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

on the living room

took him a long time to come to his

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

just a brief moment of frustration before he quickly returned

all, with just a phone call or a word from him, Cecilia would obediently return to his side,

would

was the weekend after

Nathaniel would always bring Cecilia back to Rainsworth

to the strange looks from

Finally, he was alone.

exceptionally good mood as he drove to Rainsworth

him feel a lightness he

family was a large clan, and every year around this time, many relatives would return for a memorial. Including the extended family, there

Nathaniel’s generation alone, there were seventy or eighty people, many of them exceptionally

become the

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

private gossip about him was

had been deceived and

mother, had instructed the servants early on, “Remember, when Cecilia

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

time, Cecilia

the eldest grandson’s wife, Cecilia, was always the first to

she hadn’t

noblewomen when she heard that Cecilia wasn’t coming. Her elegant eyebrows furrowed

It wasn’t something Cecilia could just attend or skip on a

Nathaniel and gently asked, “Nathaniel, where

a few childhood friends. When he

asking for a divorce and has

around him fell silent, each looking

was even more

parents, no one

Nathaniel was almost stabbed, Cecilia

ago, when they were engaged, Nathaniel had gone to Daprein for business and gotten into

to believe it. Without a second thought,

city, Cecilia searched for him for three days before finally finding him,

when dealing with everyone

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

Why?