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 impossible for us to probe

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric have behind

speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation

“Oh?”

clearly convicted there. But just before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned, and all

was clear astonishment

in Verde City. So, what Wendy

this seemingly irrelevant information,

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

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

current circumstances, Cedric clearly had a way to escape that

just

abandoned everything!

от

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

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Zane and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side were investigating, he didn’t stop them,

50…!

So what?

didn’t continue her sentence upon

bad mood.

admit that Wendy

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

then, Natalie was

surface, Cedric seemed to treat everything else as more important than

He…!

was self–evident.

up on life.

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

for now,”

continue the conversation at this point.

more.

wanted to say something else, but seeing Natalie’s expression, she

nodding, Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone in

cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep puffs before extinguishing it in the ashtray, suppressing the heaviness in her

chest.

was truly

chaos made Natalie feel

Forget about not fully

were

mask when

heart was equivalent to protecting herself.

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Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into the

was about to pick

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