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?

never liked those uncles much. Putting aside how much influence they had in the family, they

involved in what happened to my father. Although things

it hasn’t been easy for

Cedric’s

had Rebecca suffered? How much

Cedric’s

seen all of

this moment, she understood even more

in

hand, she looked at Cedric with a serious expression and said, “I

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

“What?”

how do you think she will treat

unmoved even though Rebecca had

rational and clear–headed that… it

won’t allow

your mother. Why bring up my

tone was sharp and

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

with nothing, she went to great lengths to

we divorced, she had already found Jocelyn to replace

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when my uncle’s matters came to light, she left the Lambert family and turned around to

something a decent person

man across from her,

even more dark and overcast at this

“Natalie!”

been a matter between the

your sister. Whether it’s in the past, the present, or the future, you’ve always avoided facing the issues with these two,

But now, I follow whatever my uncle and my aunt says. Their intention is clear: they

short, he stood with his mother and Christina,

he had taken action against her uncle, which was the last line

thought too simplistically about marriage. Because he thought too simply, she had suffered quite a

“Nat!

and he seemed unsure of

truly understood what grievances Natalie had suffered in the Johnson

thought the same as you. I thought that marriage was a matter between the two of us. I thought That living in Scarlet Villa

out to be a big

find a million reasons to 40. Even if the person lived in a different

nowl

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even clearer. She wouldn’t consider personal matters. So she would remain indifferent, no matter what efforts he put into

an eyebrow, and a dangerous glint flashed in

look at

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

of cowhide, Natalie’s brows furrowed.

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