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.

felt like

living room

him a long time to come to his

figure disappeared from view did he realize, belatedly, that she was

was just a brief moment of frustration before he quickly returned to his usual indifference, not taking Cecilia’s

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

would be no

the weekend

would always bring Cecilia

be subjected to the strange looks

Finally, he was alone.

mood as he drove to Rainsworth

him feel a lightness he had

every year around this time, many relatives would return for a memorial. Including the extended family, there would be no fewer than five or six hundred

generation alone, there were seventy or eighty people, many of them

become the head of the Rainsworth

iron hand. Not only his peers but also his elders harbored a sense of fear toward

gossip about

man had been deceived and had married a wife with

Nathaniel’s mother, had instructed the servants early on, “Remember,

not for the Rainsworth family rule that the eldest grandson’s wife must be present during the memorial, she would never have allowed Cecilia

this time, Cecilia hadn’t

always the first to arrive

she

laughing with several noblewomen when she heard that

family’s memorial was a significant event. It wasn’t something Cecilia

and gently

with a few childhood friends. When he

asking for a divorce

he said this, everyone around

was even

apart from his parents, no one loved Nathaniel more than

ago, when Nathaniel was almost stabbed, Cecilia had

years ago, when they were engaged, Nathaniel had gone to Daprein for

dead, but Cecilia refused to believe it. Without a

three days

during illness and hospitalization, in daily life, or even when dealing with everyone around Nathaniel, including his secretaries and assistants, Cecilia was always careful,

couldn’t live without Nathaniel, had actually filed for divorce and chosen

Why?