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?”

that I was blocked out of, making

further.”

Impossible to probe?

exactly did Cedric have

Wendy continued, “And the situation in Verde City is also strange.”

“Oh?”

convicted there. But just before he came to Simeria, his case.

clear astonishment in Wendy’s tone.

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

Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

you think Mr. Johnson was framed two years ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did

a way to escape that predicament the entire

back then, he just

abandoned

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

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and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side were

50…!

So what?

didn’t continue her sentence

bad mood.

had to admit that Wendy

resistance? Probably when they had already given

Natalie was

surface, Cedric seemed to treat everything else as more important than Natalie. But when she was really gone…

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

Cedric to realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t

now,” Natalie said.

didn’t want to continue the conversation at this

more.

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

nodding, Wendy said,

left, leaving Natalie alone

Natalie took several deep puffs before extinguishing it in the ashtray, suppressing the heaviness in her

chest.

was truly

made Natalie

not

they were all hiding

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

protecting her heart was equivalent

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

as she was

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