A Divorce After My Rebirth

chapter 41/ Painful Memories

“In that massive fire, I lost everything! Even conceiving became so difficult, yet you wanted me to send away the child I struggled so hard to bring into this world?!”

“I won’t send your child away. I won’t.” Cedric stepped forward, enveloping Natalie in his embrace. When Natalie felt the tremble in Cedric’s arms, she found its irony piercing.

“I won’t send her away,” Cedric repeated.

His arms around Natalie tightened subconsciously!

“Do you not find this situation ironic?”

“Nat.”

“We’ll never have a child of our own. So, why keep me by your side?”

“Nat…!”

“Isabella’s child and Caleb’s child… hah!”

“Stop! Just stop talking!”

Every word she uttered now felt painfully grating to Cedric’s ears, making even his breathing

difficult.

“You might be willing to play stepfather, but I won’t play stepmother,” Natalie said.

“Nat!!

On the matter of Isabella’s daughter, Natalie had always remained resolute.

She would never accept her.

Hearing her words, Cedric felt an overwhelming tightness in his chest.

“Can we discuss this later?”

He didn’t want to talk about it.

He couldn’t

Facing everything head–on felt so challenging!

He always pushed Natalie to accept everything. Yet, from her fragmented words, he discerned

her pain from their past life.

He knew she couldn’t forgive everything.

But regarding Isabella…!

discuss

was too

he had pushed too hard before.

fresh in Natalie’s hear so how could he force her

in Cedric’s

her mouth to speak, but ultimately, she remained silent.

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moved to

got involved with Zane,

she went wherever she wanted to go

Natalie sat across from Bianca. She sipped the tea

tastes quite

replied, her voice

up for this, you

Malcolm’s side. He was the one who had

always found a way to pressure her into compliance. whenever there was something Bianca was

of these delicate arts? She was a

on keeping her grounded

more pronounced at the corner of Bianca’s l*ps, she declared, “No,

“Bia.”

can

word Bianca uttered carried immense weight. Even Natalie couldn’t

Remember Malcolm?!

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Blanca understood the weight behind her words. Undoubtedly, she harbored

to persuade Bianca to let it go before this, she already knew the stakes. So, Natalie didn’t try to advise

moved to Peach Garden?” Bianca’s gaze sharpened as she looked at Natalie, clearly directing her piercing scrutiny towards

Natalie responded, “Yes”

to do anything, huh?! It makes me wonder what

Yes, his care!

years, Cedric’s actions had demonstrated his care for

sentiment now seemed dripping with

was so

to have waned since Isabella’s arrival. It was as if everything had soured ever

remarked, “You’ve been

a

Bianca had rapidly risen to prominence in social circles. Natalie had even heard whispers about

a hint of a smile playing on

used to dislike all this,” Natalie

to like it,” Bianca confidently declared.

interest in such matters, preoccupied with serious affairs and unable to comprehend such

times had

found herself becoming the very kind of person she once couldn’t understand, acting according to

in the hospital.” Natalie hesitated for a moment but eventually shared the news she was

Bianca seemed to know