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 Cedric’s eyes.

courage and said,

fell silent instantly.

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

a storm of emotions but eventually

he looked at Lucas and spoke, his mind was still buzzing, as if he couldn’t hear

you

Who wa

was still alive?

have

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

that moment, his mind

and rebuilt itself,

sa

world was in chaos. It was a tangled mess.

Natalie… Natalie!

name It was a name Cedric least wanted to recall in the last

in the sea of fire.

and beyond his control.

her being alive echoed in his mind repeatedly.

alive?” Cedric finally spoke after a long silence.

of the glass, to confirm that he hadn’t

nodded. “Yes,

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

the chaos in his mind settled on the crucial point: Natalie was

Natalie, Natalie…!

kept him awake through countless nights

unforgettable memory. It was a name that haunted

like a

name he couldn’t let go of–the

everything.

two years ago became a deep abyss

instantly

his demon and his redemption…!

“She’s alive?”

“Yes, sir.”

with Irwin?” Cedric chuckled, a mocking and mad glint in

gradually lightened, revealing uncontainable joy and a hint

years. It had been a

Simeria, like how he had gone

the end.

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