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

the way back, the driver struggled to maintain control of the car, a testament to the

on the couch, and Cedric

“Can we talk now?”

have nothing to

his personal assistant for the past six months, and

he given her any

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

from the Johnson family has ever divorced; there

She looked into the man’s eyes, which were filled with complex

he had burned

in her eyes, she said, “Fine. Either you can be the first divorcee

Cedric was speechless.

air around them felt colder. He looked down at Natalie,

her infuriating expression pushing Cedric to his breaking

He finally turned away.

might lead him to

was just his

But now…

Natalie called out to

calm yourself. Don’t contact me until you figure out how to

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