"You have to sign it. Have you forgotten that a month ago, we agreed that after your marriage, you would transfer half of your shares to Briena's name?" Sephina demanded, her tone sharp and unyielding.
"A month ago?" Natalie pretended to think. "Hmm, I do remember. You said if you allowed me to marry Ivan, I would have to transfer half my shares to Briena after the wedding."
"Then sign it," Sephina demanded.
"Old Mrs. Ford, it seems with age, you fail to understand the clear meaning of words," Natalie replied. "The talk was about marrying Ivan. But I did not marry Ivan, so it doesn't count. Secondly, if you talk about me just getting married, then according to my marriage certificate, I have been married for a year and a half, so the words given after my marriage are invalid. I hope you get it."
"I knew you wouldn't be that easy," Sephina sneered. "But you are not leaving here unless you sign these papers today."
Three guards entered the drawing room and blocked the main door.
Natalie turned to Sephina. "I advise you to let me go."
"And I advise you to sign it," Sephina said arrogantly.
Natalie sighed and walked ahead anyway.
"Do you think just because you are a Ford, these guards won't touch you? Don't forget they listen to me," Sephina raised her voice at Natalie's stubbornness.
"I was wondering if they think they can stop me just because I am one of you pathetic, spineless Fords." Natalie stopped a few steps away from the guards, released the handle of her suitcase, and looked at them. "Will you let me go, or do you want me to find my way out?"
"What are you waiting for? Drag her here and make her sign these papers," Sephina roared. The guards marched towards Natalie. When everyone pitied her for her stubbornness, something unexpected happened that shocked them all. In less than a minute, Natalie had taken down the three guards, who couldn't even touch her. The room was silent, with one question on everyone's mind:
When did she learn martial arts?
Natalie shrugged her hands and turned to Sephina. "Do you think I survived that hellhole you sent me to by passing my time killing bugs all these years?"
Sephina, stunned, could only stare at Natalie, who now seemed like a completely different person. How had they missed this side of her?
"Natalie, you have crossed your limits today," Jay Ford exclaimed in anger. "If you leave this home without signing these papers, you won't ever be allowed to return."
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