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

Ten years…!

years between one person and

passed, the deepest scars

would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only those who had experienced it could understand.

years had passed.

left Verde City for two

thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally,

listening to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing the man in

tried to avoid facing Cedric

her to confront

spoke, her tone carrying

“Yes.”

of

Isabella,

There was too

conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember just how man

just

root cause? When did it

as if someone had torn a big hole in it, and she closed

her eyes.

Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

it was as if he

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

herself in her mind.

she recalled. “It probably started erupting

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

It was as if their entire relationship had been frozen

eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

is“?” Natalie asked

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

been tense from the start, looked

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you

breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him

Π

Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her