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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was obvious impatience

contemplation, Lucas gathered his courage

fell silent

soundproof glass, it felt like they could hear each other’s

eyes went through a storm of emotions but eventually calmed

spoke, his mind was still buzzing, as

you

Who wa

was still alive?

must have misheard.

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

moment, his mind seemed

and rebuilt itself, repeating the process over

sa

in chaos. It was

Natalie… Natalie!

to recall in the last two years. Yet, her face lingered in his mind, and

smile was frozen in

and beyond his

about her being alive echoed in his

spoke after

other side of

“Yes, sir.”

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

his mind settled on the crucial point: Natalie was alive!

Natalie, Natalie…!

kept him awake through countless nights behind iron bars.

painful yet unforgettable memory. It was a name that haunted

like a curse.

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

everything.

deep abyss he couldn’t escape. But now, Lucas’s message

sun, instantly illuminating that dark

name was his demon

“She’s alive?”

“Yes, sir.”

Cedric chuckled, a mocking and mad glint in

his eyes gradually lightened, revealing uncontainable joy and a hint of craziness.

years. It had been a full two years.

years ago, he went mad in Simeria, like how he had gone mad in his previous life, keeping her by

until the end.

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