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

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric

Wendy continued, “And the situation in Verde City is

“Oh?”

just before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned, and

was clear astonishment in

that he had trouble investigating things in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would have been irrelevant to Leon.

seemingly irrelevant information, she was

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

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 everything!

от

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

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50…!

So what?

didn’t continue her

bad mood.

that Wendy spoke the

person give up resistance? Probably when

Natalie was gone.

surface, Cedric seemed to treat everything else as more

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

even despicable now for Cedric to realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t find any other reason for Cedric to

now,”

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

more.

expression,

Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone in the

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

chest.

Everything was

of chaos made Natalie feel irritated.

Forget about not fully understanding

they were

had somehow started wearing a mask when interacting with

as if protecting her heart was equivalent to

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pressing the cigarette butt

just as she was about to pick up

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