Chapter 186 For Oneself

When the two returned to Scarlet Villa, everything had indeed been prepared. Natalie sat quietly at the dining table, eating her food. She had been silent ever since Cedric defended Christina again in the car.

At this moment, her face appeared calm, but it gave Cedric the feeling of it being the calm before the

storm.

“Nat.”

In the end, he couldn’t help but break the silence.

“What?”

“I know things at the Johnson Manor weren’t too good for you before, but it’s all in the past now, hmm?”

“Are you advising me to go back? Or are you letting it go because of my uncle?” Natalie sneered.

In the past?!

That was not how she understood it. Although Cedric showed her that he could stand proudly at the pinnacle even without her uncle’s support, Rebecca’s actions gave her a different feeling at this crucial

moment.

She felt uncomfortable inside!

“Your mother must be regretting it now, right? She did set aside her pride and approached me, you know?

Seems like she doesn’t have much confidence in you.”

Natalie’s words became more and more brazen

Cedric’s face turned cold.

Apparently, he wasn’t too pleased with Natalie talking about his mother this way, regardless of what kind

of person Rebecca was.

But even though Rebecca was a complicated character, she had suffered a lot, especially in matters. related to Cedric inheriting the position in the Johnson family.

Anyone who understood Rebecca’s situation would know why she insisted on finding Cedric a woman

from an equal background.

As a mother, she wanted to protect her child, Even if she couldn’t protect him, she would find someone

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Although Cedric didn’t need such protection, it was a common trait of mothers.

“In these years you lived in the Johnson family, what do you think of Uncle Benjamin?”

Benjamin?

whenever there was trouble in the Johnson family. Cedric never liked those uncles much.

might have been involved in what happened to my

been easy for

after Cedric’s father

Rebecca suffered? How much had she endured on the road to

Johnson family after Cedric’s father had

seen all

didn’t respond. But at this moment, she understood

in

looked at Cedric with a serious expression

to talk about your mother. Since it’s come to this, I’ll ask

“What?”

do you think she will treat

remained unmoved

understood. She was so rational and clear–headed that… it made

won’t

mother. Why bring

was

Rebecca had gone through before, and regardless of her being skilled in maneuvering within the Johnson family,

nothing, she went to great

she had already found

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uncle’s matters came to light, she left the Lambert family

a decent

man across from her, whose expression

dark and overcast at

“Natalie!”

has always been a matter between the

is your mother, and the other is your sister. Whether it’s in the past, the present, or the future, you’ve always avoided facing the

the past. But now, I follow whatever my uncle and my aunt says. Their intention is clear: they don’t

with his mother and Christina, while she stood with her uncle and

had taken action against her uncle, which was the last

simplistically about marriage. Because he thought too simply,

“Nat!

and he seemed unsure

this moment that he truly understood what grievances Natalie had suffered in the Johnson family. It seemed like that was the

between the two of us.

out to

make things difficult for another person, they would find a million reasons to 40. Even if the person lived in a different city, they would

nowl

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statement made her stance even clearer. She wouldn’t consider personal matters. So she

an eyebrow, and a dangerous glint flashed

look at these

man placed a bag by Natalie’s side. She hadn’t noticed him bringing it

the document bag made of cowhide, Natalie’s brows furrowed.

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