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

Chapter 5 Stay Optimistic

Cecilia returned to her room and forced herself to swallow mouthfuls of pills.

She reached behind her ear, and her fingertips were covered in blood.

The doctor’s advice echoed in her mind. “Ms. Smith, in many cases, the worsening of a condition is related to the patient’s emotions. You must be emotionally stable, stay optimistic, and actively cooperate with the treatment.”

Optimistic? Easier said than done.

Cecilia tried not to think about what Nathaniel had said. She leaned back against the pillow and closed her eyes.

As dawn was just beginning to break, she still hadn’t truly fallen asleep.

Perhaps the medication was working because she could hear a little better.

Staring at the faint sunlight filtering through the window, Cecilia remained lost in thought for a long time.

“The rain has stopped.”

There was more than one reason for one to truly give up.

It was a cumulative process. In the end, all it took is the last straw, which could be a cold word or a trivial matter…

Today, Nathaniel didn’t go out.

Early in the morning, he sat on the couch, waiting for Cecilia to apologize, to regret what she had done.

They had been married for three years, and it wasn’t the first time Cecilia had thrown a tantrum.

Yet each time, after the tears and the anger, it wouldn’t be long before she apologized.

Nathaniel thought this time wouldn’t be any different.

He watched as Cecilia emerged after washing up, dressed in one of her usual dark-colored outfits. She was dragging a suitcase and holding a piece of paper in her hand.

When Cecilia handed the document to Nathaniel, he realized it was a divorce agreement.

“Nathaniel, contact me when you have time.”

After saying that curt sentence, Cecilia dragged her suitcase out the door.

Outside, the sky had cleared after the rain.

moment, Cecilia felt like

frozen on the living room sofa,

long time to come to his

when Cecilia’s figure disappeared from view did he realize,

quickly returned to

or a word from him, Cecilia would obediently return to his side, more eager to please him

would

weekend after All Souls’

would always bring Cecilia back to

they would be subjected to the strange looks

Finally, he was alone.

in an exceptionally good mood as he drove to

spring breeze made him feel a lightness he had never experienced

every year around this time, many relatives would return for a memorial. Including the extended family, there would be no

there were seventy or eighty people, many of

out among them and become the

Not only his peers but also his elders harbored a sense of

private gossip about him was never in

deceived and had married a wife with hearing

servants early on, “Remember, when Cecilia arrives, do not allow

rule that the eldest grandson’s wife must be present during the memorial, she would never have allowed Cecilia to make a public

time, Cecilia hadn’t

grandson’s wife, Cecilia, was always the

she hadn’t

was chatting and laughing with several noblewomen when she heard that Cecilia

a significant event. It wasn’t something Cecilia could just attend

and gently asked, “Nathaniel,

few childhood friends. When he heard this,

for a divorce and has left

this, everyone around him fell silent, each

was even

world, apart from his parents, no one

when Nathaniel was almost stabbed, Cecilia had saved

Nathaniel had gone to Daprein for business and gotten into

believe it. Without a second thought, she went

that unfamiliar city, Cecilia searched for him for three days

during illness and hospitalization, in daily life, or even when dealing with everyone around Nathaniel, including

actually filed

Why?