Chapter 255


    Chapter 255 Admitting the Truth


    Natalie fell into silence.


    Clearly, while the oue was shocking, it was also the best result,


    So what if Stephen had intervened in this matter?


    It wasn’t a misunderstanding about Christina; she indeedmitted those acts. Since it was her doing,


    it was only fitting for her to bear the consequences.


    However, for Cedric to also face such a situation…!


    “Did you also intervene in Cedric’s case?” Natalie asked in a tone that revealed no emotion.


    Stephen shook his head. “No.”


    in


    Natalie looked up at Stephen, once again shocked


    Her uncle didn’t intervene? Yet, Cedric easily ended up in this situation?!


    That… didn’t quite add up!


    Seeing Natalie’s confusion, Stephen exined, “After returning from Simeria, he instructed everyone


    not


    to hinder Dn and Zane’s investigation.


    “He also came to six


    This information shocked Natalie even more. Clearly, this was thest thing she expected to hear.


    Why did hee?


    Since returning to Simeria, she had either been in a state of deep sleep or enduring the painful


    recovery


    process. She waspletely oblivious to the outside world.


    Now, hearing Stephen’s ount, she realized that during this time, she had been staying in a small


    room


    in the estate.


    Yet, the vast world outside continued with all kinds of earth–shattering incidents.


    Stephen briefed Natalie on the situation in Verde City during this period. The more she heard, the more


    shocked she became.


    Undoubtedly, she didn’t expect the fire to cause so much chaos in Verde City or Cedric’s attitude.


    Throughout, Stephen had always been against any entanglements between her and Cedric, Yet, to


    1/5


    +15 BONUS


    The disastrous fire and its aftermath, Cedric’s attitude, the subsequent events in the Johnson family,


    Cedric’s purpose ining to Simeria, and what happened after he returned to Verde City–Stephen


    laid


    out everything for Natalie.


    As the conversation concluded, Stephen looked into her eyes, filled with depth andplexity, as if


    there was something she still didn’t know.


    “Why did you tell me all of this?” Natalie asked directly,


    Yes, why reveal this information?


    If he didn’t want her and Cedric to get entangled again, why share all this with her?


    “You’re one of the parties involved and have the right to know.”


    Natalie was silent


    Yes, she had the right to know.


    But Cedric’s reaction was trulyughable.


    He…!


    He was saddened for her?!


    Hah!


    Not only did Natalie not believe such words, but even if she did, what difference would it make?


    She wasn’t moved at all. On the contrary, Cedric’s reactions only made the situation moreughable to


    her!


    He knew the truth!


    And now, his attitude had changed so dramatically.


    Wasn’t thatughable?


    Was there no exnation?


    When she was by his side before, she exined countless times.


    But did he believe her?


    Now, who was this change in attitude for?


    +15 BONUS


    In any case, it wasn’t her problem to bear.


    “So, did you feel moved by his actions?” Stephen asked, looking at Natalie,


    For some reason, at this moment, Natalie seemed to detect a hint of guilt in Stephen’s tone..


    No, Stephen wouldn’t harbor such emotions.


    She must have misheard.


    looked at Stephen. She took a deep breath and said, “No!”


    This response made Stephen smile. It was a smile tinged with bitterness.


    “Uncle, are you still hiding something from me?”


    Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    “Why do you ask that?”


    “You and Aunt don’t seem to me me for what happened to Winona,”


    Natalie could finally voice the question that had been eating at her after regaining consciousness.


    In theory, given that Winona’s fiance had met with an ident, her uncle and aunt should resent her.


    After all, Natalie had caused their only daughter to suffer.


    However, her aunt’s wordsst time and her uncle’s attitude made everything confusing.


    Stephen nced at her. He didn’t directly answer her question. He stood up, sighed, and didn’t


    continue


    the conversation.


    He left, leaving Natalie puzzled.


    A great fire had burnt away her past, but facing the current situation wasn’t so simple for her,


    Her uncle, aunt, and Cedric all seemed to be hiding something


    Everything before had led her to underestimate Cedric.


    The current circumstances made it even more challenging for her to see clearly.


    Not long after Stephen left, his butler called, saying that nca had disappeared.


    At that moment, Natalie’s world once again shattered.


    She stiffened, and her face turned pale.


    +15 BONUS


    In Verde City, Cedric admitted to all the evidence after being arrested. Even all the connections


    Rebal


    found to keep him out of prison were in vain.


    His confession was swift, and the trial proceeded quickly, leading to immediate results.


    In prison, Reba watched through the soundproof ss as Cedric, dressed in prison attire, exuded


    an


    air of bitterness and pain.


    “Why abandon your mother? Is it worth tormenting yourself for a woman? Reba questioned, her


    voice


    echoing in the confined space.


    Watching Cedric in such a deste state, Reba’s eyes were filled with pain.


    Regardless of any change in her previous attitude toward Natalie, her hatred had now extended to


    Natalie.


    Even knowing that Natalie was already dead, the fact that she still entangled herself in Cedric’s life was


    what Reba found most uneptable


    “She wasn’t an ordinary woman; she was my wife,” Cedric coldly corrected Reba.


    Even at this moment, he was defending Natalie. However, this defense had be meaningless.


    Listening to Cedric’s defense of Natalie, Reba’s throat tightened painfully, and her tears fell freely.


    He was the high and mighty deputy chairman of Johnson Enterprise.


    Now, he had be a prisoner.


    Reba knew very well that this wasn’t solely Natalie’s fault; Christina and isabe were also involved.


    1


    Christina had already been punished, but what about Isabe?


    In the end, unable to bear it any longer, Reba left.


    Cedric sat by the iron bars, staring at the sky outside. Recently, it seemed that Verde City favored rainy


    days, adding to the heaviness of everyone’s mood.


    “Wait for me…” he murmured softly.


    Would she forgive him after he endured all the punishments? He remembered throwing her into prison


    and wondered how long she would stay there.


    Undoubtedly, his earlier ns to torment Natalie were now all borne by him alone. It was what he


    deserved.


    +15 BONUS


    In the dark night, in Verde City’s tallest luxury apartment building, a man in a ck suit exuded an air of


    nobility and mystery.


    Isabe stood not far behind him, unable to contain her anger.


    “You never said at the beginning that you wanted him in prison,” Isabe said, her voice filled with


    suppressed rage.


    The man chuckled lightly, theughter carrying a hint of mockery.


    “Were you really thinking of marrying him?”


    Suddenly, his tone turned cold.


    Isabe locked at the man’s back, feeling the intense chill, and retorted defiantly, “If not him, who? A rat


    from this filthy gutter like you?


    As soon as she said that, something grabbed her neck.


    The man’s eyes, deep and dangerous, stared at Isabe as if she were a mere ant.


    Despite her pale face, Isabe fearlessly raised her chin.


    “You’re not allowed to touch him anymore!”