A Divorce After My Rebirth by Gentle Rain in June

Chapter 272 Plotting

Ten minutes later, Natalie sat across from Stephen in his study, holding a cup of water.

Despite her efforts to appear calm, the trace of worry on her brow was evident, and Stephen easily picked up on it.

“Do you not want to talk about it?” he asked.

“Uncle…”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t you think everyone around here has been acting strangely lately?” Natalie pondered.

It seemed to have started when Cedric was released from Verde City prison. Both her uncle and Irwin had become peculiar.

The photos she had seen in this study felt like thorns piercing her heart. Regardless of Irwin’s past kindness, Natalie now felt an overwhelming sense of doubt.

“Nat, we’re talking about you now,” Stephen’s tone became more serious, causing a

momentary tightness in Natalie’s chest.

Before she could respond, Stephen continued, “Behaving like this will only make your aunt worry a lot.”

“I know,” she acknowledged.

She knew!

Yet, suddenly, the tranquility she had managed to restore in her life was disrupted by a massive stone which was creating so many ripples in the pond of her life!

Their eyes met, and Natalie felt her breath becoming suffocated at that moment.

Looking into her eyes, Stephen grew even more solemn. “Nat, there’s something fishy about the Verde City situation.”

“What do

you

mean?”

“I’ve found some inconsistencies in the conflicts between you and Cedric. Do you remember how it all began?”

Stephen’s sudden question made Natalie’s heart skip a beat.

The conflicts between her and Cedric?

The term kept echoing in her mind. It was undoubtedly the most unwelcome pain in her entire

Ten years…!

one person and

how many years had passed, the deepest scars in the heart were challenging

like nothing. But once mentioned, the scab over the heart would be torn open fiercely, causing a pain only those

years had

completely left Verde

chaos in Simeria, one thing had to be acknowledged–emotionally, she was

Cedric was different

she tried to

to confront

tone carrying a heavy burden.

“Yes.”

kind of conflicts?

Isabella, and

There was too much…!

Natalie couldn’t remember

were just

cause? When did it

this way, Natalie’s heart felt as if someone had torn a big

her eyes.

kindness towards her crossed

Undoubtedly…!

to her, it was as

turn bad? When did the atmosphere

asking herself in her mind.

probably started erupting completely

Yes, Isabella!

whatever happened between them, Cedric would always give in to her in the end. He would

Isabella’s arrival triggered their conflicts, and they would stop talking and wage a cold war against

if their entire relationship had been frozen by a bitter mountain, with no way

Natalie mentioned Isabella, Stephen’s eyes flashed

“Yeah, that’s it!”

Natalie asked in

her in the past two years. He wouldn’t overlook any minor incidents involving her. His

start, looked even more serious when

said, “Nat, that confrontation between you and him…

a deep breath, he continued, “Isabella might have approached him with some ulterior

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Ulterior motives?!

Stephen said this, an unprecedented relief appeared in her

said.

“You do?”