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.

Cecilia felt like she had

living room sofa, holding the divorce

took him a long time to come to

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

moment of frustration before he quickly returned to his usual indifference, not taking Cecilia’s departure

a phone call or a word from him, Cecilia would obediently return

time would be no

the weekend after All Souls’

years, Nathaniel would always bring Cecilia back

subjected to the strange looks

Finally, he was alone.

an exceptionally good mood as he

made him feel a lightness he had never

relatives would return for a memorial. Including

there were seventy or eighty people, many of

out among them and become the head of the Rainsworth

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

gossip about him was never

influential man had been deceived and had married a

servants early on, “Remember, when Cecilia arrives, do

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

this time,

was always the first to arrive and the last to leave, flattering

she hadn’t shown

chatting and laughing with several noblewomen when she heard

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

and gently asked,

chatting with a few childhood friends. When

asking for a divorce

said this, everyone around him fell silent, each looking on

was even

from his parents, no one loved Nathaniel more than

was almost stabbed, Cecilia had saved him

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

Cecilia refused to believe it. Without a second thought, she went to

city, Cecilia searched for him for three days before finally

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

Cecilia, who couldn’t live without Nathaniel, had actually filed for divorce and chosen to leave after

Why?