A Divorce After My Rebirth

Chapter 286

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?”

things that I was blocked out of, making it impossible

further.”

Impossible to probe?

Cedric

the situation

“Oh?”

clearly convicted there. But just before he came

astonishment in

he had trouble investigating things in Verde City. So, what

this seemingly

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

years ago? There

the current circumstances, Cedric clearly had a way to escape that predicament

just abandoned

abandoned

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

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

50…!

So what?

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

bad mood.

to admit that Wendy spoke

circumstances would a person give up resistance? Probably

Natalie was gone.

treat everything else as more

He…!

was

up on life.

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

now,” Natalie said.

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

more.

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

nodding, Wendy said, “Alright.”

left, leaving Natalie alone in the

sound of a 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.

was

kind of chaos made Natalie feel

Forget about not fully understanding Cedric

they were all

when interacting with

if protecting her heart was equivalent to protecting

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt

rang just as she was about to pick up some documents.

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