"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.

reflecting a hint of sarcasm. "Are you asking if Abigail knows about the widely known missing

Irwin fell silent, stunned.

Indeed!

that the missing half of the documents

knew

The storm in her

between them, but the atmosphere

suddenly realizing just how deeply Natalie had been

to her that he and perhaps even Cedric had never truly

first scheme since arriving in Wexford?"

do such a thing?"

of Natalie's manipulations to become entangled in

Why?

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

admit that Natalie's move

then tell me, how did you find

was in chaos—utter

had disrupted both Irwin's and Cedric's

realized Natalie was not just formidable—she was enigmatic,

Natalie chuckled.

a deep,

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