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?

in her mind. It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in her entire

Ten years…!

years between one person and another.

passed, the deepest scars in the heart were

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

had passed.

Verde

one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing

she tried to avoid facing

her to confront the

Natalie spoke, her tone carrying

“Yes.”

of

Isabella, and

else? There was

three people ignited conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember

just

cause? When did

felt as if someone had torn a big hole

her eyes.

kindness towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

man was good to her, it was as if he cherished her like a

when exactly did their relationship turn bad? When did the atmosphere

asking herself in her mind.

“It probably started

Yes, Isabella!

because of Rebecca or Christina, whatever happened between them, Cedric would always

since Isabella appeared; everything changed completely. Isabella’s arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and wage

them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been

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

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked

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

who had been tense from the start, looked even more

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you and him…

Stephen’s tone paused. Then, after taking a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with

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Ulterior motives?!

unprecedented