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

the living room sofa, holding

took him a long time to come

figure disappeared from view did he realize, belatedly,

just a brief moment of frustration before he quickly returned to his usual

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

would be

weekend after All Souls’

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

subjected to the strange

Finally, he was alone.

exceptionally good mood as

a lightness he had

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

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

managed to stand out among them and become the head of the Rainsworth family

iron hand. Not only his

the private gossip about him was never in

been deceived and had married a wife

Rainsworth Manor, Elena, Nathaniel’s mother, had instructed the 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

time, Cecilia hadn’t

was always the first to arrive and the last

she hadn’t

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

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

Nathaniel and gently asked, “Nathaniel,

few childhood friends. When he

for a divorce and

this, everyone around

even

this world, apart from his parents, no one loved Nathaniel more

stabbed, Cecilia had saved him with

ago, when they were engaged, Nathaniel had gone to

but Cecilia refused to believe

him for three days before finally finding him,

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

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

Why?