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

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind

continued, “And the situation in

“Oh?”

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

was clear astonishment in

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

when Natalie heard this seemingly

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

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

clearly had a way to escape that predicament the

just abandoned

he abandoned

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

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from Mr. Frazier’s side were investigating, he

50…!

So what?

when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon seeing

bad mood.

that Wendy spoke

circumstances would a person give up resistance? Probably when they had already given up on life.

Natalie was

more important than Natalie. But when she was really

He…!

followed was self–evident.

up on life.

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

for now,”

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

more.

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

nodding, Wendy said,

Natalie alone in

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

chest.

was truly chaotic.

chaos made Natalie feel

about not

they were all hiding something…

wearing a mask when interacting with everyone by her side. It

her heart was equivalent to protecting

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Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt

she was

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