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 it impossible

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric

Natalie could speak, Wendy continued, “And the situation in

“Oh?”

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

astonishment in Wendy’s

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

Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant information, she was

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

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

clearly had a way to escape that predicament the entire time.

back then, he just

abandoned

от

Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been in prison,

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Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s side

50…!

So what?

changed when Wendy didn’t continue her sentence upon seeing Natalie’s

bad mood.

that

person give up resistance? Probably when they had

Natalie was

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

He…!

was

up on life.

realize his true feelings back then, Wendy couldn’t

for now,”

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

more.

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

Wendy

Natalie alone

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

chest.

Everything was truly

kind of chaos made Natalie feel irritated.

not

they were all hiding

wearing a mask when interacting

if protecting her heart was

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murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into the

as she was about to pick

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