A Divorce After My Rebirth

Chapter 272 Plotting

Ten minutes later, Natalie sat across from Stephen in his study, holding a cup of water.

Despite her efforts to appear calm, the trace of worry on her brow was evident, and Stephen easily picked up on it.

“Do you not want to talk about it?” he asked.

“Uncle…”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t you think everyone around here has been acting strangely lately?” Natalie pondered.

It seemed to have started when Cedric was released from Verde City prison. Both her uncle and Irwin had become peculiar.

The photos she had seen in this study felt like thorns piercing her heart. Regardless of Irwin’s past kindness, Natalie now felt an overwhelming sense of doubt.

“Nat, we’re talking about you now,” Stephen’s tone became more serious, causing a

momentary tightness in Natalie’s chest.

Before she could respond, Stephen continued, “Behaving like this will only make your aunt worry a lot.”

“I know,” she acknowledged.

She knew!

Yet, suddenly, the tranquility she had managed to restore in her life was disrupted by a massive stone which was creating so many ripples in the pond of her life!

Their eyes met, and Natalie felt her breath becoming suffocated at that moment.

Looking into her eyes, Stephen grew even more solemn. “Nat, there’s something fishy about the Verde City situation.”

“What do

you

mean?”

“I’ve found some inconsistencies in the conflicts between you and Cedric. Do you remember how it all began?”

Stephen’s sudden question made Natalie’s heart skip a beat.

The conflicts between her and Cedric?

kept echoing in her mind. It was

Ten years…!

one person and

matter how many years had passed, the deepest scars

But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing

years had

had completely left Verde City for two years.

the chaos in Simeria, one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing

she tried to avoid

to confront the pain in her heart.

her tone carrying a heavy

“Yes.”

of conflicts?

Isabella, and

There was too

ignited conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember just how man

were just too

the root cause? When did it all begin?”

felt as if someone had torn a big hole in it, and

her eyes.

towards

Undoubtedly…!

was good to her, it was as if

bad? When did the atmosphere between

herself in her

she recalled. “It probably started

Yes, Isabella!

them, Cedric would always give in to her in the

completely. Isabella’s arrival triggered their conflicts, and they

warm connection between them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter

Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

that Stephen had become unusually attentive to her in the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention put some pressure on Natalie, but

uncle, who had been tense from the start, looked

that confrontation between you and him…

point, Stephen’s tone paused. Then, after taking a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might

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Ulterior motives?!

unprecedented relief