When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel)

Chapter 1 First Love

A heavy rain began to pour relentlessly.

At the entrance of the hospital.

Standing at the hospital entrance, Cecilia Smith clutched the pregnancy test report in her delicate, frail hand. The result was unmistakable: not pregnant.

“Three years into marriage and you’re still not pregnant?”

“You’re so useless. If you don’t get pregnant soon, the Rainsworth family will kick you out. What will become of the Smith family then?”

Dressed to the nines and teetering on her high heels, Paula Escobar, Cecilia’s mother, pointed at her, her face a mask of disappointment.

Cecilia’s eyes were empty. The words she longed to speak were stuck in her heart, finally condensing into a single sentence.

“I’m sorry.”

“I don’t want you to apologize. What I want is for you to have a child with Nathaniel. Do you understand?”

Cecilia’s throat felt parched. She was unsure of how to respond to her.

They had been married for three years, yet her husband, Nathaniel Rainsworth, had never laid a hand on her.

How could there possibly be a child?

Upon seeing her display of helplessness, Paula felt she was nothing like herself.

“If you really can’t manage, then help Nathaniel find a woman outside. He will surely remember your kindness.”

Cecilia stared in disbelief at the retreating figure of her mother, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Her biological mother, astonishingly, had asked her to find another woman for her own husband.

A chill instantly froze her heart to its core.

As Cecilia sat in the car heading home, Paula’s last words echoed in her mind, accompanied by a sudden, intermittent roaring in her ears.

She knew her illness had worsened.

At that moment, she received a text message.

The message came from Nathaniel, as consistent as ever over the past three years. It read: I won’t be coming home tonight.

Throughout their three years of marriage, Nathaniel had never spent a single night at home, nor did he ever touch her.

Cecilia still remembered their wedding night three years ago.

He had said, “Since you from the Smith family dare to trick me into marriage, then be ready to face a lifetime of solitude.”

years ago, the Smith and Rainsworth families had formed a

had already been made, a mutual benefit shared between both

family unexpectedly changed their minds. They transferred all of their assets, including the several billion given to Nathaniel for marrying

crossed Cecilia’s eyes, but she responded to Nathaniel’s message with a

crumpled the pregnancy test report

home, she tossed

time,

didn’t make any dinner and spent a while leaning on the couch, drifting in

a rumbling

a reason why Nathaniel despised her. She was hard of hearing, which, in high society, was akin to having a

Nathaniel possibly allow her to have a child in

wall clock emitted

was five in

hour, Nathaniel

realize that she had unknowingly spent the entire night

got up to prepare breakfast

his work, with a stringent regard for time. Once, Cecilia had to attend her father’s funeral and

her a single message nor

six o’clock,

figure exuding a restrained elegance. His handsome features were striking,

eyes, his reflection was nothing

looking at Cecilia, he pulled out a chair and sat down. “You don’t need to make breakfast

Cecilia was taken aback.

else, but the words she uttered reflected

I do something

face, which had stayed impassive for the past three years. His

is a wife, not a

the same light gray attire. Even when responding to text messages, she

for the business alliance and the deception of the Smith family, Nathaniel wouldn’t have married

simply not his

want is a wife, not

in Cecilia’s ears grew

throat, and yet, she uttered the word that Nathaniel

“Okay.”

Nathaniel found himself feeling particularly moody, even his favorite breakfast

the chair back in irritation, ready to

surprise, Cecilia mustered her courage and seized his

there someone

eyes

the person

was not just her husband of three years, but also the man she had pursued and

words and said, “Nathaniel,

could finish her sentence, Nathaniel

“You’re crazy.”