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?

It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in

Ten years…!

one person and another.

years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart

nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only those who had experienced it could

years had passed.

had completely left Verde City for

in Simeria, one thing had to

was different than facing the man

she tried to avoid facing Cedric personally!

her to confront the pain in her heart.

tone carrying

“Yes.”

of conflicts?

of Rebecca, Isabella, and Christina…!”

There was too

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

just too

root cause? When did it all

way, Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn

her eyes.

Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed

Undoubtedly…!

that man was good to her, it was as

did the atmosphere

kept asking herself in her mind.

started erupting completely when

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with

Stephen’s eyes flashed with

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked

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

from the start, looked even more serious when he turned

said, “Nat, that confrontation

a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared