Chapter 5 She Dared to Threaten Him

Natalie winced in pain. She raised her hand and slapped Cedric in the face.

The already tense atmosphere became even more stifling.

Cedric’s hand shifted from her jaw to her delicate neck, and his breathing was harsh.

“You’ve been acting strange all day. Explain yourself.”

At this moment, Cedric finally realized that Natalie wasn’t just playing around.

She had always been composed and knew her boundaries. If it were just a tantrum, she wouldn’t have pestered him like this, especially after he had ignored her in the morning.

Natalie glared at him. She held his wrist and said, “The clerk’s office closes in twenty minutes. We should handle the paperwork before it does.”

“Natalie Walker!” The man’s breath was unsteady with frustration.

Natalie forcefully pulled his hand down, pushing him away. However, he remained steady as a rock and unmovable. Natalie could do nothing else but glare angrily at him.

to take her home. There was no way he could go to

of the car, a testament to the intensity of Cedric’s

sat on the couch, and Cedric sat opposite

“Can we talk now?”

have nothing to talk about,” she

personal assistant for the past six months, and the whole

given

into her. Natalie turned her head away, refusing to look at the man whose temples pulsated angrily.

man from the Johnson family has ever divorced; there have only

She looked into the man’s eyes,

he had burned her to death in her past

of coldness in her eyes, she said, “Fine. Either you can be the first divorcee in your family, or you can go

Cedric was speechless.

colder. He looked down

infuriating expression

He finally turned away.

lead him to lose control and

was just his back, it had

But now…

called out to

yourself. Don’t contact me until you figure out

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