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?

was undoubtedly

Ten years…!

one person and

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging to heal.

nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would

had

completely left Verde

had to

listening to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing the

course, she tried to avoid facing Cedric

forcing her to confront the pain in her

tone carrying

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Isabella, and

else? There was too much…!

conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember just

just

“But what’s the root cause? When did it all begin?”

if someone had torn a big hole

her eyes.

Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her mind.

Undoubtedly…!

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

did their relationship turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them

asking herself in her mind.

started erupting completely when

Yes, Isabella!

between them, Cedric would always give in to her in the end. He would soothe

changed completely. Isabella’s arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and

their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no way to find any melting point.

Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth

“Yeah, that’s it!”

is“?” Natalie asked in

in the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention put some

the start, looked even more

said, “Nat, that confrontation between

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

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Ulterior motives?!

unprecedented relief appeared in her