A Divorce After My Rebirth

Chapter 165 Manipulation

Natalie was more than just angry at this point!

Her anger did nothing to affect Cedric. She was initially uneasy, but now it felt even more stifling!

“Give me the original document, Natalie demanded.

When Zane called, she had wanted to bring up the issue of a mole in the company. But considering the

already tense atmosphere today, she decided to address it tomorrow at work.

Cedric looked at Natalie with the same self–satisfaction Natalie used to display towards him.

“It’s at Scarlet Villa.”

Natalie fell silent.

They continued their journey to Scarlet Villa without another word between them. When they got out, Lucas took the items from the bag and handed them to Cedric in a small pouch, which Cedric then passed to Natalie.

“Still using your family’s things after getting married? It won’t look good if others hear about it.”

“Whatever,” Natalie snapped, grabbing the bag. She didn’t want to engage with him right now.

In the past decade, Cedric had given her all sorts of valuable things. However, Natalie was a modest and low–key person, so she seldom used those items.

If it weren’t for her career now, she also wouldn’t have bothered.

Watching her storm off, Cedric chuckled.

Sitting in the car without immediately getting out, he asked Lucas, “How could such a small thing cause so much trouble before?”

Especially thinking back to the day of Elizabeth’s birthday, when Natalie had been the most unruly in her life.

She had never been like that before.

It seemed as if something was forcing her into urgency–no, not just urgency!

It was as if not divorcing him would threaten her life.

When this thought crossed his mind, Cedric felt a tightness in his chest!

Cedric entered the villa to find Natalie sitting at the dining table, eating the food he had brought. She seemed resigned, a state he found quite satisfying.

He approached, pulled out a chair, and sat across from her.

“How is it? Does it taste good?” he asked.

“I’m not picky,” Natalie replied without expressing her opinion.

used

hands, pampered to the point of arrogance.

audacity was

all

silent, and Cedric picked up a glass of red wine from

you hiding something

paused, looking

gazed into Cedric’s deep eyes. His gaze felt like an impenetrable depth, and she couldn’t tell what he

“When you mentioned

clear, his intelligence had

overthought so much. He would have simply tried to coax Natalie

now, he had eliminated all the barriers between them. He had time to spend with Natalie and to think things through. So, Cedric was bringing the many doubts

a bite of her food. “What, is it because you

you’re hiding something from me!” Cedric belatedly

)

paused in her action, then resumed even faster. The pain that flickered in her eyes didn’t escape Cedric’s notice, especially with her deliberate attempts to conceal it. It

Since when did

of discussing all this now?”

another woman in his life that was

tell you that Isabella’s eyes can still be saved, would you still waste time arguing

was a noticeable

other women become so

“Natalie, she’s Ivan’s sister!”

you were going to

the

was Natalie’s younger

ruthless no matter what she did toward

tone grew increasingly

this far, he continued, “Let’s not talk about what happened before. You’ve made

“Cedric!” Natalie interrupted him.

at him without breaking eye

a moment before continuing, “Until now, you still believe I did

the answer in

always believed it was

That was even scarier!

of who she was,

She

wasn’t a

don’t know what you mean by

up and slammed her

watched her. He was silent, yet his stance

“Where’s the original document?”

obediently following him to Scarlet Villa and finishing this dinner was

Cedric turned colder and