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 she had been

frozen on the living room sofa,

him a long time to come

Cecilia’s figure disappeared from view did he

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

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

time would be

weekend

years, Nathaniel would always bring Cecilia back to Rainsworth Manor for

subjected to the strange looks

Finally, he was alone.

good mood as he drove to Rainsworth

feel a lightness he had

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

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

them and become the

iron hand. Not only his peers but also

about him was never

man had been deceived and had married

Rainsworth Manor, Elena, Nathaniel’s mother, had instructed the servants early on, “Remember, when Cecilia arrives, do

be present during the memorial, she would never have allowed Cecilia to make a

time,

In previous years, the eldest grandson’s wife, Cecilia, was always the first to arrive

she hadn’t shown

with several noblewomen when she heard that Cecilia wasn’t coming.

wasn’t

and gently asked, “Nathaniel, where is

friends.

asking for a divorce and has left

said this, everyone around him fell

even more

this world, apart from his parents,

stabbed, Cecilia

were engaged, Nathaniel had gone to Daprein for business

Nathaniel was dead, but Cecilia refused to believe it.

days before finally finding him, only to be blamed

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

actually filed for divorce and chosen to leave after her father’s

Why?