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 most unwelcome pain in her entire

Ten years…!

one person and another.

passed, the deepest scars in the heart were

not brought up, it felt like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only those who had experienced it

had passed.

left Verde City for two

chaos in Simeria, one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was calm!

to Stephen mentioning Cedric was different than

she tried to

to confront the pain in

spoke, her tone carrying a

“Yes.”

kind of

Isabella,

else? There was

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

were just too many.

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

Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn a big hole in

her eyes.

towards her

Undoubtedly…!

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

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

herself in

recalled. “It probably started erupting completely when Isabella

Yes, Isabella!

them, Cedric would

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

relationship had

eyes flashed with

“Yeah, that’s it!”

is“?” Natalie asked

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, but she didn’t

had been tense from the start, looked even

“Nat, that confrontation between you

taking a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have

Π

Ulterior motives?!

Stephen said this, an unprecedented relief appeared in