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

Chapter 25 The Truth

It had to be a coincidence! It had to be! If Cecilia was the one who saved me, why had she never mentioned it? And if it was her, then everything I had done to her over the years…..

Zachary closed Cecilia’s medical report and returned to his office, where he sat in silence for the entire night.

The next morning, Zachary dialed Stella’s number.

“Stella, let’s meet. I have something to discuss with you.

At a private restaurant, inside a reserved room, Stella arrived looking elegantly dressed.

A waiter came over and took her coat.

Zachary’s eyes fell on her smooth, unblemished arms. There were no scars.

Four years ago, his car had been in an accident.

He was trapped inside, unconscious and covered in blood.

A young girl had risked her life to reach through the shattered car window, forcing the door ope

As she reached inside, her arm was deeply cut by the broken glass. The hospital director had said the wound needed stitches.

be impossible for there to be no

Zachary’s gaze, Stella began to feel a

something

of his thoughts and withdrew his gaze, his tone

“Cecilia is dead.”

Stella was stunned.

shock, “When did this happen? How could it

deep down, a sense of unprecedented

Cecilia was dead!

the last obstacle standing between her and Nathaniel was gone

She died from excessive blood loss. The doctors couldn’t save

wine, gently swirling it before downing it in

glimpse of joy on Stella’s face

“She was born into a life most people could never imagine, then used her family’s power to force her way into a marriage with

Karma?

sensed

to be

he knew Nathaniel’s marriage to Cecilia was nothing

force Nathaniel

in Stella’s mind, was that a

it seemed as if the temperature in the