Chapter 17 Irreparable Rift

Just as Cedric was about to explode, a knock at the door interrupted him.

It was the butler, who announced, “Sir, Mr. Lewis is here.”

“Have him wait in the study,” Cedric instructed.

Natalie’s face turned even colder upon hearing that Stefan had arrived.

Stefan Lewis was Cedric’s best friend. He owned a private detective agency, and there was nothing he couldn’t uncover if one was willing to pay. Many wealthy women had sought him out to find evidence of

their husbands‘ infidelity.

And Natalie… knew all too well what Stefan had brought for Cedric today. It was the evidence that would push her husband’s feelings for her to the brink.

“If you ever dare to mention divorce again, I won’t let you off,” said Cedric, each word dripping with

venom, before he turned and left.

Watching his retreating figure, Natalie eventually closed her eyes.

But as Cedric was about to step out the door, she couldn’t help but call out, “Wait.”

do you

do you have left

was a foolish question. But she couldn’t help

afraid! Even after enduring the painful

like in her previous life, she was afraid and helpless. She feared that her relationship with Cedric would be destroyed in an instant. Thinking about how his level of trust in her had dropped to almost zero, she

eyes met, Natalie observed him carefully, trying to etch the last traces of his

“I have always believed in

those words, he walked away, heading to his study to meet

spot for a long, long

meant to happen would

story took

Isabella was wrapped up like a mummy. With her eyes covered by

another person in the room – Christina,

I never thought that she would drag me down even

thrown in jail. Who could have known that

day, while Christina had spent several days in prison. Even her mother, who had always doted on her, had been too caught up in the Johnson family’s public image to pay her any

gone to great lengths to exonerate herself, nearly delaying

no longer

made?” asked Isabella in

worry. Everything has been taken care of, and my brother

Christina assured her

a sigh of

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