When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 434 Shut Up and Chew

She hurriedly swiped to answer the call.

“Renee.”

The moment Renee heard Natalie's voice, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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“Natalie, are you okay? You sentthat drawing earlier-1 didn’t understand what it meant, so | gave it to Baron.

He toldto stay out of it, but the more I thought about it, the more worried I got. Did something happen to

you?”

Ever since hanging up with Baron, Renee had been uneasy.

If it had just been a design draft, Natalie would've explained how to handle it. But the email contained nothing-

just that mysterious drawing.

And that drawing looked more like a floor plan than a design sketch.

Renee began to suspect something was wrong. Yet every tshe tried calling Natalie, she couldn't get through.

If she hadn't answered today, Renee had already decided she'd personally go to the Stone family estate to look

for her.

Thankfully, Natalie picked up.

Hearing the worry in Renee's voice, Natalie felt a pang of guilt.

“Renee, I'm so sorry for making you worry. I'm fine. There was just... a special situation earlier. That drawing

couldn’t be seen by anyone else, so | used my work account to send it to you. Luckily, you were smart enough to

forward it to Baron. Everything's settled now. Baron and | will head back tomorrow-I'll treat you to dinner when

we're back.”

Natalie didn’t tell Renee that she’d been kidnapped and taken to Ocevaris.

The motives behind everything, and the extent of the people involved, were still unclear even to her-but she

knew it wasn’t simple.

Renee was just her senior in the industry; Natalie didn’t want to drag her into something so dangerous.

Hearing her reassurance, Renee relaxed.

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“All right. When you're back, cby the studio. The samples are finished, and there's already a lot of buzz on

Weibo-everyone’s waiting for our product launch.”

Natalie's heart surged at that.

For five long years, she'd worked behind the scenes, quietly supporting Jensen. All the profits, all the glory-it had

all gone to Jensen and Luke Corp.

By the tshe broke up with him, she didn’t even have a respectable bank account to her

name.

Worse, Jensen had almost handed her hard-earned recognition to Sharon. The memory of that humiliation still

made her chest ache.

Never again. Never again would she allow anyone to covet or steal what was hers.

“Got it. Baron and | will get back as soon as possible.”

Renee's tone lightened immediately.

“By the way, Natalie-has Yvonne been busy lately? | haven't seen her around, and she’s not answering my calls.

Is she sick?”

“No, she’s probably just handling a few things. Ill visit her with Ayin tomorrow.”

Natalie knew her disappearance must have thrown the entire Stone family into chaos.

Yvonne was likely out looking for her nonstop-she wouldn't have had the tor peace of mind to go to the

studio.

But now that Natalie was back, everything could finally return to normal.

After chatting a bit more, she hung up the phone-only to freeze the moment she looked up.

Baron had cout of the bedroom wearing a white casual shirt... except that it was a little too sheer.

Through the thin fabric, his chest and abs were faintly visible; Natalie nearly choked on her own saliva.

At spoint, Shauna had discreetly left, and the entire dining room was now just the two of them.

Natalie quickly turned her head away, feeling her cheeks burn all over again.

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Baron saw her reaction and knew his guess had been right.

He sauntered over with that shameless grin and sat down beside her.

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She wanted to bury her face straight into her bowl.

Baron, worried she might choke, said softly, “Lift your head before you inhale your rice through your nose.”

“Shut up!” she snapped.

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