and strode for the door. His bodyguards fell in step behind him.

As he passed the corridor, Jensen’s face turned grim.

He looked toward the examination rooms, voice sharp as ice. “Carry out my order. Take Sharon’s rib. Then throw her out. From today, she has nothing to do with the Luke family. If she dares parade our name again, deal with her however you see fit. Don’t expect me to protect her.”

The guards dipped their heads. “Yes, Mr. Jensen.” A handful peeled away toward the exam

rooms.

Jensen left the hospital with the rest, already gathering intelligence on Natalie’s whereabouts.

Meanwhile, Natalie lay unconscious.

Two men in black hefted her limp body, carrying her down a pier toward a waiting boat.

“Who goes there?”

“Friends.”

They exchanged the passcode with the boatman, then dumped Natalie aboard.

“Boss said send her abroad. You know what to do.”

At the same time, Baron was burning every last connection he had, even laying bare his true identity. He interrogated Anna himself, breaking her down piece by piece until she was half- dead. She confessed everything she could–truth and half–truth alike—but nothing about Natalie’s whereabouts.

One detail she revealed cut deep: years ago, she had tampered with Baron’s medical records at Rachel’s order.

According to Anna, it had been Rachel who deliberately switched Natalie at birth. She didn’t know all the reasons, only that Rachel hated the Stone family and wanted them to live in agony. As a cleaning woman at the hospital, Rachel had the chance–and she seized it. swapping infants not just once, but across several families, with ties to the Luke family.

Baron’s expression darkened.

“What are you to Rachel?”

Her features already reminded him of that woman.

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Anna hesitated. After the thirteenth time Baron forced her head beneath water, leaving her on the edge of suffocation, she broke.

“She’s my aunt. My father’s sister. After I was born, my parents hated me for being a girl. By the time I was five or six, they noticed I couldn’t grow properly–by eight or nine I was still the same size. Finally, they dragged me to a hospital for tests…”

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