Chapter 203

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Nathan

My knees knocked together rapidly as I sat on the metal chair. The door next to me had a plaque on it that read DNA center. I knew what this looked like.

Like I didn't trust Lily.

And we'll, to some extent, trust Lily. When I had first met LiLy, I had recently left mom and Dad's company. I wanted to step out of Noah's shadow as the second child. I wanted to make a name for myself. My own name. And well, for some time it worked. Nathan Industries was just starting up. We barely had a few employees and a woman taking interest in me at that time felt pretty good. She had felt like the only thing going right for me.

But, there was a clause. I didn't want a relationship. I just wanted the sex. Relationships were messy and I didn't think I had the time or commitment to have handled one back then. Of course I had made this clear to Lily. I tried to. And she agreed. She had dropped into my world like a hot gift and my life never remained the same.

That wasn't even an exaggerati