Chapter 432 A Chilling Decision
Just then, his phone rang.
It was Natalie!
Cedric immediately hung up. Yet, the caller seemed frantic, continuously calling back!
Finally, Cedric answered. “Hello”
“Cedric !” Natalie’s voice came through, a mix of anger and restrained emotion evident.
Even through the phone, the tremble in her voice was obvious.
Clearly, this child meant everything to her.
Was it because of Irwin?
Back in Verde City, everyone knew how Irwin had protected her. Did she feel indebted to Irwin and thus show extra affection to this child?
“Where is my child?” Natalie’s voice held a suppressed urgency.
From the background, there was the clinking of medical equipment. It was evident that upon learning someone had taken Luna, Natalie had rushed to the hospital where Kayla was.
However, neither Kayla nor Cedric was there
This caused Natalie to panic!
“Nat, let’s talk after this is settled,” Cedric said in an unusually calm voice.
He glanced at the child in his arms. Luna was exhausted from crying and had fallen asleep. Her peaceful face looked oddly familiar.
On the other end of the call, Natalie’s heart raced upon hearing Cedric’s words.
“Cedric, you know what Isabella means to me. Yet, you’re using Luna to save her daughter?”
At that moment, Natalie’s tone was icy, more cutting than ever
How heartless could Cedric be?!
Cedric replied, “You don’t need to involve Bella in this matter!”
But Kayla is her daughter You’re the one who insisted on dragging us into this! What is the meaning of this?!” Natalie shot back.
She involved Isabella?!
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Did Cedric think she was being petty?
Cedric closed his eyes, suppressing the weight in his heart. “Nat, you know I didn’t mean it that
way.
“Where are you both?” Natalie’s voice was filled with frustration. She didn’t care about Cedric’s intentions. Luna had been taken, and they wanted to use her for Kayla’s surgery!
How could she bear it?!
No one understood how deeply Natalie wished to destroy Cedric at this moment
Indeed, Natalie wished nothing more than to obliterate him right now.
“After this is settled, you can kill me or do as you please,” Cedric said, preparing to end the call.
However, Natalie erupted in a wild, hysterical tone, “Cedric, I’ll make sure she dies!”
Natalie was referring to Kayla.
Cedric’s grip on his phone tightened.
The call, initially meant to be disconnected, paused abruptly due to the sharpness in Natalie’s
Voice.
Cedric could hear how heavy his own breathing was
Natalie continued in a strained voice, “I swear if you dare harm Luna, I’ll ensure she suffers just as
much!”
Was she threatening him?
Indeed, she was threatening Cedric
The chilling severity in her voice lacked any warmth. Cedric could tell that she wasn’t joking.
Given the current Natalie, her words held the weight of action behind them.
He took a deep breath, closing his eyes.
“When it’s over,” Cedric responded from the other end of the line.
Without waiting for Natalie’s retort, Cedric ended the call.
Over?
Once it was over, regardless of the consequences, he’d bear them all. But at this moment, Kayla’s life hung in the balance.
He couldn’t afford to consider much else.
He was painfully aware that if any harm befell the child in his arms, Natalie would never forgive
him.
As for how much Natalie owed Isabella, she might not even know herself
But just this once….
Yes, just this once…!
Not long after ending the call, Kyle returned.
He glanced worriedly at Cedric, then instinctively at the child in Cedric’s arms.
The resemblance was undeniable.
“Your Excellency
“Is everything arranged?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Proceed,” Cedric replied calmly.
Kyle hesitated, his gaze searching Cedric’s. But Cedric’s eyes revealed nothing.
Could it be that he failed to see the obvious resemblance in the child’s face?
“Your Excellency,” Kyle’s tone became tense.
Cedric asked, “What is it?”
“Can’t you see the resemblance in this child’s face?” Kyle’s voice trailed off, his entire demeanor
tensing.
Cedric furrowed his brow. “What are you implying?”
Clearly, Cedric was oblivious to Kyle’s implications. Though the child’s features felt oddly
familiar, he saw nothing more.
It was often said that people remain blind to their own affairs.
Many saw shades of Cedric in the child, but Cedric himself remained oblivious.
“This child looks a lot like you,” Kyle remarked.
Cedric was silent.
4–ike him?
Impossible.
his child was the offspring of Natalie and Caleb. He felt a chill running through him.
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Kyle knew Cedric held hatred toward Caleb because of this. Yet now…!
“Could this be the child from two years ago?”
Indeed, two years prior!
Back then, when Natalie was imprisoned, Cedric had received news of her pregnancy. What had
he done then?
Memories flooded back, suffocating him.
In light of Kyle’s words, Cedric lowered his gaze to the child in his arms again. He had to admit that the child’s nose and the shape of her eyes while asleep had an uncanny resemblance…
Especially the nose…!
He felt like he was suffocating.
“This must be fate, Cedric said with a bitter smile, recalling the paternity test he had conducted
on this child
However, thinking of that result choked Cedric even more inside.
Sensing Cedric’s turmoil, Kyle ventured, “Could Madam have tampered with the previous paternity test results?”
“What are you implying?” The thought that Natalie might have tampered with the previous report
sent shivers down Cedric’s spine
Kyle suggested, “Since we’re here, why not conduct another test?”
Indeed, they were here!
Why not witness it firsthand?
Cedric observed the child. She was so fragile, with traces of tears on her face. He had to admit that
the child bore a striking resemblance to Natalie
But if Kyle claimed there was a hint of him in the child’s features, then could it be…?
“Do it,” Cedric finally said.
No one could fathom the tumultuous emotions swirling within Cedric as he uttered those two words.
If this child was his and Natalie’s…!
