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 pain in her

Ten years…!

between one person

deepest scars in the

brought up, it felt like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only

years had

left Verde City for two

thing had

different than facing the man in

to avoid

uncle was forcing her to confront the

spoke, her tone carrying

“Yes.”

kind of

Isabella, and

else? There was

remember just how man conflicts existed between them

were just

root cause? When did it

someone had torn a big hole in it,

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

was good to her, it was

exactly did their relationship turn bad? When did the

asking herself in her mind.

probably started

Yes, Isabella!

whether it was because of Rebecca or Christina, whatever happened between them, Cedric would always give in to her in the end.

and they would

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

eyes flashed with depth

“Yeah, that’s it!”

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 put some pressure on Natalie, but she didn’t know how

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

“Nat, that confrontation between you

paused. Then, after taking a deep breath,

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Ulterior motives?!

an unprecedented relief appeared