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?

mind. It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in her

Ten years…!

one

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

the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only those

years had passed.

Verde City for

one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was

Stephen mentioning Cedric was different

tried to avoid facing

her uncle was forcing her to confront the pain in her

tone carrying a heavy burden.

“Yes.”

kind of

Rebecca, Isabella, and Christina…!”

There was

and Natalie couldn’t remember

just too many.

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

if someone had torn a big hole in

her eyes.

kindness towards her

Undoubtedly…!

good to her, it was as if

did their relationship turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them feel off? When did it all begin?

herself in her

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

Yes, Isabella!

happened between them, Cedric would

arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and wage a cold war against each

them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no

Natalie mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and sharpness.

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked

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

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

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you

a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some ulterior motives.”

Π

Ulterior motives?!

said this, an unprecedented relief