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 the most unwelcome pain in her

Ten years…!

one person and another.

passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging to heal.

the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only

years had

completely left Verde City for two years.

thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was calm!

was different than facing the man

tried to avoid facing Cedric personally!

her uncle was forcing her to confront the pain in her

spoke, her tone carrying

“Yes.”

of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella, and Christina…!”

There was too

remember just how man conflicts existed

just too

cause? When did it all

someone had torn a big hole in it, and

her eyes.

kindness towards her crossed

Undoubtedly…!

was as if

the atmosphere between

asking herself in her mind.

started

Yes, Isabella!

because of Rebecca or Christina, whatever happened between them, Cedric would always

arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and wage a

connection between them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been

mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

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

who had been tense from the start, looked even more serious when

that confrontation between

point, Stephen’s tone paused. Then, after taking a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some ulterior

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Ulterior motives?!

unprecedented