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.

who had called her to question her

ties with his family because they did

wouldn’t do

would only get more

rift between

Cedric was about to say something else, his phone suddenly rang. Holding Natalie’s hand with. one hand, he retrieved his phone with

“What is it?”

end spoke, Natalie felt the warmth of Cedric’s hand abruptly

rose to his feet.

once gentle and expressive, were now devoid of any

met, Natalie felt nothing

I’ll be right there,” Cedric said before ending

her

Isabella had been

found. I’m

she to

with calm, but her words were piercing. It

and k*ssed her on the forehead. The touch

comfort

run wild. It’s not like what everyone is saying. I’ll tell

silent

her again before

steps were swift, as though he was in

eyes, concealing

Rebecca had left.

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

be completely destroyed,

Natalie had been concerned about Cedric. She hadn’t wanted him

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