When She Rose From the Ashes (Natalie and Jensen) novel Chapter 139

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Chapter 139 A Name to Belong To

Chapter 139 A Name to Belong To

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“So you can’t ever leave me!” Baron said as he leaned forward, trying to pull Natalie into his

arms.

She smelled faintly of soda water–clean, crisp, with a sweetness that was uniquely hers. The scent made him dizzy, made him want to sink into her.

But Natalie dodged out of reach. “My body hasn’t fully recovered yet. Don’t touch me like that. And I did say I’d consider being with you, but you have to give me time.”

Baron’s face fell at once. “Don’t tell me you still expect us to sleep in separate rooms.”

“Isn’t that normal?”

Natalie’s cheeks burned. Back when her body was covered in burns, she hadn’t thought about such things. But now that she had healed, of course Baron would want to share a bed. Even so, it still felt too fast.

His voice grew pitiful. “You’re throwing me out? Before, when you were hurt, fine, we didn’t sleep together. But now you’re healthy again, and you still want me gone? How will that look to the kids?”

Natalie blinked. She had forgotten about the children.

“They’re still little. There’s no need to explain this kind of thing to them.”

“They’re not that little. They’re about to start preschool. What if they ask me why all their classmates‘ parents sleep together, but their daddy and mommy don’t? What am I supposed to say?”

Natalie opened her mouth, but no words came. “Would they really ask something like that?”

Baron only gave her a wounded look, and somehow she couldn’t bear it.

This was Baron–cold, untouchable, feared by so many. The man whose power made others tremble. Yet here he was, looking aggrieved, almost pitiful. The sight left her heart aching.

“But us being together without any status… that’s not right either.”

“Then give me a status. The courthouse is still open. Let’s register now.”

Natalie froze. “Re… register?”

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“Of course. You said yourself–I saved your life, you’d repay me with marriage. You said you might not give me the love I want, but you’d try. We already have two children, and your health is better now. Don’t tell me you’re planning to go back on your word.”

His gaze was full of hurt and doubt.

Natalie’s lips parted, but nothing came out. He wasn’t wrong–she had said those things. But wasn’t this too fast? Marriage papers, just like that?

Baron pressed on. “And think about the children. They’ll start preschool soon. If their files say they’re illegitimate, how will that look? Before, when you were with Jensen and didn’t know about them, it couldn’t be helped. But now? Now you know. Now you’re with me. And still you’d let them be called bastards? Do you want them mocked and bullied?”

Natalie’s mind flashed back to her own childhood–her fall from grace after leaving the Summers family, the sneers and taunts, the cruel bullying from so–called friends who turned on her.

No. Never. She couldn’t let her children go through what she had suffered.

“I didn’t say I wouldn’t marry you. I just thought it was too-”

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