Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie) novel Chapter 195

Watching Hanley blow out the candles, a bright smile on his face, Natalie, his mother, momentarily forgot all the recent unpleasantness.

Happy birthday, my child.

Seeing the genuine smile on Natalie's face, even after being excluded from cutting the cake, made Marie uneasy. Even after everyone remarked that the three of them looked like the perfect family, she wasn't jealous? She wasn't angry?

Darren's expression was unreadable.

Just then, someone from the crowd shouted, "It's the birthday boy's big day! Let's have him say a few words!"

Marie handed the microphone to Hanley. "First, I want to thank everyone for coming to my birthday party. I hope you all have a great time tonight," he began. "Today is my birthday, and there's someone I want to thank. More than that, I want to sincerely apologize to her. I was too young and didn't know any better, and I hurt her."

Natalie had already seen Hanley blow out the candles and cut the cake, and she was preparing to leave. He had cried and begged her to come to his party, and she had fulfilled her part. Staying any longer would just make her feel like an outsider.

But Hanley's words stopped her in her tracks.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Although Hanley had cried and promised to apologize to her in person, she hadn't really come expecting an apology. She had come only to grant her child's request—what mother could refuse her own child's tears?

But now, he wanted to apologize to her at his birthday party. He had really grown up.

A wave of emotion washed over Natalie, and her eyes filled with a flicker of hope.

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