Chapter 17 Irreparable Rift

Just as Cedric was about to explode, a knock at the door interrupted him.

It was the butler, who announced, “Sir, Mr. Lewis is here.”

“Have him wait in the study,” Cedric instructed.

Natalie’s face turned even colder upon hearing that Stefan had arrived.

Stefan Lewis was Cedric’s best friend. He owned a private detective agency, and there was nothing he couldn’t uncover if one was willing to pay. Many wealthy women had sought him out to find evidence of

their husbands‘ infidelity.

And Natalie… knew all too well what Stefan had brought for Cedric today. It was the evidence that would push her husband’s feelings for her to the brink.

“If you ever dare to mention divorce again, I won’t let you off,” said Cedric, each word dripping with

venom, before he turned and left.

Watching his retreating figure, Natalie eventually closed her eyes.

But as Cedric was about to step out the door, she couldn’t help but call out, “Wait.”

you want

much trust do you

question. But she couldn’t help but ask

a different lifetime, she… was still afraid! Even after enduring

just like in her previous life, she was afraid and helpless. She feared that her relationship with Cedric would be destroyed in an instant. Thinking about how his level of trust in

their eyes met, Natalie observed him carefully, trying to etch the last traces of his determination into

“I have always believed in

words, he walked away, heading to his study to

for a long, long time, not moving a step. She wished that time

what is meant to happen would

took a

the VIP ward of a hospital, Isabella was wrapped up like a mummy. With her eyes covered by white bandages,

in the room –

I never thought that she would drag me down even in

jail. Who could have known that Natalie’s friend had

doted on her, had been too caught up in the Johnson family’s public image to pay her any attention. Meanwhile, Cedric’s

to great lengths to exonerate herself,

bed, Isabella’s demeanor was no longer

all the necessary arrangements been made?” asked Isabella

taken care of, and my

assured

a sigh

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