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 impossible

further.”

Impossible to probe?

exactly did Cedric

the

“Oh?”

But just before he came to Simeria, his case. was

was clear astonishment in Wendy’s

in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would have been irrelevant to

Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant information, she was shaken.

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

There must have been some

a way to escape

back then, he just abandoned

he abandoned

от

Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been in prison,

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Frazier’s

50…!

So what?

when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence

bad mood.

to admit that Wendy

a person give up resistance? Probably when they had already

then, Natalie was gone.

else as more important than Natalie.

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

his true feelings back

for now,” Natalie

to continue the conversation at this

more.

but seeing Natalie’s expression, she knew

Wendy said,

leaving Natalie alone in the office.

echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep puffs before extinguishing it in the ashtray, suppressing the heaviness in her

chest.

was truly

made

not fully

Stephen, Heather, they were all hiding

when interacting with everyone by her

her heart was equivalent to protecting herself.

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sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt

she was about to pick up some

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