When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel)

Chapter 19 She Is Pregnant.

Outside the window, the wind howled violently. Cecilia placed her pale, slender hand on her lower abdomen, her gaze vacant.

Calvin had told her that the doctor had discovered she was pregnant.

This child couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Martha looked at Cecilia, whose eyes were hollow, devoid of any will to live. She hardened her heart.

“Ceci.”

Cecilia took a long time to come back to her senses and slowly turned to look at Martha. “Martha.”

Martha’s eyes were red. Her old, wrinkled hand gently brushed a few stray hairs away from Cecilia’s temple. “Ceci, I don’t have any children of my own. I’ve always treated you like my own daughter. I don’t wish for you to be rich or powerful, only for you to live healthily. If my only daughter wants to die, how could a mother possibly go on living?”

Cecilia’s eyes narrowed as she watched Martha pick up a fruit knife.

“I’ve cared for you until you were ten years old. After that, I couldn’t be with you, and that was my fault. Now, I’ll go apologize to Mr. Smith…”

With that, Martha started to slice her wrist with the knife.

Cecilia was startled. She used all her strength to stop her, but in her current state, she couldn’t even get up. She was at a loss for words. “Martha, don’t…”

Martha didn’t stop.

blood on Martha’s wrist, her tears rolled uncontrollably down her face. “I won’t do anything stupid anymore, I

promise, Martha

eyes were filled with

longer owe her or Nathaniel! From now on, you must live

end, Cecilia decided to heed Martha’s words, to live well for her and

Paula was no longer her mother, and she

only family was Martha and the child

force Cecilia into making a decision in such a drastic way, but she

yet she still had to

ask her daughter to repay

Cecilia heard from

She didn’t feel sad.

had long wanted to settle the debt she owed

the child, Cecilia didn’t

this child was

knew how much Nathaniel

certainly wouldn’t want to keep the

days in the hospital, Cecilia completed

first. Once she had settled things with Nathaniel, she

was brought there by his father, George

“Cecilia! Wasn’t she missing?”

to be the day

without a trace. She didn’t show up for three whole