Chapter 3 - Natalie Tries To Play The Innocent Victim
Natalie stood by the doorframe, crossing her arms defensively as she forced a tearless grimace. “She threw a massive temper tantrum and broke it herself, Ethan,” Natalie lied smoothly.
“Don’t you dare lie to my face while my daughter is shaking in my arms,” Ethan snapped. His eyes burned with a dark, terrifying fury that Natalie had never witnessed before.
“I was only trying to teach her discipline before we start our new life together as a family,” Natalie whined. Several wedding guests whispered anxiously from the stairway landing, watching the drama unfold.
“Discipline? She is seven years old, and you locked her in a bathroom after destroying her only memory of her mother!” Ethan shouted. Sophie buried her face in Ethan’s shoulder, crying softly into his collar.
“You are choosing a spoiled child over your own wedding ceremony and your future wife?” Natalie accused bitterly. Ethan let out a harsh, incredulous laugh that echoed off the high ceilings.
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“If choosing my daughter means walking away from a monster like you, consider it done,” Ethan declared. Natalie’s face flushed with a violent, humiliated crimson under the bright chandelier lights.
“You can’t do this to me! My family will ruin you for this public humiliation!” Natalie shrieked hysterically. Ethan ignored her threats entirely, carrying Sophie down the stairs toward the safety of the garden patio.
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