Genuine?
When Irwin uttered those words for Cedric, Natalie laughed. Her laughter was icy and dripping with sarcasm.
"Is anything you two tell me even real or genuine anymore?"
Genuine?
What was genuine?
After years of lying, one would even start to believe in their own falsehoods.
Wasn't that the case with Irwin and Cedric?
Genuine... hah!
"What exactly were you three to each other?" Natalie's tone was chillingly cold, sending shivers down one's spine.
Irwin fell silent, unable to respond.
What had they been to each other?
In that fleeting moment, profound pain surged in his eyes. It vanished as quickly as it came, replaced by a stoic calm.
"Never mind. As I said, I'll unravel everything, bit by bit!"
She repeated the words she had said moments ago. Her teeth clenched, her voice dripping with venom and resentment, causing anyone who heard it to wince.
Irwin looked deep into her eyes. At that moment, the emptiness in his heart felt more profound than ever before.
She was...!
This was why, despite their intense animosity toward each other, neither Irwin nor Cedric ever let their true feelings surface in front of Natalie.
They never used it against each other, knowing full well the devastating impact it would have on Cedric if Natalie were to find out.
Cedric also knew it.
So, while Cedric and Irwin harbored animosity towards each other, they never let it affect this particular matter.
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Finally, they were back in Wexford.
Irwin handed Natalie her phone. His eyes betrayed a mix of emotions, but Natalie snatched the phone from him with force.
Irwin remained silent.
In front of him, Natalie dialed Casey's number. Just as she started the call, Irwin spoke before she could.
"Casey isn't in Wexford."
"How swift you are with your information!" Natalie's voice dripped with irony.
Irwin remained silent.
When had it begun? Every time something related to her came up, he was always the first to know.
"Remarkable... Truly!" Natalie continued, her eyes fixed on the screen of her phone where a particular photo caught her attention—undoubtedly the subject of the information, Blair Russell.
She looked up at Irwin, and the calmness in her eyes vanished, replaced by a storm of emotions.
The emotions that surged within her were unleashed like a beast—sarcasm, icy coldness, danger—all converging in a malevolent gaze directed at Irwin.
"Blair?" Natalie waved her phone, the photo on the screen nearly causing her to mistake it for herself.
The resemblance was uncanny.
Blair and Natalie.
They were two distinct individuals but entangled with the same person.
What kind of spark would this collision create?
A decade...!
She remembered her feelings during the time with Isabella, now realizing how ludicrous they had been.
It wasn't just laughable.
It was something more.
"Nat," Irwin approached swiftly, taking long strides until he was beside her.
Then, he lifted her from the sofa and pulled her into his embrace.
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