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?

her mind. It was undoubtedly the most

Ten years…!

between one

passed, the deepest scars in

the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain

had passed.

Verde

the chaos in Simeria, one thing had

different than

tried to avoid facing Cedric

was forcing her to confront the pain in her

Natalie spoke, her tone carrying a

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Isabella, and

was

and Natalie couldn’t remember just how man conflicts existed

were just too many.

“But what’s the root cause? When did it all

way, Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn a big hole in it, and she closed

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her mind.

Undoubtedly…!

that man was good to her, it was as

did the

asking herself in her mind.

started

Yes, Isabella!

happened between them, Cedric would always give in to her in the end. He would soothe her and remain

everything changed completely. Isabella’s arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and wage a cold

had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no way to find any melting point.

Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked

Stephen had become unusually attentive to her in the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention

who had been tense from the start, looked even more serious when

confrontation between

breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some ulterior

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her