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,

further.”

Impossible to probe?

did Cedric

“And the situation

“Oh?”

there. But just before he came to Simeria, his case. was suddenly overturned, and all charges were dropped.”

was clear astonishment

from Leon that he had trouble investigating things in

when Natalie heard this seemingly irrelevant information, she was shaken.

“All of them?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

framed two years ago? There must have been some

Cedric clearly had a way

back then, he just

he abandoned

от

been in prison, no one could have

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Zane and Dylan from Mr. Frazier’s

50…!

So what?

continue her sentence upon seeing Natalie’s

bad mood.

had to admit that Wendy

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

then, Natalie was

seemed to treat everything else as more important than Natalie. But

He…!

followed was self–evident.

up on life.

for Cedric to realize his true feelings back

for now,”

conversation at this point. She didn’t

more.

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

Wendy said,

Natalie alone in the office.

of a lighter flicking and a cigarette being lit echoed in the room. Natalie

chest.

Everything was

of chaos made Natalie feel

about not fully understanding

Heather, they were all

had somehow started wearing a mask when

as if protecting her heart was equivalent to protecting

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pathetic,” Natalie sarcastically murmured, pressing the cigarette butt into

she was about to pick

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