Chapter 166 Provoking Him to Feel Satisfied

Natalie didn’t leave Scarlet Villa immediately.

Instead, she went to another room and called Stephen. Soon, the call was answered.

“Nat!”

“Uncle, I want to come back to Simeria,” Natalie tentatively said.

Stephen was stunned.

“What’s going on?”

“There are some things on Sylvan Gems’s side that will probably take a few days to handle. I miss you and

want to come back to see you!”

“No need. We’ve got some issues at headquarters recently, and I won’t have time to spend with you if you

come back,” Stephen replied.

It had been many years, and Stephen probably had never been this busy before. There was a hint of

exasperation in his words to Natalie at this moment.

Natalie closed her eyes.

She understood the meaning behind Cedric’s words.

It was at this moment that Natalie realized… what did the ten years she spent with Cedric mean? She

hadn’t even seen through the surface of this man.

“Alright, I’ll come back when you’re less busy

“It’ll be New Year in two months. Why don’t you come back then?”

“Sounds good.”

Natalie hung up the phone.

A chill ran up her spine.

She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths, but it did nothing to calm the raging emotions within

her.

Upstairs in the study, a man tapped on his phone with his fair fingers.

Event

entu

“Yes, sir?”

“Check if she has been threatened by someone before!”

The more Cedric thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He recalled back to the

morning when Natalie had started arguing with him.

ether

even exceptionally good. However, the next morning, she

divorce?!

it was as if she had become a different person. From then on, she desperately pursued

divorce.

to suspect that Natalie must have been agitated and threatened

there anyone who dares to threaten Mrs. Johnson? Lucas

kind of position did the Johnson family hold in

dare to

was unlikely that someone from the outside

“Sir, to put it bluntly… the rumors between you and Ms. Morgan during that time were a bit excessive. Any woman would be bothered about

Isabella?

question before, but he eventually ruled it

Isabella’s words, she would at most throw a tantrum, not go to the extent of desperately seeking a

seen that deep–seated hatred in her eyes more than

Isabella’s words, it wouldn’t

Cedric closed his eyes and didn’t

fact, Lucas’s words

to be someone from outside of

least half an hour had passed before Natalie finally returned

dressed in a casual but noble home outfit. He sat on the

in his work.

was the image he often had when they were

Casual yet aristocratic

dazzling presence without

Cedric turned to her and frowned, “Why haven’t you

outfit as yesterday. Ignoring the man’s words,

toward

him.

and looked at Cedric, “What

“What do you mean?”

now and said there’s something going on at

certain that this

her

was this

country!

“Don’t worry, it’s not a big problem. It’ll just keep him busy

kind of impact

if your uncle manages it well. But he’ll just be busier

care about you. What do you

“You…”

getting dizzy

really

as she was about to explode, she felt something pull on her arm and suddenly found herself in

man’s arms.

was already angry, and this only fueled

“Don’t move.”

gentle voice sounded in her ear, as if coaxing

of firmness.

not obedient, they

They!

was referring to

a significant

hadn’t expected Cedric

exactly did you do to

done exactly? She didn’t dare to blindly ask Stephen, and

to ask Irwin.

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