"Do you know Ms. Schneider?" Irwin asked as his grip on Natalie tightened.

Natalie tilted her head slightly, but the man's grip grew even firmer.

"Let go!" she exclaimed.

"Natalie."

"Yes, I know her!" Natalie cut straight to the point.

Irwin took a sharp breath, his gaze deepening as he looked at Natalie.

Seizing the moment when Irwin was momentarily distracted, Natalie slipped her hand out of his grasp and moved to the side.

"How did you two meet?" Irwin asked.

Associating with people from the Schneider family wasn't a very well-received act in Wexford. It was as if merely knowing someone from that family would bring misfortune.

Yet Natalie, once a homemaker, actually knew them?

And no one had known?

How?!

"Does Abigail know about the missing half of the documents?" Irwin asked.

Frazier!" Natalie's tone grew heavy, her eyes reflecting a hint of sarcasm. "Are you asking if Abigail knows about the

Irwin fell silent, stunned.

Indeed!

missing half of the documents

years, neither knew about the other's

Natalie... The storm in her eyes

between them, but the atmosphere remained

the woman before him, suddenly realizing just how deeply Natalie had been

he and perhaps even Cedric had never

first scheme since arriving in Wexford?" he

do such a thing?"

of Natalie's manipulations to become entangled

Why?

whereabouts of those documents were clear, troubles weren't just brewing between Cedric and Abigail,

had to admit that Natalie's

did you find out

was in

had disrupted both

formidable—she was enigmatic,

Natalie chuckled.

was a deep, unsettling

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