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.

eventually lost his patience and decided to take her home. There was no way he could go to work

struggled to maintain control of the car, a testament to

sat on the couch,

“Can we talk now?”

nothing to

talk about? He had been involved with his personal assistant for the past six months, and the whole world

given her any

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

Johnson family has ever

slightly. She looked into the man’s eyes, which

reason he had burned

trace of coldness in her eyes, she said, “Fine. Either you can be

Cedric was speechless.

air around them felt colder. He looked

fearlessly met his gaze, her infuriating expression pushing Cedric to his

He finally turned away.

conversation might lead him to lose control and

him walk away. Even if it was just his back,

But now…

called out

didn’t turn around. “You should calm yourself. Don’t contact me until you figure out how to talk

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