Chapter 255 Admitting the Truth

Natalie fell into silence.

Clearly, while the outcome was shocking, it was also the best result,

So what if Stephen had intervened in this matter?

It wasn’t a misunderstanding about Christina; she indeed committed those acts. Since it was her doing, it was only fitting for her to bear the consequences.

However, for Cedric to also face such a situation…!

“Did you also intervene in Cedric’s case?” Natalie asked in a tone that revealed no emotion.

Stephen shook his head. “No.”

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Natalie looked up at Stephen, once again shocked

Her uncle didn’t intervene? Yet, Cedric easily ended up in this situation?!

That… didn’t quite add up!

Seeing Natalie’s confusion, Stephen explained, “After returning from Simeria, he instructed everyone not

to hinder Dylan and Zane’s investigation.

“He also came to six

This information shocked Natalie even more. Clearly, this was the last thing she expected to hear.

Why did he come?

Since returning to Simeria, she had either been in a state of deep sleep or enduring the painful recovery

process. She was completely oblivious to the outside world.

Now, hearing Stephen’s account, she realized that during this time, she had been staying in a small room

in the estate.

Yet, the vast world outside continued with all kinds of earth–shattering incidents.

Stephen briefed Natalie on the situation in Verde City during this period. The more she heard, the more

shocked she became.

Undoubtedly, she didn’t expect the fire to cause so much chaos in Verde City or Cedric’s attitude.

Throughout, Stephen had always been against any entanglements between her and Cedric, Yet, to

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The disastrous fire and its aftermath, Cedric’s attitude, the subsequent events in the Johnson family, Cedric’s purpose in coming to Simeria, and what happened after he returned to Verde City–Stephen laid

out everything for Natalie.

As the conversation concluded, Stephen looked into her eyes, filled with depth and complexity, as if there was something she still didn’t know.

me all of this?”

why reveal this

get entangled again, why share all this

and have the right

Natalie was silent

the right to know.

reaction was truly laughable.

He…!

was saddened for her?!

Hah!

Natalie not believe such words, but even if she did, what difference would it

moved at all. On the contrary, Cedric’s reactions only made the situation

her!

the truth!

his attitude had changed

Wasn’t that laughable?

there no explanation?

she was by his side before, she

he believe her?

this change in attitude for?

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any case, it wasn’t her problem to bear.

by his actions?” Stephen asked, looking

Natalie seemed to detect

harbor

must have misheard.

at Stephen. She took a deep breath and said, “No!”

was a smile tinged

still hiding something from me?”

you ask that?”

and Aunt don’t seem to blame me for what

the question that had been eating at her

given that Winona’s fiance had met with an accident, her uncle and aunt should resent

Natalie had caused their

her aunt’s words last time and her uncle’s attitude

her

the conversation.

leaving Natalie

past, but facing the current situation wasn’t so simple

uncle, aunt, and Cedric all seemed

had led her to

circumstances made it even more challenging for her to see clearly.

Stephen left, his butler

moment, Natalie’s world

her face turned pale.

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Cedric admitted to all the evidence after being arrested. Even all the connections Rebeccal

to keep him out of

confession was swift, and the trial proceeded quickly, leading to

soundproof glass as Cedric, dressed in prison attire,

of bitterness and

abandon your mother? Is it worth tormenting yourself for a woman? Rebecca questioned, her voice

in the confined

a desolate state, Rebecca’s eyes were filled with pain.

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