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…!

let’s not discuss this now,

too

had pushed too hard before.

scars might still be fresh in Natalie’s hear so how could he force her to accept

in Cedric’s embrace, Natalie remained cold.

mouth to speak, but

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moved to

since Bianca got involved with Zane,

she went wherever she wanted to go

across from Bianca. She sipped the

tastes quite good!”

replied, her

for this, you don’t have to continue,” Natalie

all these skills while at Malcolm’s side. He was

her into compliance. whenever there was something Bianca was reluctant

these delicate arts? She was a high–ranking lawyer, not some wealthy housewife!

on keeping

corner of Bianca’s l*ps, she

“Bia.”

I can always

immense weight. Even Natalie couldn’t help but feel a twinge of

Remember Malcolm?!

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understood the weight behind her words. Undoubtedly, she harbored deep resentment towards

Natalie tried to persuade Bianca to let it go before this, she already knew the stakes.

sharpened as she looked at

Natalie responded, “Yes”

dares to do anything, huh?! It makes me wonder what his care for you all those years amounted to?”

Yes, his care!

Cedric’s actions had demonstrated his care for Natalie.

sentiment now seemed dripping with irony.

was so

have waned since Isabella’s arrival. It was

been quite visible

a

risen to prominence in social circles. Natalie had even heard whispers about the conflicts between her

playing on her l*ps, Bianca

to dislike all

it,” Bianca confidently

matters, preoccupied with serious affairs and unable

had

very kind of person she once couldn’t understand,

for a moment but eventually shared the news she was privy to

seemed to know