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?

mind. It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in her

Ten years…!

years between one person

passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging

like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would

had

completely left Verde City for two

thing had

was different

course, she tried to avoid facing

was forcing her to

spoke, her tone

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Rebecca, Isabella, and

else? There was

conflicts, and Natalie couldn’t remember just how man conflicts

were just too many.

frowned. “But what’s the root cause? When

felt as if someone had

her eyes.

Cedric’s kindness towards her crossed her

Undoubtedly…!

her, it was as if he cherished her like

the atmosphere between them feel off?

herself in her mind.

probably started erupting completely when Isabella appeared.”

Yes, Isabella!

whatever happened between them, Cedric would

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

connection between them froze. It was as if their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter

Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed with depth and sharpness.

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

any minor incidents involving her. His excessive attention put some pressure on Natalie, but she didn’t know how to express

tense from the start, looked even more

“Nat, that confrontation between you

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

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Ulterior motives?!

an unprecedented relief appeared in her