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

Chapter 173 Steal His Woman

Does it matter if he noticed those marks?

“Do you care about him that much? Are you afraid he’ll be mad after seeing those marks?” Nathaniel’s voice carried a bitter edge.

Cecilia didn’t respond to him.

He simply couldn’t understand why she had cried.

Before, Nathaniel remained indifferent when Cecilia cried, but now, her tears left him feeling utterly powerless.

“Stop crying.”

He gently kissed her forehead, the bridge of her nose, and her cheeks.

A flicker passed through Cecilia’s eyes. She tried to push him away but simply couldn’t.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door.

“Ms. Smith, I brought you new clothes,” the waitress announced from outside.

Nathaniel abruptly halted, leaning close to Cecilia’s ear, his breathing heavy.

Cecilia wiped away the tears on her face and glared at him.

Nathaniel subtly shifted his position, allowing her the space to open the door and retrieve her clothes.

Cecilia cracked open the door slightly, collecting her clothes, and composed herself.

“Mr. Rainsworth, would you mind stepping out? I need to change my clothes.”

might cry again, Nathaniel

outside, lighting up a cigarette. He found it challenging to suppress the unsettling feeling in

feel upset when

summer top. Once she put it on, even though her hair covered her neck, the tiny, scattered marks were still

at her reflection in the mirror for a long time before finally

saw her come out. He

“Where are you going?”

12:24 PM c

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I’m having

under his surveillance, Nathaniel would

of guilt, he

+5 Pearls:

returned to the private room, only to find that Calvin had left a jacket

cold, so I had the waitress bring over a

“Thank you.”

put on the

from mentioning

kept serving her

somewhat distracted as she

you, you must tell me. Don’t

“Okay.”

were just lip service. She

he escorted Cecilia back to

watching Cecilia leave, he returned to

It was from his good friend, Yannick Hayes. “So, how did it

gazed out the car

do you mean, no? That’s not like you

full of energy, acting swiftly in everything he