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

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

reaching home, Natalie sat on the couch, and Cedric

“Can we talk now?”

have nothing to talk about,” she

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

he given

turned her head away, refusing to look at the man whose

Johnson family has ever divorced;

into the man’s eyes,

reason he had burned her to

“Fine. Either you can be the

Cedric was speechless.

colder. He looked down at Natalie, emanating

infuriating expression pushing Cedric to his breaking

He finally turned away.

conversation might lead him to lose control and strangle

watched him walk away. Even if it was just his back, it had once given her an

But now…

Natalie called out to

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

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