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 undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in her entire

Ten years…!

years between one person and another.

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the

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

had

Verde City

thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than facing the man in

course, she tried to

her uncle was forcing her to confront the pain in her

Natalie spoke, her tone carrying

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella,

was too much…!

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

were just too

root cause? When did it all begin?”

someone had torn a big

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed

Undoubtedly…!

her, it was as if

When did the atmosphere between them feel off? When did it all begin?

kept asking herself in

“It probably started erupting completely when Isabella appeared.”

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

once warm connection between them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no way to find

Stephen’s eyes

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor

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

“Nat, that confrontation between you

Then, after taking a deep breath, he continued,

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Ulterior motives?!

Stephen said this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her