When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 58 The Price of Betrayal

Chapter 58 The Price of Betrayal

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Five years ago, Natalie had brought Witch Doctor to save Jensen's life. Jensen had been deeply grateful, but

when he asked her what price she had paid for such a miracle, Natalie told him not to ask again. She kept her

lips sealed.

That silence had left a knot buried in Jensen’s chest.

Throughout history, when women as powerless as Natalie sought help, how else could they bargain?

What could they offer, if not their bodies?

But she had done it to save his life.

So even if Jensen had felt an ache of unease in his heart, he had buried it deep, telling himself it was all for him,

all for his survival.

He had sworn to treat Natalie well, to cherish her for a lifetime.

And yet each the kissed her, each the tried to go further-he found himself unable to.

He loved her so much. Her talent, her grace, her beauty, everything about her. But why was it that, in that most

intimate way, he could not move forward?

He had told himself twould heal everything.

That was why he had promised Natalie he would propose to her on their fifth anniversary.

He had prepared himself to take that step, to finally give her all of himself.

But then Sharon appeared.

She wanted him to marry her.

At the time, Jensen had felt...relieved.

He told himself Sharon was dying, with only a few months to live. If he stalled just a little longer, he could purge

this knot inside him before it strangled his love for Natalie.

But what he hadn't expected-was that this choice would be the beginning of the end for him and Natalie.

Now Sharon had dragged into the open the one thing Jensen most dreaded to confront, and the words felt like

poison searing through his chest.

If his eyes could kill, he would have torn Sharon into pieces on the spot.

“Sharon,” Jensen said, each word bitten out like steel, “you will pay for insulting Natalie today.”

“What are you going to do?”

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For the first time, Sharon’s confidence wavered.

But Jensen turned to Mrs. Summers, a cold smile curving at his lips.

“Mrs. Summers. Why don’t you open your phone and take a look at the latest news?”

A chill stabbed through Mrs. Summers’ heart.

She didn’t know what madness had seized Jensen, but right now he frightened her.

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And only moments ago, he had mentioned that Summers Corp was in trouble. Panic pressed against her ribs.

She opened her phone with trembling hands.

There it was, glaring from the headlines: Summers Corp had gone bankrupt.

“How can this be?”

Her eyes flew wide, disbelief etched on her face.

Sharon saw it too. Her heart jolted as she turned to Jensen.

“You did this? Jensen, was it you who destroyed the Summers family?”

“Yes.”

The answer cwithout pause, without a shred of pity.

Jensen's voice was cool. “The Summers family let you whip Natalie nearly to death. If Natalie were still alive,

perhaps | would not have bothered to settle that debt. After all, without your cruelty, | might never have met

Natalie, loved her, cherished her. But Natalie is gone. And for that, the Summers family must pay. I've only taken

your fortune. | didn’t leave you drowning in debt-that’ssparing you, for your sake, Sharon.”

Sharon stared at him, stunned.

Before she could speak, Hansel burst through the door.

“Mr. Luke. We just received word-Natalie’s ashes were sighted in the black market. And...Witch Doctor’s clinic

has opened its doors, Witch Doctor is in Ocean City!”

The words made Sharon's heart leap.

“Jensen, Witch Doctor is here! Help me. | can’t live with a crippled right hand. Jensen, the doctors said only Witch

Doctor can heal it. You can’t abandon me! If not forgiving you my rib back then, would you even be standing

here alive?”

Jensen's face darkened.

Mrs. Summers wavered, torn between her daughter's injury and the fate of their collapsing family.

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“Mr. Luke,” she pleaded, “no matter how wrong the Summers family has been, for Sharon's sake, for the rib she

gave you, | beg you-spare our family.”

She tugged anxiously at Sharon's sleeve.

Sharon opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Jensen said coldly, “I have never forgotten that Sharon

saved me. And | am fulfilling my promise. But | will only agree to one thing-either the Summers family’s revival,

or Sharon's hand. Choose one.”

The color drained from Sharon's face.

“Jensen, you-"

“You can’t have everything. Sharon, Natalie never once used the fact she savedto demand anything. On that

alone, you cannot compare to her.”

With that, Jensen turned and strode out of the room..

Mrs. Summers rushed to block Sharon before she could chase him.

“Sharon, | know your hand hurts, but you are Jensen’s wife. The Luke family won't accept a cripple as their

daughter-in-law. Jensen will find a way to heal your hand. But the Summers family...if we go bankrupt, we'll be

driven out of Ocean City’s high society. With time, everyone will forget us. Without your family to back you, how

will you stand strong in the Luke family? Sharon, you must beg Jensen to give the Summers family a way to

survive!”

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