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.”

Smith and Rainsworth families had

promise had already been made, a mutual

wedding, the Smith family unexpectedly changed their minds. They transferred all

she responded to Nathaniel’s message with a simple “okay” as

crumpled the pregnancy test report in

home, she tossed it into the trash

particular time, she would feel especially

while leaning on the couch, drifting in and out

a rumbling noise

despised her. She was hard of hearing, which, in high

possibly allow her to have a child

clock emitted a

five in

hour, Nathaniel would

did Cecilia realize that she had unknowingly spent

breakfast for Nathaniel,

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

send her a single message nor spoke a word to her

o’clock, Nathaniel

in a suit, his tall and slender figure exuding a restrained elegance. His handsome features were

Cecilia’s eyes, his reflection was nothing

a chair and sat down. “You don’t need to

Cecilia was taken aback.

the words she uttered reflected a humility

do something

eyes meeting Cecilia’s face, which had stayed impassive for the past three years.

is a wife, not

gray attire. Even when responding to text messages, she would use the

it weren’t for the business alliance and the deception of

simply not

is a wife, not

Cecilia’s

and yet, she uttered the word that Nathaniel

“Okay.”

feeling particularly moody, even his favorite breakfast on the

his feet, pulling the

Cecilia mustered her courage and seized

there

caused Nathaniel’s eyes to darken. “What do

the person standing

husband of three years, but also the

thought about Paula’s words and

finish her sentence, Nathaniel had already cut her

“You’re crazy.”