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

Ten years…!

years between one person and another.

matter how many years had passed, the deepest scars in

it felt like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing

had

completely left Verde City for two

thing had to

Cedric was different than facing the man in person.

to avoid facing Cedric personally!

her to confront the pain in her

tone carrying

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella, and

There was

Natalie couldn’t remember just how man conflicts existed between

were just too

root cause? When did it all

this way, Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn a big hole in it, and she closed

her eyes.

of Cedric’s kindness towards her

Undoubtedly…!

her, it was as if he cherished her

exactly did their relationship turn bad? When did the atmosphere between them feel off? When did it all

kept asking herself in her mind.

started erupting completely

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

their entire relationship had been frozen

eyes

“Yeah, that’s it!”

is“?” Natalie asked

the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention put some pressure on Natalie, but she didn’t know how to

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

that confrontation between you

paused. Then, after taking a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared in