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 for us to

further.”

Impossible to probe?

exactly did Cedric have behind him?

speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation

“Oh?”

before he came to Simeria, his

clear astonishment

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

Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant information, she was shaken.

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Mr. Johnson was framed two years ago? There must have been some

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

just abandoned

abandoned everything!

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lifeless as he had been in prison, no one could have compelled him to

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Frazier’s side were investigating,

50…!

So what?

continue her sentence upon

bad mood.

had to admit that Wendy spoke the truth.

up resistance? Probably when

then, Natalie

treat everything else as more important than Natalie. But when she was really gone…

He…!

was

up on life.

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

now,”

continue the conversation at this point. She

more.

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

Wendy said, “Alright.”

leaving Natalie alone in the

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

chest.

was truly chaotic.

made Natalie feel

not fully

were all

when interacting with

her heart was equivalent to

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murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into the

just as she was about to pick up some documents.

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