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?”

things that I was blocked out of, making

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind

Natalie could speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation in Verde

“Oh?”

But just before he came to Simeria, his

astonishment in Wendy’s tone.

Leon that he had trouble investigating things in Verde

when Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Mr. Johnson was framed two years ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did it intentionally!”

a way to

then, he just

abandoned

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current situation, If Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been in prison, no one could have compelled him to

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from Mr. Frazier’s side were investigating, he didn’t stop

50…!

So what?

complexion changed when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon seeing

bad mood.

had to admit that Wendy spoke

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

then, Natalie was gone.

as more important than Natalie. But when

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

to realize his true feelings back then, Wendy

for now,”

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

more.

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

Wendy

alone in

echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep puffs before extinguishing it in the

chest.

Everything was truly chaotic.

chaos made Natalie feel

not fully understanding

Stephen, Heather, they were all hiding

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

if protecting her heart was equivalent

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pressing the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

phone rang just as she was

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