A Divorce After My Rebirth by Gentle Rain in June

Chapter 165 Manipulation

Natalie was more than just angry at this point!

Her anger did nothing to affect Cedric. She was initially uneasy, but now it felt even more stifling!

“Give me the original document, Natalie demanded.

When Zane called, she had wanted to bring up the issue of a mole in the company. But considering the

already tense atmosphere today, she decided to address it tomorrow at work.

Cedric looked at Natalie with the same self–satisfaction Natalie used to display towards him.

“It’s at Scarlet Villa.”

Natalie fell silent.

They continued their journey to Scarlet Villa without another word between them. When they got out, Lucas took the items from the bag and handed them to Cedric in a small pouch, which Cedric then passed to Natalie.

“Still using your family’s things after getting married? It won’t look good if others hear about it.”

“Whatever,” Natalie snapped, grabbing the bag. She didn’t want to engage with him right now.

In the past decade, Cedric had given her all sorts of valuable things. However, Natalie was a modest and low–key person, so she seldom used those items.

If it weren’t for her career now, she also wouldn’t have bothered.

Watching her storm off, Cedric chuckled.

Sitting in the car without immediately getting out, he asked Lucas, “How could such a small thing cause so much trouble before?”

Especially thinking back to the day of Elizabeth’s birthday, when Natalie had been the most unruly in her life.

She had never been like that before.

It seemed as if something was forcing her into urgency–no, not just urgency!

It was as if not divorcing him would threaten her life.

When this thought crossed his mind, Cedric felt a tightness in his chest!

Cedric entered the villa to find Natalie sitting at the dining table, eating the food he had brought. She seemed resigned, a state he found quite satisfying.

He approached, pulled out a chair, and sat across from her.

“How is it? Does it taste good?” he asked.

not picky,” Natalie replied without expressing

sneered. “You used to be

a precious cat in his hands, pampered to the point

audacity

was all in the

a glass of red wine from the table and

you

paused, looking at

felt like an impenetrable depth, and she couldn’t tell what he

“When you mentioned divorce, you didn’t know

was clear, his intelligence had improved significantly. If it

have overthought so much. He would have simply tried to coax

barriers between them. He had time to spend with Natalie and to think things through. So, Cedric was bringing the many doubts from before to light

it because you think I wouldn’t have

you’re hiding something from me!” Cedric belatedly

)

The pain that flickered in her eyes didn’t escape Cedric’s notice, especially with her deliberate attempts to conceal it.

Since when did

all

woman in his life that

can still be saved,

was a noticeable change in his eyes when

did other women become so

“Natalie, she’s Ivan’s sister!”

you were going to say she’s my sister!” Natalie

the case

was Natalie’s younger

of being ruthless no matter

tone grew increasingly

this far, he continued, “Let’s not talk about what happened before. You’ve made

“Cedric!” Natalie interrupted him.

him without

for a moment before continuing, “Until now, you still

the answer

always believed it was her

That was even scarier!

she was, he accepted

didn’t care for this kind of acceptance. She wanted a man who would trust her words

Cedric wasn’t a

know what you mean by

stood up and slammed her

was silent, yet his stance had a

“Where’s the original document?”

much. Her purpose for obediently following him to Scarlet Villa and finishing this

she said that, the air around Cedric turned colder and a touch more