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?

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

Ten years…!

one person

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging to

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

had passed.

had completely left Verde

one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally,

mentioning Cedric was different than

she tried to avoid

to

Natalie spoke, her tone carrying a heavy

“Yes.”

kind of

of Rebecca, Isabella, and

There was too

couldn’t remember just how man conflicts

were just

root cause? When did it

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

her eyes.

Cedric’s kindness towards her

Undoubtedly…!

man was good to her, it was

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

kept asking herself in her

“It probably started erupting completely when

Yes, Isabella!

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

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

was as if their entire relationship had been frozen

mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

noticed that Stephen had become unusually attentive to her in the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention put some pressure on Natalie,

looked even more serious when

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

breath,

Π

Ulterior motives?!

this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her