He relaxed a little, but Natalie still wasn't satisfied. Scarlett's death was linked to him. If he had any sense, he'd lie again and try to get away. She had no patience for tricks. She needed to push him until he broke. So she shoved the bayonet in again, hard, into his other shoulder. "I'm not pleased with you. If you lie one more time, I'll stab you again. I'll keep doing it until you're dead." The bayonet hit Jacob hard, and pain shot through him. He curled up into a ball. With so many wounds at once, he couldn't stand it anymore. Natalie noticed his mind starting to drift and pulled out a tourniquet, warning him, "This isn't a simple knife. "If you don't want to bleed to death, you better cooperate. Tell the truth and I'll bandage you. Wait too long and even God can't save you." Jacob's arms and legs burned with pain. His spirit broke. His lips went pale and trembled as he asked, "If I tell you ... you really won't blame me, and you'll stop the bleeding?" "Yes." Natalie raised the tourniquet. "You'd better hurry and tell me everything." Jacob felt life slipping away. Facing death filled him with a fear he'd never known. "Okay! Okay! Nat, I'll tell you everything! Please, put it away!" As he confessed, the old truth finally came out. Lillian had hired a local perfumer to make a scent that could disturb someone's mind, but it wasn't deadly. It was Jacob who really caused Scarlett's death. At that time, Scarlett believed she had a happy marriage. Jacob was careful. He kept two phones. The one he used to contact Lillian stayed locked in a company drawer and never came home. He bought things for Lillian using Derek's name and bank account. If he'd kept doing that, Scarlett would never have found out. But secrets don't stay hidden forever. That day, Scarlett, her mother, and daughter cut their island trip short because Natalie's grandmother caught a bad flu and was too weak to continue. After dropping her mother and daughter off at the hospital, Scarlett went home to grab a few things—and ran into Jacob and Lillian in the middle of a fling. Her whole world was shattered in that instant. The man she thought was loyal was with someone else, right before her eyes. The shock hit so hard that she grabbed her chest and fainted. Lillian's eyes sparkled sharply when she noticed Scarlett's reaction. Later, after Jacob knelt and begged, talking smoothly to calm her down, Scarlett thought it had been a one-time mistake. For the years they had shared, and because she wanted Nat to grow up in a complete, happy family, Scarlett forgave him. She didn't press charges and even helped him hide it from the family and their daughter. Jacob behaved for a while, even more caring than before. But Lillian, knowing about Scarlett's heart condition, had Derek deliver a special aromatic candle to Jacob, instructing him to carry it and use it. Jacob knew what the scent was. But he also knew Scarlett had leverage over him now, and the Kellers controlled the family fortune. If she exposed him, he could lose both his wealth and reputation. So he followed Lillian's instructions and burned that aromatic candle every day. Even though Scarlett and Jacob seemed to reconcile, the memory of his betrayal stuck like a thorn in her heart. The combination of ongoing sadness and the aromatic candle damaged her health.A broken heart is hard to heal. The woman who once trusted her husband fully became paranoid and insecure. Eventually, she hired a private investigator to watch Jacob and Lillian closely. That's when she realized the mistress had a daughter, too, with the last name Ashford—Rosalie Ashford. Natalie, Rosalie. The names were similar that Scarlett lost it and threw the "happy family" photo off her desk onto the floor. The loving marriage and happy family she believed in? It was all lies. Looking at the paternity test results for Rosalie and Jacob, Scarlett got so angry she had to take two quick-relief heart pills just to calm down. It wasn't just a one-time mistake or a brief fling. That scumbag had a secret child almost the same age as Nat! She had been living in lies and betrayal her whole life. Burning with rage, Scarlett wanted to cut Jacob out of her life immediately. But after all these years, his influence had spread too far into the family business. A man who cheats always plans ahead. To protect the Kellers' business and her late father's hard work from being ruined, Scarlett swallowed her anger and stayed quiet.