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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obvious impatience in

gathered his courage and said, “Ms. Walker is still alive!”

fell

even though they were separated by soundproof glass, it felt like they

went through a storm of emotions but eventually

mind was still buzzing, as if

did you

Who wa

was still

have misheard.

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

mind seemed to explode!

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

sa

world was in chaos. It

Natalie… Natalie!

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

in

and beyond

words about her being alive echoed in his

Cedric finally spoke after a long

was on the other side of

“Yes, sir.”

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Lucas

mind settled on the crucial point: Natalie

Natalie, Natalie…!

name that kept him awake through countless nights behind iron bars.

the most painful yet unforgettable memory. It was a name that haunted

like a

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

everything.

two years ago became a deep abyss he couldn’t escape. But now, Lucas’s

sun, instantly

his demon and

“She’s alive?”

“Yes, sir.”

a mocking and

residue of time in his eyes gradually lightened, revealing uncontainable

It had been

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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