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 impossible for

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind him?

could speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation in

“Oh?”

years ago, he was clearly convicted there. But just before he came to

was clear astonishment

previously learned from Leon that he had trouble investigating things in Verde

this seemingly irrelevant information, she was

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did

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

then, he just abandoned it

abandoned

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

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Mr. Frazier’s side were investigating, he

50…!

So what?

changed when Wendy didn’t continue her

bad mood.

to admit that Wendy

person give up resistance? Probably when they had already

then, Natalie was

Cedric seemed to treat everything else as more important than Natalie. But when she

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

true

now,” Natalie said.

this point. She didn’t want

more.

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

nodding, Wendy

leaving Natalie alone in the

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

chest.

was truly

of chaos made

about not

Stephen, Heather, they were all

a mask when interacting with everyone by her side.

her heart was equivalent to protecting herself.

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murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into

rang just as she was about

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