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 unwelcome

Ten years…!

years between one person

many years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging to

nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain

had

Verde City for two years.

had to be

Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing the man in person.

she tried to avoid facing Cedric

her to confront the pain in

tone carrying a heavy burden.

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella, and

There was too much…!

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

just too many.

what’s the root cause? When did it all

as if someone had torn a big hole in

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

good to her, it was as

turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them feel off?

kept asking herself

recalled. “It probably started erupting completely when Isabella appeared.”

Yes, Isabella!

them, Cedric would always give

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

was as if their entire relationship had been frozen by a

eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

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 she

had been tense from the start, looked even more serious when he turned to Natalie.

that confrontation between you and

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

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Ulterior motives?!

said this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her eyes.