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

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric have behind him?

Wendy continued, “And the situation in Verde City is

“Oh?”

before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned, and all charges were

astonishment

previously learned from Leon that he had trouble investigating things in

heard this seemingly irrelevant information,

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

years ago? There must have been some reason, perhaps he did

way

then, he just abandoned

he abandoned

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

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and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side

50…!

So what?

when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon seeing

bad mood.

had to admit that Wendy spoke the

what circumstances would a person give up resistance? Probably

Natalie was gone.

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

He…!

followed was self–evident.

up on life.

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

now,”

at this point.

more.

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

Wendy said,

alone in the office.

cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie took several deep

chest.

Everything was truly chaotic.

kind of chaos made Natalie feel irritated.

Forget about not fully

Heather, they were

wearing a mask when interacting with everyone by her side.

as if protecting her heart was equivalent to

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pressing the cigarette butt

was about to

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