Chapter 14 Online Harassment and Threats

Upstairs, Natalie listened to Cedric’s yelling at Rebecca. She couldn’t help but feel sad about how ironic

the situation was!

When they had looked down on her, even refusing to allow her to have Cedric’s child, she hadn’t uttered a

word of complaint in Cedric’s presence.

Looking back now, she realized how foolishly she had thought that she simply needed to do better, and

eventually, the Johnson family would accept her.

Since the deaths of her parents and grandmother, she had never experienced the warmth of a family.

That’s why she had been single–mindedly working to maintain Cedric’s family.

Her entire focus had been on gaining their acceptance. But in the end, she had been wrong.

She closed her eyes, but the sorrow on her face was impossible to conceal.

When Cedric came upstairs, he saw Natalie lying on the chaise longue in the room. He approached her and crouched down in front of her, taking her hand.

“Nat.”

Natalie subconsciously tried to withdraw her hand.

But the man tightened his grip. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

Natalie let out a bitter laugh.

telling him? This was the man who had called her to question her just because

his family because they did

Cedric wouldn’t

in the Johnson family would only get more difficult if she had done anything of

a petty person. If this caused a rift between

to say something else, his phone suddenly rang. Holding Natalie’s hand with. one hand, he retrieved his phone with the other. He checked the caller

“What is it?”

on the other end spoke, Natalie felt the warmth of

rose to his feet.

eyes, once gentle and expressive, were now devoid of any warmth as he glanced at her.

felt nothing but a

be right there,” Cedric said before ending

turned her

that Isabella

I’m

she to

piercing. It was as if she was subjecting Cedric to an interrogation that penetrated deep into his

caressed her face, then cupped her cheeks and k*ssed her on the forehead. The touch was gentle, soft, and meant

Natalie, this comfort felt insincere

everyone is saying. I’ll tell you everything when I return, alright?” Cedric spoke, trying to

remained silent

before getting up

though he was

eyes, concealing

Rebecca had left.

just thrown a bombshell into her and Cedric’s relationship. While their

be completely destroyed, it

She hadn’t wanted him to be torn

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