President’s Sweet Wife

Chapter 263 Coup de Grace

It was a pity that fate had other ideas.

Some relationships had broken down eventually.

Natalia didn’t say much of anything else. Having said hello, she prepared to leave.

At that moment, the middle-aged man sitting across them spoke.

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Natalia blinked and looked over.

The middle-aged man wore a gentle and calm smile. The lenient smile of an authority figure looking

down on a peasant.

She nodded. “Yes.”

“I’ve seen your performance. You were great. I heard you also sang the theme song for that show? I

especially liked that song. Could you sing it for me again tonight?”

Natalia was a little taken aback.

“Strategies for Cannon Fodder” was just a web series with small production and small investment, after

all. To save costs, Vicente hadn’t hired professional singers.

He’d just discovered that Natalia could sing pretty well by accident and had her sing the opening

theme.

She hadn’t thought that the man would have heard it.

Natalia was a little embarrassed. She tucked up the hair next to her ear.

“That’s.,. not so good, since it’s your gathering…”

“No, I won’t mind. It’s just that the song is quite similar to a tune an old friend of mine once wrote. I was

quite moved when I heard it. Now that I’ve met you today, I wanted to hear it again live. It’s my fault for

making such a sudden request.”

The man smiled gently as he spoke.

To be honest, it really was a rather sudden request to make of someone you were meeting for the first

time.

But because of this man’s lenient aura and the honesty in his tone, he gave off the impression of really

just wanting to hear the song instead of trying to make her a laughingstock.

Natalia wasn’t so stingy. Besides, she could see that the people here were of pretty significant status.

Besides, the man’s gaze looked true. Maybe there was some special meaning to him wanting to hear

that song.

Since she didn’t want to go back to business so early, she really could go and sing that song.

Thinking of that, she looked at Mrs. Wright.

The old lady nodded imperceptibly.

Natalia pursed her lips and finally nodded. “Okay.”

There was audio equipment in the compartment. It couldn’t be compared to the professional types in

recording studios, but to get put in the Parlour, the quality of sound was already quite good.

Natalia had someone put the song on, took up the microphone, and began to sing.

Really, every time she sang this sang, she devoted her full self to it. This time was no exception.

When the first note rang out, Natalia devoted her entire body and mind to the world of the music.

This song had been written by a famous composer about a lover of his that he’d once cherished. They

had passed away from an accident and he’d kept on thinking about them. The song was about meeting

them in his next life.

It was a tune about the parting of life and death, but the overall tone wasn’t too sad. There was still a bit

of mild sorrow permeating the song, so in general, it meant to mourn without hurting.

Natalia focused entirely on singing, while the middle-aged man had frozen to the spot the moment she

opened her mouth.

His face went from gentle leniency to disbelief. He was deeply shaken.

It was different hearing it live compared to hearing it on the television.

On TV, he’d still been shaken, but he’d reacted quickly enough and realized she wasn’t her.

It was different live.

The person was right before you, with those eyes, that posture, that tone…

It was as if she was right here, alive.

With the song over, Natalia tugged herself out of the mood of the music and turned around, smiling.

“Sorry for the rough performance.”

Then she realized that the middle-aged man wasn’t reacting at all, only staring at her in a daze.

Natalia’s gut twitched.

Was something wrong?

Mrs. Wright had also seemed to notice the atmosphere wasn’t right, and hastily clapped. “That was

amazing, Natalia. Wouldn’t you say so, Mr. Kawn?”

The man called Mr. Kawn reacted. Looking uncomfortable, he hurriedly nodded. “Yes, that was

amazing.”

Natalia felt that his reaction was really quite strange, but didn’t linger on it. She put the microphone

down and said, “I’m heading back, Mrs. Wright.”

The old lady nodded and smiled. “All right, go! Let’s have Shawn escort you.”

Natalia had wanted to refuse, but Shawn had already walked over to the door. If she refused, it

wouldn’t look to well on her, so she didn’t say anything.

Outside, Shawn chuckled, “That was great. Even better than hearing it on television.”

Natalia cocked an eyebrow. “Then how was it compared to Jessica?”

After all, as an all-star on the stage, Jessica had sung plenty of times before!

Shawn’s expression stiffened.

He was a little sullen. “What are you bringing her up for?”

Natalia stopped in her tracks, looked at him, and sneered, “I know full well what goes on through that

head of yours, Shawn Miller, so there’s no need to pretend in front of me. In the past, the Dawson

family was headed by Clara and Aleena, so to get Clara on your side, you pulled Jessica to your side

only to get the Dawson family into the Miller family. Now that Clara’s in trouble, Jessica and Aleena are

facing charges, you’re afraid that it’ll affect yourself or the Miller family, so you’re trying to give her the

boot and come back to me. Do you think everyone’s as stupid as her, Shawn? That they’ll just stand by

and become your plaything after you feed them your lies?”

Shawn’s expression grew ugly.

“What are you saying? Am I such a person in your mind? I’ll admit that things aren’t good between me

and Jessica right now, but things hadn’t been going well even before this mess. I’m not trying to give a

coup de grace here!”

Natalia had to laugh at his audacity.

“You’re not trying to give a coup de grace? You’re serious, Shawn Miller! Do you even believe your own

words? I’m telling you, I would have respected you more if you took responsibility and still stood with

her, but did you? You didn’t! At the end of the day, you only care about yourself, and you’ve only ever

loved yourself. So quit with the act, will you? I feel nothing but disgust. And one last thing, if you’ve

chosen her, then take up the responsibility you should as a man, or else I’d just hate you and look

down on you more!”

With that, she turned to leave.

Shawn had never thought that she’d come down on him so hard.

His face turned a collection of different colors.

Finally, he lost his temper and said through clenched teeth, “Natalia! You’ll regret what you’ve said

today!”

Natalia didn’t turn around.

Shawn was losing his mind with rage.

His eyes worked as he darted up suddenly and pulled her in place. “Wait. I’ve got a secret. Want to

know what it is?”

Natalia examined him and scoffed. “I don’t care if you’ve got a hundred secrets! Let go!”

“I mean it! What would it take for you to believe me? Yes, I admit it, I’ve done a lot of wrong before; a

lot of things I shouldn’t have. Maybe I hurt you then. But at least right now, I’m genuinely trying to

apologize. Why won’t you just give me a chance?”