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.

a moment, Cecilia felt like she

frozen on the living room sofa, holding

time to come to his

did

before he quickly returned to his usual indifference, not

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

time would be no

weekend after All Souls’

previous years, Nathaniel would always bring Cecilia

the strange looks from the Rainsworth

Finally, he was alone.

an exceptionally good mood as he drove to Rainsworth

feel a lightness he had

would return for a memorial. Including the extended family, there would be no fewer than five or six

there were seventy or eighty people, many of them exceptionally

out among them and become the head of

and assertive, ruling with an iron hand. Not only his peers but also

aside, the private gossip about him was never in

influential man had been deceived and had married a wife with hearing

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

present during the memorial, she would never have

this time,

was surprised. In previous years, the eldest grandson’s wife, Cecilia, was always the first to arrive and the last to leave, flattering and

she hadn’t

was chatting and laughing with several noblewomen when she

wasn’t something Cecilia could just attend or

and gently asked, “Nathaniel, where

was chatting with a few childhood friends.

for a divorce and has

around

was even more

his parents,

ago, when Nathaniel was almost stabbed, Cecilia had saved

when they were engaged, Nathaniel had gone to Daprein

dead, but Cecilia refused to believe

for three days before finally finding

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

live without Nathaniel, had actually filed for divorce and chosen to

Why?