Chapter 536 He Is Conscious


    Before Ste’s lips could meet Nathaniel’s, a forceful push sent her flying away. The man lying on the bed opened his eyes.


    “Nathaniel… Ste’s expression changed in an instant. Didn’t Nichs mention that Nathaniel would


    be drugged, leaving him with no ability to resist?


    She was just about to get up and leave when Nathaniel swiftly caught her wrist, gripping it tightly. “Who sent you? What’s your purpose?” he questioned.


    There was no way Ste could kidnap Nathaniel all by herself.


    “Nathaniel, I have no clue what you’re talking about. Weren’t you the one who called me over after having one too many?” Ste argued.


    If she were to expose Nichs at that moment, there would only be one oue, and that would be death.


    At that moment, Nathaniel was forcing himself to stay conscious. He had been drugged at the banquet, and it was only through sheer force of will that he managed to stay awake.


    His forehead was covered in a thinyer of sweat. Seeing that Ste was unwilling to tell the truth, he swiftly gripped her throat.


    “Speak! Or I’ll kill you right now!”


    Ste instantly stiffened, her breathing bingbored. “Help… M–Me…”


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    Nathaniel’s grip tightened, rendering her speechless in an instant. “I know there are peo outside the door. Do you think they’ll rescue you faster, or will you die by my hand more quickly?”


    Ste had never imagined Nathaniel to be this terrifying, and she immediately ceased her struggle.


    Nathaniel’s grip slightly rxed. “Speak.”


    -Nichs orchestrated this. He asked me to spend the night with you and film it all to show Cecilia. He even arranged for the media to show up at dawn to take photographs.”


    Nathaniel never imagined that Nichs would resort to such underhanded tactics.


    However, Nichs truly understood Cecilia.


    If Cecilia were to see Nathaniel in bed with Ste, her rtionship with Nathaniel would end there and then.


    “Is he also responsible for the photo that was exposed in the news the day before yesterday?”


    “Yes… He said to take the photo.”


    “How did you manage to take the photo?”


    Nathaniel had gotten Mason to investigate, confirming that the photo wasn’t doctored.


    “It was shot with Nichs,” Ste confessed everything.


    Nichs and Nathaniel looked exactly alike. With him around, there was no need to frame Nathaniel with a doctored photo.


    “Was it him who released you from the psychiatric hospital?” Nathaniel asked again.


    Ste was taken aback because the people who sent her to the psychiatric hospital were Zachary and Nathaniel. That was before Nathaniel had amnesia. Didn’t he lose his memory? Has he regained his memor


    “Yes,” she answered.


    “Is there anything else I’m not aware of?”


    “No.” Ste’s voice carried a whimpering tone. “Nathaniel, I was forced into this. Please don’t kill me. I won’t dare to do it again.”


    Nathaniel had absolutely no desire to soil his hands.


    He tied Ste to the bed using the sheets and gagged her mouth with a piece of cloth.


    The people outside were keeping watch. He couldn’t see them, and there was no way out. Themunication inside the room was cut off, leaving Ste with nothing but a camera.


    Nathaniel could only wait until dawn for the media to arrive.Còntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org


    As time passed, the fire smoldering within him grew increasingly intense, his body slick with a thinyer of sweat.


    He repeatedly doused himself with cold water, yet he couldn’t quell the burning passion in his heart.


    Ste had also noticed his odd behavior and deliberately made a sound.


    However, Nathaniel remained clear–headed.


    Ste didn’t believe he couldst until dawn.


    Meanwhile, after meeting up, Cecilia and Mason began to review the street surveince footage, hoping to locate Nathaniel.


    However, Nathaniel’s car vanished in the surveince blind spot, making it impossible to trace.


    Mason furrowed his brows, immediately instructing someone to ess the surveince footage from the banquet banquet, looking into who might have taken Nathaniel away.


    Mason quickly identified several of his past adversaries, among which included Ethan.


    Suddenly, an idea urred to him, and he said, “Mrs. Rainsworth, there may be a favor I need to ask of you.