"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.

grew heavy, her eyes reflecting a hint of sarcasm. "Are you asking

Irwin fell silent, stunned.

Indeed!

that the missing half of the

years, neither knew about the

storm in her

silence passed between them, but the

the woman before him, suddenly realizing

he and

your first scheme since

do such a thing?" Natalie

Abigail didn't require any of Natalie's manipulations to become entangled in

Why?

troubles weren't just brewing between Cedric and Abigail, but even around

to admit that Natalie's

tell me, how did you find out about the

in

had disrupted both

moment, Irwin realized Natalie was not just formidable—she was enigmatic,

Natalie chuckled.

a deep, unsettling

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