Chapter 171: A Ticking Bomb

"…lie…Natalie…Natalie!"

She only realized she had been lost in a daytime daze when her head snapped up again to look at a pale Kevin who had somehow crouched next to her. He had become inches away from her face, his chest pumping up and down so hard as if he was on the brink of hyperventilating.

"…Sorry, I didn't hear you calling out."

His big hands that were already placed on her shoulders squeezed her collarbone lightly while regret filled his big green eyes beneath his sweaty forehead.

"I dumped everything on you because I felt I would be betraying you otherwise. But mayb-"

"No," she interrupted him, "You did the right thing by telling me."

"...Are you going to tell Alonso?"

She sighed, "My father-in-law knows about this, and even he kept it a secret from his own children. Telling Alonso about his twin when Isabella is a scar that runs deep within... It's just not that easy."