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?

term kept echoing in her mind. It was undoubtedly the

Ten years…!

one

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the

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

years had

left Verde

chaos in Simeria, one thing had to be

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than

she tried to avoid

forcing her to confront the pain in her

Natalie spoke, her tone carrying a

“Yes.”

kind of

Isabella,

else? There was too

remember just

just

what’s the root cause? When did it all begin?”

felt as if someone had torn

her eyes.

towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

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

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

herself in her mind.

she recalled. “It probably started erupting

Yes, Isabella!

between them, Cedric would always give in

their conflicts, and

their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no way to find any melting point.

mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in confusion.

past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving

tense from the start, looked even more serious when

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you and him…

a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some ulterior motives.”

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Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared