Chapter 17 Irreparable Rift

Just as Cedric was about to explode, a knock at the door interrupted him.

It was the butler, who announced, “Sir, Mr. Lewis is here.”

“Have him wait in the study,” Cedric instructed.

Natalie’s face turned even colder upon hearing that Stefan had arrived.

Stefan Lewis was Cedric’s best friend. He owned a private detective agency, and there was nothing he couldn’t uncover if one was willing to pay. Many wealthy women had sought him out to find evidence of

their husbands‘ infidelity.

And Natalie… knew all too well what Stefan had brought for Cedric today. It was the evidence that would push her husband’s feelings for her to the brink.

“If you ever dare to mention divorce again, I won’t let you off,” said Cedric, each word dripping with

venom, before he turned and left.

Watching his retreating figure, Natalie eventually closed her eyes.

But as Cedric was about to step out the door, she couldn’t help but call out, “Wait.”

“What else do you want to say?”

do you have left

a foolish question. But

though this was a different lifetime, she… was still afraid! Even after enduring the painful ending of

and helpless. She feared that her relationship with Cedric would be destroyed in an instant. Thinking about how his level of trust in her had dropped to almost

observed him carefully, trying to etch the last

simply said, “I have always

words, he walked away, heading to his study to

a long, long time, not

is meant to happen would

story took

was wrapped up like a mummy. With her eyes covered

room – Christina, whose eyes were

never thought that she would

could have Natalie thrown in jail. Who could have known

released the next day, while Christina had spent several days in prison. Even her mother, who had always doted on her, had been too caught up in the Johnson family’s public image

to great lengths to exonerate herself, nearly delaying the

demeanor was no

necessary arrangements been made?”

care of, and my brother has probably

assured

breathed a sigh

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