Chapter 137 Isabella Is Really Blind

Natalle maintained her professional image as a career woman. She started caring less about who she dined with, influenced in part by Stephen,

As a result, no one dared to write about her recklessly.

In the car, Irwin was driving, and Natalie sat in the passenger seat.

Irwin casually asked, “Did your uncle go back?”

“Yeah, he was supposed to leave earlier, but he stayed here for a few more days because of me.”

Also, because of the Johnson family!

Rebecca and Benjamin had been aggressively trying to drive her out of Verde City before this, and the

situation had been hysterical!

With how they acted, Natalie could anticipate the relentless pursuit she would face if she truly left Verde

City.

“Well, you do make people worry, Irwin remarked.

Natalie felt a bit embarrassed. “Not really.

“You look the part.”

Natalie was speechless.

Okay!

She acknowledged that her petite stature did give off an impression of someone who might need extra

Care.

She was too short, making it seem like anyone could bully her. Back in the Johnson family, people used to think they could pick on her as if she were still a child!

Fair enough,” she admitted

her conceding, Irwin couldn’t help but find it amusing. How could such a small person dare to with the Johnson family, who resembled a group of fierce tigers?

afraid of being toin apart?

They sat facing ach othe

“Wasn’t Caleb supposed to join us?” Natalie asked.

Irwin checked the time on his watch. “When I went to pick you up, Caleb said he had a lunch appointment

and couldn’t make it.”

“Oh, I see.”

Natalie truly felt

meals alone with Irwin before was partly to annoy Cedric, and partly because she

real connection.

felt natural then. But things

right?” Irwin asked, observing Natalie’s

Natalie nodded. “Yes.”

what’s your take on it?”

Natalie was silent.

Was he expressing his feelings? Or was he forcing a

seemed likely at this

awkward, but she was clever. Instead of directly answering Irwin’s

“What about you? What

Hah, take that!

Then, he took a sip of

clever little fox!”

me to respond to

moment, couldn’t he

she wasn’t just anyone who

her had a deep look in his eyes that was hard to read. The

vanished, replaced by seriousness.

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must have a certain level of resilience to have a husband like this,

endure emotional coldness.

long pause, just when Natalie thought Irwin

laughter seemed somewhat

funny?”

what she

“You’re very clever!”

Natalie was speechless.

was funny because

logic in this, and Natalie found it

Irwin said, “I know that you’ve recently parted

You’re terrified of

Natalie stayed silent.

Cedric, she had to acknowledge that their ten years together couldn’t be erased so easily. Pulling out completely was not

right, I

was more than just fear. She downright dared not touch

in terms of relationships, Natalie was

those experiences was enough to make one feel like they

flashed as he glimpsed fear and sorrow

could say anything, Natalie asked, “Have you ever experienced the taste of being burned in

had lost her composure. She raised the red wine glass before her and took a

A previous life, huh?

seemed surreal in the real world,

impossible.

she had indeed

dream; in it, every event

the arrival of Stephen, Irwin, and Caleb. Natalie

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