Chapter 1077

Luna, who had no experience with such things, was already blushing furiously. The lounge wasn't very soundproof.

She knew nothing about the affairs between men and women.

Natalie's sudden question made her heart pound.

"Natalie, I... I've never... I don't know if he's any good or not. Ten minutes probably isn't great, right? But he seemed strong. From the sound of it, Emily was in agony."

Natalie blinked. Did the man have violent tendencies?

Natalie mused, "Oh, right! It's the blind leading the blind here. Neither of us exactly has a wealth of experience to draw from."

"But we can definitely confirm he's not good in bed."

"Emily is his woman. I want a full background check on her. Her whole family, three generations back."

Luna nodded, her face still red. "Okay! Natalie, let's go find Mr. Hayes, say our goodbyes, and head home."

Natalie's voice was clear. "Yeah, let's go. We should get home and get some sleep. We have New Year's celebrations tomorrow."

Across the hall, in another lounge, Sebastian and Sean listened as the two young women's gleeful voices faded away.

Sebastian's gaze darkened. He had never been with any woman, so how could Natalie just assume he was 'no good'?!

He would make sure she found out just how good he was one day.

Damn that Maxwell Griffith, making his wife overhear something so disgusting.

Sebastian's eyes were deep with thought. Why did he only realize how to love someone, how to cherish Natalie, after she had already left?

Natalie had said that love that comes too late is cheaper than dirt.

She was right. In this world, no one was indispensable to anyone else.

The only reason Natalie hadn't divorced him sooner was that she was determined to see his eyes completely healed. Once she completed her task, she left without a moment's hesitation.

Sean saw the ugly expression on Sebastian's face and finally understood why. It was all because of Natalie's two words: "no good."

Sean was too shocked to hold back. He couldn't help but ask, "Boss, you were married for years. Did you really staycelibate for Joanna With your wife's incredible figure and stunning face, you never once felt tempted?"

Sebastian's face was grim. He hadn't been saving himself for Joanna. He shot Sean a cold look but, for once, offered an explanation. "I was disabled, confined to a

wheelchair. My mind get

Villing but my body was a broken cage. It

wasn't about desire; I was simply fighting for survival.. It wasn't for Joanna. It was because I had no feelings for Natalie, and I'm not a man driven by lust. I've never been driven by lust. Sex just wasn't something I prioritized."

"Besides, I couldn't even guarantee my own survival back then. Anyone I cared about would have just died sooner than me."

He wasn't made of stone; it wasn't that he was never tempted. But with his own life

on the line, how could he have the capacity to love anyone?

It was only after he recognized his own heart that he developed feelings for Natalie, but by then, the chasm between them was already too deep.

Pfft!

Sean almost burst out laughing. Wasn't that just a roundabout way of admitting he was no good?

This sly dog was quite the actor.

Even he had been fooled into thinking Sebastian's heart belonged to Joanna.

He was a man of deep

machinations. He treated Joanna with special favor because she had been placed by Timothy's side..

Timothy wouldn't kill panna.ne

and by

treating Natalie poorly, Sebastian ensured Timothy wouldn't have to make a move on her either.

But he had orchestrated such a grand chessboard that even Sean had believed what he saw.

"Boss, you knew about Joanna's plan back then. Why didn't you just get rid of her?" Sebastian's chest felt heavy. Getting rid of her would have ended him too.

He desperately wanted to see Natalie, but seeing her only made the ache in his heart worse.

"Because, my mother was poisoned at the time, and I suspected it was Joanna. Now I'm certain she was the one who poisoned my mother."