NATALIA ~~ I was pissed off, and I couldn't even deny it. Many might assume I was overreacting, but this was nothing compared to the pain the past years had inflicted on me… all because of him. Rylan's audacity to speak to me, let alone subtly accuse me of lying, simply because I stated clearly that he and I were strangers, was infuriating. How dare he even try to talk to me at all? Did he forget the pain he had inflicted on me all those years ago and how he and I have been estranged for over five years? The way he had kicked me to the curb and abandoned me as if I meant nothing and probably sent that criminal to kill me off. My voice seethed with a mixture of rage and hurt as I retorted, "How dare you even try to speak to me and act like you know me, Rylan? You're the one who ab

