Chapter 256 The Stubborn Girl

Time flew by like a swift shuttle.

A massive fire had altered the lives of all those involved.

Two years later, the world’s top tier commercial speech event in Simeria dazzled everyone…

Lucas hurriedly entered Verde City Prison to see Cedric. Two years had transformed the man into

someone cold and steady.

“What’s the matter?” Cedric asked with an icy tone upon seeing Lucas.

It had been two years.

Since the day Rebecca left, Cedric hadn’t met anyone else apart from those from the company.

In the meantime, Rebecca had tried numerous times to reach out, but Cedric rejected every attempt. He

even turned away calls from Simeria.

Lucas had visited countless times during this period, but his serious expression now was a first.

Cedric thought something might be wrong with the company.

“It’s not about the company,” Lucas sa d as she shook his head.

Cedric frowned, “Then what?”

Lucas looked at him with complex emotions in his eyes. Obviously, the unexpected news had left everyone at a loss for words.

When Rebecca had first learned of it, she didn’t know how to break it to Cedric. It was beyond surprising.

and it was downright… hateful!

In the past two years, Christina had been sentenced to prison for life, and Cedric had paid a heavy price.

Yet, the person who was supposed to be dead…..!

It was a deception.

A blatant deception!

“Just leave it if you’re not going to talk, Cedric said, about to hang up.

“Wait,” Lucas stopped him in time.

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obvious impatience

of contemplation, Lucas gathered his courage and said, “Ms.

air fell silent

soundproof glass, it felt

a storm of emotions but eventually

at Lucas and spoke, his mind was still buzzing, as if he couldn’t hear

did you say?

Who wa

still

must have misheard.

said slowly, “Ms. Walker,

moment, his mind

entire world collapsed and rebuilt itself, repeating the process over and over.

sa

It was a tangled

Natalie… Natalie!

was a name It was a name Cedric least wanted to recall in the last two

smile was frozen in the sea of

heart thumped wildly and beyond his control.

alive echoed in his

alive?” Cedric finally spoke after a long silence.

of the

nodded. “Yes,

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with Mr. Frazier!” Lucas added, clearly

on the crucial point: Natalie was alive!

Natalie, Natalie…!

that kept him awake through countless

It was a name that haunted him like a nightmare,

him like

he couldn’t let go of–the name that tortured him into

everything.

abyss he couldn’t escape. But now, Lucas’s message

sun, instantly illuminating that

his demon and

“She’s alive?”

“Yes, sir.”

with Irwin?” Cedric chuckled, a mocking and mad glint in his eyes

his eyes gradually lightened, revealing uncontainable joy and a hint of craziness.

had been a

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