"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.

tone grew heavy, her eyes reflecting a hint of sarcasm. "Are you asking if Abigail knows about the widely

Irwin fell silent, stunned.

Indeed!

that the missing half

knew

The storm in her eyes was

them, but the atmosphere remained

at the woman before him, suddenly realizing just how

sides to her that he and perhaps even Cedric had

scheme since arriving in

do such

require any of Natalie's

Why?

weren't just brewing between Cedric and

to admit that

how did you find

was in

disrupted both

just formidable—she was enigmatic, with depths he had

Natalie chuckled.

a deep, unsettling

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