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?”

was blocked out of,

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric have behind him?

could speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation

“Oh?”

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

clear astonishment in Wendy’s tone.

investigating things in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would

heard this seemingly

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

ago? There must

the current circumstances, Cedric clearly had a way to escape that predicament

back then, he just abandoned it all?!

abandoned everything!

от

as he had been

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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

a person give up resistance? Probably when they had already

Natalie

to treat everything else as more important than

He…!

was

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 for Cedric to have

for now,” Natalie

at this point. She didn’t want to

more.

say something else, but seeing Natalie’s expression, she knew it was better to stay

Wendy said,

alone in

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

chest.

Everything was

chaos made Natalie

not fully understanding Cedric

they were

a mask when interacting with everyone by

her heart was equivalent to protecting herself.

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the

rang just as she was

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