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

Ten years…!

years between one person

the deepest

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

had

Verde City

one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally,

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different

course, she tried to avoid facing Cedric personally!

was forcing her to confront the pain in

spoke, her tone carrying a heavy burden.

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Isabella, and Christina…!”

else? There was too much…!

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

just too

what’s the root cause?

as if someone had torn a big hole in it,

her eyes.

towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

it was as if he cherished her like

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

herself in her

recalled. “It probably started erupting completely

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

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

eyes flashed

“Yeah, that’s it!”

asked in confusion.

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

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

“Nat, that confrontation between you and him…

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

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief