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 probe

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric

“And the situation in

“Oh?”

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

astonishment in

things in Verde City.

seemingly irrelevant

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

years ago? There must have

clearly had a way

just

abandoned everything!

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

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Frazier’s side were investigating, he didn’t stop

50…!

So what?

changed when Wendy didn’t continue her

bad mood.

that

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

Natalie was

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

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

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

for now,”

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

more.

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

Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone in

cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep

chest.

Everything was truly chaotic.

of chaos made

Forget about not fully

were all

a mask when interacting with everyone by her side.

as if protecting her heart was equivalent to protecting

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pressing the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

as she was about to

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