Chapter 45 Her Seclusion

It had to be said that for most of their marriage, Cedric had been a devoted husband except for the last six months. He would return home early if he had no business commitments and never stayed out past

elever..

As a result, Natalie’s bedtime rarely extended past eleven as well.

Working late into the night like this so suddenly was taxing on Natalie.

In the office’s rest area, she sat in a large chair, covering herself with her coat.

Karina sat nearby and said, “You might need to move out of Ms. Sander’s place.”

Natalie nodded, well aware of the situation. Living at Bianca’s place had already seriously affected

Bianca’s life, which was why she had been reluctant to move there three months ago.

She just hadn’t expected such tactics to resurface.

As she was pondering this matter, Cedric called.

Cedric didn’t wait for Natalie to say anything when she answered.

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He immediately asked, “You haven’t gone back yet?”

“I never said I was going back.”

“Do you think Blanca can protect you, or do you believe you can handle it yourself? Come back immediately!” Cedric said impatiently.

It was clear that he knew about the parcels.

Natalie closed her eyes. She was exhausted, and her patience had run thin.

“Seriously? I reported these people to the police three months ago, and you bailed out those people. Is it my fault that they’re coming after me again?”

“Natalie!”

“Why are you yelling?” Natalie snapped.

She had no desire to hear anything from Cedric, especially when she remembered that he had bailed out. those people

Why had he called her?

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Was he worried about her?

What a joke!

“It’s not a time for us to be arguing, okay?” Cedric said. He softened his tone, trying to use another tactic

when he saw how stubborn Natalie was being.

Yuvan pick you up. Wear more layers.

at Bianca’s place! I’m

left Cedric

Overtime?

At this hour?

phone, Cedric felt a chill running

hung up and called

words were laden with suppressed

reported, “Sir, they are still working overtime downstairs. We just sent back the drafts to

going through a

of demanding something related to the

working right now.”

young mistress? No one would

absolutely certain of

made

this point would be equivalent to going against Cedric, and no one in Verde City

that foolish.

next moment, Cedric’s anger flared as he exclaimed,

believe

Overtime?

have heard wrong,

wrong either with their side or

working overtime? How could

air around

was working overtime.

usually the words he said to her. Now, she was the one telling him in a very

situation was odd, Yuvan quickly said,

This was madness.

Verde City must have gone

i

himself alone in the office. He lit a cigarette, inhaled deeply, and blew

more restless, and his eyes were colder than

Natalie arrived at the doorstep of Apex Global with the drafts she had

for over ten hours.

started, so she

opened its doors.

receptionist recognized her from their previous meeting. She immediately let

of hot

some warm milk to take

Natalie was genuinely

some important matters to attend to in the

the car and left.

then, but Natalie

also because she had always stayed indoors when she was together with Cedric that she was unaware of the seasonal changes in

that winters in Verde City could be this chilly. It seemed she would need to dress more warmly when going out in

this early. Mr. Frazier usually

than that sometimes!”

the hot milk when she heard this. The remark

her a tissue while asking in

“I’m… I’m

in charge of entire

always left the house before eight in the morning each day. Thus, in the years she spent with

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