Chapter 256 The Stubborn Girl

Time flew by like a swift shuttle.

A massive fire had altered the lives of all those involved.

Two years later, the world’s top tier commercial speech event in Simeria dazzled everyone…

Lucas hurriedly entered Verde City Prison to see Cedric. Two years had transformed the man into

someone cold and steady.

“What’s the matter?” Cedric asked with an icy tone upon seeing Lucas.

It had been two years.

Since the day Rebecca left, Cedric hadn’t met anyone else apart from those from the company.

In the meantime, Rebecca had tried numerous times to reach out, but Cedric rejected every attempt. He

even turned away calls from Simeria.

Lucas had visited countless times during this period, but his serious expression now was a first.

Cedric thought something might be wrong with the company.

“It’s not about the company,” Lucas sa d as she shook his head.

Cedric frowned, “Then what?”

Lucas looked at him with complex emotions in his eyes. Obviously, the unexpected news had left everyone at a loss for words.

When Rebecca had first learned of it, she didn’t know how to break it to Cedric. It was beyond surprising.

and it was downright… hateful!

In the past two years, Christina had been sentenced to prison for life, and Cedric had paid a heavy price.

Yet, the person who was supposed to be dead…..!

It was a deception.

A blatant deception!

“Just leave it if you’re not going to talk, Cedric said, about to hang up.

“Wait,” Lucas stopped him in time.

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impatience in

his courage and said, “Ms. Walker is still

air fell silent instantly.

though they were separated by soundproof glass, it felt like they could hear each other’s

eyes went through a storm of emotions but eventually

still buzzing, as if he couldn’t hear

you say?

Who wa

still

must have misheard.

looked at Cedric and said slowly, “Ms. Walker,

mind

felt as if the entire world collapsed and rebuilt itself, repeating the process over

sa

It was

Natalie… Natalie!

It was a name Cedric least wanted to recall in the last two years. Yet, her face lingered

smile was frozen in the

and beyond his control.

words about her being alive

Cedric finally spoke

of the glass, to confirm

“Yes,

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she seems to be with Mr. Frazier!” Lucas added, clearly reminding Cedric that

on the

Natalie, Natalie…!

that kept him awake through countless nights behind

the most painful yet unforgettable memory. It was

him like a curse.

it was the name he couldn’t let go of–the name that tortured him into wanting

everything.

deep abyss

sun, instantly

his demon and his

“She’s alive?”

“Yes, sir.”

a mocking and mad glint in

residue of time in his eyes gradually lightened, revealing uncontainable joy and a hint

years. It had been a

he had gone mad in his previous life, keeping

until the end.

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