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?”

were many things that I was blocked out of, making it

further.”

Impossible to probe?

exactly did Cedric

the

“Oh?”

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

was clear astonishment in

had trouble investigating things in Verde City. So, what Wendy discovered would have been

this seemingly irrelevant

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

was framed two years ago? There must have

way to escape that predicament the entire time.

just abandoned it all?!

abandoned

от

the current situation, If Cedric wasn’t as lifeless as he had been in

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Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s

50…!

So what?

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

bad mood.

Natalie had to admit that Wendy spoke the truth.

give up resistance? Probably when they had already given up

Natalie

as more important than Natalie. But

He…!

followed was

up on life.

despicable now for Cedric to realize his true feelings back then,

now,” Natalie

the conversation at this point. She didn’t

more.

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

Wendy

left, leaving Natalie alone in

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

chest.

was truly chaotic.

chaos made Natalie feel

about not

Stephen, Heather, they were

a mask when interacting with everyone by her side.

her heart was equivalent

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pressing the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

as she was about to pick up some

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