Natalie winced in pain. She raised her hand and slapped Cedric in the face.

The already tense atmosphere became even more stifling.

Cedric’s hand shifted from her jaw to her delicate neck, and his breathing was harsh.

“You’ve been acting strange all day. Explain yourself.”

At this moment, Cedric finally realized that Natalie wasn’t just playing around.

She had always been composed and knew her boundaries. If it were just a tantrum, she wouldn’t have pestered him like this, especially after he had ignored her in the morning.

Natalie glared at him. She held his wrist and said, “The clerk’s office closes in twenty minutes. We should handle the paperwork before it does.”

“Natalie Walker!” The man’s breath was unsteady with frustration.

Natalie forcefully pulled his hand down, pushing him away. However, he remained steady as a rock and unmovable. Natalie could do nothing else but glare angrily at him.

Cedric eventually lost his patience and decided to take her home. There was no way he could go to work after today’s commotion.

struggled to maintain control of the car, a testament to the intensity of

home, Natalie sat on the couch, and Cedric sat opposite

“Can we talk now?”

to talk about,”

to talk about? He had been involved with his personal assistant for the past six months, and the whole world knew about

given

look at the man whose temples pulsated angrily. Her indifferent attitude only seemed to make his

no man from the Johnson family has ever divorced; there have only

trembled slightly. She looked into the man’s eyes, which were filled

the reason he had burned her to death

in her eyes, she said, “Fine. Either you can be the first divorcee in

Cedric was speechless.

the air around them felt colder. He looked down at Natalie,

met his gaze, her infuriating expression pushing Cedric

He finally turned away.

conversation might lead him to lose control and

if it was just his back, it had once given her

But now…

called out

“You should calm yourself. Don’t

the conference room, he genuinely wanted to dissect her mind and see what

had never imagined she would bring up divorce. For the past six months, she

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