ituation so ridiculous tha

t wasn't until Natalie turned thirteen that her biologic

d, Joslyn was never sent back

n too attached to Jo

ad only just come home, to live with her grandfather, Jeff Fuller. She wasn't allowed to mo

red Joslyn that blood ties meant nothing and th

ng to her. She was told from day one that the marriage arrangement between the Fuller and Gi

ome trapped in a vegetative state, the Fuller famil

ed at her

y. "If your grandfather hadn't once saved Carl Gilbert's life, do y

f it's such a wonderful opportunity

before he could answer, Rhonda

liked Joslyn, but I didn't thi

inked in c

ed with love and care. She can't suffer the way you can. If she

Natalie lowered her eyes as a

sold vegetables at a roadside market. Natalie, who had been rais

very household chore. Her adoptive parents were harsh a

g clothes and dishes through freezing winters, Joslyn wa

en late into the night before she could finally sit down to do her homework. Meanwhile, Joslyn grew up in comfort and luxury, sp

rdship simply because life had n

an Fuller, stared at her

ed. "Do you really think marrying int

other hiding her indi

had always doted on Joslyn while t

have to do with you?"

ying in a coma, Wesley is still a man countless women

ughed at the absu

marrying Wesley were

en marry him," she said fl

ess developed any feelings for him. Why shou

ly known fashion designer, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and sp

ightly, unsure wha

the Fuller family. That means you have responsibilities. E

across the living room. "Dad, please don't pressure her an

hough she were gathering all her courage just to say those words. Her deli

reacted immediately. "No, Joslyn," he said fir

turning a cold gaze toward Natalie. "Are you satisfie

at kind of crisis the Fuller Group is facing right now. Without the G

eyes tur

Officially, she worked as Jeremy's secretary, but behind the scene

ompany recover from decline and even

emy had ignored her warnings and insisted on investing i

pital, nearly draining the company's cash res

en the crisis came, the family would cho

d enough and gave everything she had to the family, they mig

understood how naive

ment something went wrong, she was the fir

"The Fuller Group is in this mess because of your own bad decisio

at her unwavering attitude. After a br

"Wesley's medical team is the best in the world. If

tiffened

the Fuller family, she had been sent

the maid, Esme Fowler, who had cared for Natalie with genuine warmth and patience. To

e had fallen down the stai

pecialists and treatments, sparing no effort or e

ar accident, and the Gilbert family had gathere

at those doctors could help Esme, Natalie couldn't

ere, wearing a pitiful expression. Greg's face was filled with calculation, while her brothers w

of hope she had held for this fa

"Fine," she said quietly, the words almost fo

also offered Natalie a chance to escape the su

Rhonda finally smiled again, "I knew you'd make the right choice," Rhon

siness world for generations. Their wea

ess collaborations Carl had offered them. Simply becoming connected

tisfaction, Natalie spoke agai

e family. If there is somet

eeply into her palm as she spoke each word with deliberate