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

Ten years…!

one person and another.

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart

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

had passed.

had completely left Verde

one thing had to

Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing the

she tried to avoid facing

was forcing her to confront the pain in

spoke, her tone

“Yes.”

of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella, and

else? There was

ignited conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember just how man conflicts existed between them anymore.

were just

the root cause? When

if someone had torn a big hole

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed

Undoubtedly…!

it was as if he cherished her

when exactly did their relationship turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them feel off? When did

kept asking herself in her

she recalled. “It probably started erupting

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

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

mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed

“Yeah, that’s it!”

asked in

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

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

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you and

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

Π

Ulterior motives?!

said this, an unprecedented relief appeared