Chapter 286 Skilled Demeanor

It turned out she had never truly understood him!

When Natalie had been by his side, the deeply furrowed brows she used to see probably weren’t solely due to the Johnson family’s internal conflicts.

There could have been something deeper behind it.

“Ms. Walker, are you alright?”

Wendy looked at Natalie with concern.

Natalie had been with Cedric for ten years. Now, Natalie realized that the person beside her in bed wasn’t what she had perceived all along.

It was normal for anyone to be unable to accept it, right?

However, Wendy was overthinking it.

After all, Natalie had seen Cedric’s venomous side. What did these things behind him matter?

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Natalie glanded at Wendy, realizing at that moment that she didn’t have many useful people around her.

Stephen had reassigned Karina.

Zane had taken an extended leave!

With only Wendy around, Natalie couldn’t help but feel a sense of…

“Ms. Walker?” Seeing Natalie in a daze, Wendy called out to her, snapping her back to reality.

Natalie’s gaze sharpened as she looked at Wendy

She said, “Wendy, I have a challenging task for you.”

“What is it?”

“I need to know all the business connections Cedric has.”

Yes, what other businesses were involved?

It seemed that knowing about Johnson Enterprise was only scratching the surface.

Was it the same for Palm Pearl Inc.?

Yes, that must be it.

Upon hearing this, Wendy’s expression noticeably stiffened. Natalie sensed her unease and furrowed lier brows

“Is it difficult?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Natalie sighed.

This girl…!

But then, Wendy continued, “When I looked into Palm Pearl, I actually checked out some. things about Mr. Johnson. However, it’s strange.”

“What’s strange?”

were many things that I was blocked out of, making it

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric

the situation in Verde City is also strange.”

“Oh?”

clearly convicted there. But just before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned,

clear astonishment in

had previously learned from Leon that he had trouble investigating things in Verde City.

Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant information, she was shaken.

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

was framed two years ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did it

a way to escape that

back then, he just abandoned it all?!

he abandoned

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current situation, If Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been

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when Zane and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side were

50…!

So what?

didn’t continue

bad mood.

Natalie had to admit that Wendy

would a person give up resistance? Probably when they had already given

Natalie

everything else as more important than Natalie. But when she was really gone…

He…!

followed was self–evident.

up on life.

his true feelings

for now,”

to continue the conversation at this point. She didn’t want to

more.

seeing Natalie’s expression, she knew

nodding, Wendy said, “Alright.”

leaving Natalie alone in the office.

a lighter flicking and a cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep puffs before extinguishing it in the ashtray,

chest.

was truly

kind of chaos made Natalie

not fully

they were

mask when interacting with everyone by

protecting her heart was equivalent to protecting herself.

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Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into the

just as she was about to pick up some documents.

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