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?”

many things that I was blocked out of,

further.”

Impossible to probe?

exactly did Cedric

the

“Oh?”

he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned,

clear astonishment in Wendy’s tone.

things in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would have been irrelevant

heard this seemingly

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

think Mr. Johnson was framed two years ago? There must

a way to escape that

just abandoned it

abandoned

от

If Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been in prison, no

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from Mr. Frazier’s

50…!

So what?

continue her sentence upon seeing Natalie’s

bad mood.

to admit that Wendy spoke the

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

then, Natalie was

treat everything else as more important than Natalie. But when

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

now for Cedric to realize his true feelings back

now,” Natalie said.

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

more.

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

Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone in the office.

sound of a lighter flicking and a cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie

chest.

Everything was truly chaotic.

made Natalie

about not fully understanding Cedric

Stephen, Heather, they were all hiding

somehow started wearing a mask when interacting with

if protecting her heart was equivalent to

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into

rang just as she was about

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