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?”

blocked out of, making it impossible

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric have

the situation in Verde City is also

“Oh?”

But just before he came

astonishment

from Leon that he had trouble investigating things in Verde

this seemingly irrelevant information,

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

ago? There must

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

just abandoned it all?!

he abandoned

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

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and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s

50…!

So what?

Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon

bad mood.

Natalie had to admit that Wendy

Probably when they had already

then, Natalie was

more important than Natalie. But when she was

He…!

was

up on life.

might seem laughable and even despicable now for Cedric to realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t

for now,”

continue the conversation at this point. She

more.

Natalie’s expression, she knew it was

nodding, Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone

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

chest.

Everything was

kind of chaos made Natalie feel

about not fully understanding

Heather, they were

had somehow started wearing a mask when

heart

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the

she was about

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