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.”

and Rainsworth families had formed a business alliance

made, a mutual

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

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

she had crumpled the pregnancy test report in her hand into a wrinkled

got home, she tossed

at this particular time, she would feel especially

a while leaning on the

constantly heard a rumbling noise

why Nathaniel despised her. She was hard of hearing,

allow her to have a child

wall clock emitted a dull

was five in

Nathaniel

had

got up to prepare breakfast for Nathaniel,

time. Once, Cecilia had to attend her father’s funeral and forgot to return on time to prepare

send her a single message nor

six o’clock, Nathaniel

his tall and slender figure exuding a restrained elegance. His handsome features were striking, yet they didn’t

Cecilia’s eyes, his reflection was nothing but cold

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

Cecilia was taken aback.

but the words she uttered reflected a humility she herself

I do something

had stayed impassive for the

I want is a

years, Cecilia was always seen wearing the same light gray attire. Even when responding to text messages, she would

and the deception of the Smith

simply not

want is a

Cecilia’s

her throat, and yet, she uttered the word that

“Okay.”

moody, even his favorite breakfast on the table

to his feet, pulling the chair back in irritation, ready to

his surprise, Cecilia mustered her courage and seized his

there someone

caused Nathaniel’s eyes to darken. “What do you

looked up at the

her husband of three years, but also the man she had pursued and

in her throat, Cecilia thought about Paula’s words

sentence, Nathaniel had already cut

“You’re crazy.”

life is all