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?”

I was blocked out of, making it

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind him?

continued, “And the situation in Verde City is

“Oh?”

convicted there. But just before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned, and all charges were

astonishment

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

seemingly irrelevant information, she

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

ago? There must have

circumstances, Cedric clearly had a way to escape that predicament

he just abandoned

abandoned everything!

от

been in prison, no one could

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

50…!

So what?

complexion changed when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon

bad mood.

had to admit that

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

then, Natalie was gone.

else as more important than Natalie. But

He…!

was

up on life.

realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t find any other reason for Cedric to

for now,” Natalie said.

the conversation at this point. She didn’t

more.

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

nodding, Wendy said,

alone in the

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

chest.

Everything was

made

not

Heather, they were

somehow started wearing a mask when interacting

her heart was

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette

rang just as she was about to pick

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