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

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind

“And the situation

“Oh?”

convicted there. But just before he came to

was clear astonishment in Wendy’s

that he had trouble investigating things in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would have been irrelevant

heard this seemingly irrelevant information,

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

years ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did

the current circumstances, Cedric clearly had a way to

he just abandoned

he abandoned

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he had been in prison, no one could have compelled him to do what he

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and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side were investigating, he didn’t

50…!

So what?

didn’t continue her sentence upon seeing

bad mood.

admit that Wendy

resistance? Probably when they had already given

Natalie was

treat everything else as more

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

seem laughable and even despicable now for Cedric to realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t find any other reason

now,”

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

more.

something else, but seeing Natalie’s expression, she knew

Wendy

leaving Natalie alone in

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

chest.

Everything was truly

chaos made Natalie

Forget about not fully understanding Cedric

they were

a mask when interacting with everyone by her side. It

as if protecting her heart was equivalent

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into

just as she was about to pick up some

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