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?

echoing in her mind. It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in

Ten years…!

years between one person

had passed, the deepest scars in the

not brought up, it felt like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing

had

had completely left Verde

chaos in Simeria, one thing had

Cedric was different than facing the

she tried to avoid facing Cedric personally!

was forcing her to confront the pain in her

her tone

“Yes.”

of conflicts?

of Rebecca, Isabella,

else? There was

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

were just

root cause? When did it all begin?”

asked this way, Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn a big

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her mind.

Undoubtedly…!

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

turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them feel off?

asking herself in her mind.

probably started erupting completely when Isabella appeared.”

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

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

Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

asked

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

the start, looked even more serious when he turned to Natalie.

“Nat, that confrontation between you and him…

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

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented