The entire palace was dead silent after all the crowd was dispersed. All the invited guests had left after the Queen bid them farewell personally.
In the Queen’s residence, the old woman was sitting in the drawing room, looking all exhausted after all the ordeal. Natalie didn’t return ho and decided to stay by the Queen’s side to take care of her. She understood why Jas had told her to stay and take care of things.
At this mont, she had no ti to deal with her own shock.
The servants brought calming tea and the dicines for the Queen. Once she looked fine, Natalie asked, "Grandma, are you feeling better now?"
The Queen inhaled deeply and looked at Natalie. "Were you aware Jas Harper is your father?"
Natalie shook her head as she thought, I was as shocked as you.
The Queen sighed. "I don’t know what to do. All that happened so suddenly. I don’t know what Carn thinks about it and if she is alright with what happened."
"Grandma, Caryn Shaw is a tough woman. She should be the last person any of us should ever worry about," Natalie said. "And, about Jas Harper, though I don’t know much, I can assure you she is fine with him."
The Queen could only hum and asked, "You call them by nas."
"We are not close enough to act by the relationship they say we have," Natalie replied calmly.
"Things will get better soon and you will have your own parents and family now," the Queen said.
Natalie could only hum to the Queen’s genuine worry, but inside she thought, If it all happened a few years before, I would have jumped with happiness, but now, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is, I have him, Justin.
"Grandma, you should rest," Natalie said and helped her escort to her bedroom. As the Queen settled in her bed, she said, "Natalie, I am happy that at least you don’t call by my na but acknowledge our relationship."
"I am happy to have a sweet grandmother like you as well," Natalie replied.
In the na of grandmother, all she had was Sephina Ford, who never treated her nicely just because she was not her blood.
The Queen smiled and said, "You should go and rest. One of the royal chambers has already been prepared for you, but you never stayed here."
Natalie wanted to return to the hotel, but at this mont she wished to act according to the Queen’s wishes to make her feel better. Her daughter was frisked away by a man while millions of people around the world were watching, so as a granddaughter, she could at least comfort her by staying here.
"Thank you, Grandma. I am heading to my room then," Natalie said as she left with a servant who guided her to her room.
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At the sa ti, in another residence in the palace.
Howard, Garwin, and Charlotte were sitting silently, probably contemplating what to think now — whether they should be happy that the coronation didn’t succeed or sad that Caryn, their Princess Carn, had soone like Jas Harper in her life.
At that, he was even Natalie’s father, which made it even worse, as now they had to think twice before trying to harm them.
"Why... Why is Natalie’s life so good?" Charlotte cried out. "She ca here to claim my title of Princess, and now she has such a man as her father. Now, I can’t even think about marrying Justin Harper. She won’t let her brother marry ."
Ignoring her, Garwin asked, "Is Justin Caryn’s son as well? There is no ntion of with whom Jas Harper had that son."
"I don’t think he is Carn’s son," Howard said. "If he is not her son, then I believe he would not like Carn and her daughter to intrude in their family all of a sudden."
"You are right, Father. Jas Harper called Natalie his only child when he was taking Carn away. That ans he didn’t seem to be Caryn’s son, and those father and son might not be on good terms. That’s how Jas Harper never introduced his so-called son to the world."
"Does that an Justin Harper might hate Carn and her daughter, and I can still have a chance to be with him?" Charlotte asked.
"Seems like it," Howard replied, as the three continued to talk about the possibilities.
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In the imperial city, a few souls were shocked to their bones. Just like Charlotte, they had the sa question — why was Natalie’s fortune so good? Of all people, her real father turned out to be Jas Harper. Having the NextEra CEO as her husband was not enough to make her invincible already.
At the Ford mansion, as the family watched the news, their faces were ashen. Sephina retreated to her room after watching the news. She still hated Caryn like anything.
"When that bitch had Jas Harper wrapped around her fingers, no wonder she never gave you a real place as her husband," Clara said to Jay.
The already angry man stood up and stord out.
Briena gritted her teeth. But Clara said the sa thing to her as Howard told Charlotte — that Justin Harper might not like the fact that he had a stepmother and a half-sister, so he might retaliate.
"...Briena, this is an even better opportunity for you to get closer to Justin Harper. If you manage to win him, you can turn that mother and daughter’s life into hell," Clara advised her.
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At the Browns, another wave of regret washed over the entire family.
"If Ivan had not left Natalie, he would have been Jas Harper’s son-in-law," Alia cried out. "What have you even done?"
"Mother, brother should not have left her," Irene added regretfully.
Ivan, who himself was regretting this fact, spat out, "Weren’t you two always dissatisfied when she was my fiancée and forced again and again to break up with her? Weren’t you two always trying to ss with my brain, and now you are blaming it on ? If not for the constant nagging from you two..." He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.
"Ivan..."
"Shut up," he said and walked out of the ho.
"Mother, is there no way we could bring them back together?" Irene asked. In a mont, her mind was filled with thoughts of how she would have shown off everywhere if they were tied in a relationship with the Harpers.
Alia shook her head regretfully as she said, "If I knew she was Jas Harper’s daughter, I would have definitely made sure Ivan married her, and then we would have married you off to Justin Harper. That way, with the exchange of daughters, both families would have been tied forever. Brown Industries wouldn’t even have to face bankruptcy ever."
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But there were so who were shocked but happy as well.
Mia, Cathy, Natalie’s employees Ella and Dan, and everyone who was on Natalie’s side. All of a sudden, the wind seed to have changed its direction only to bring good surprises into Natalie’s life.
She had suffered so much, that now god was paying her back with pleasant surprises.
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