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

Chapter 190 An Old Wound

It wasn’t until the latter part of the night that everything came to an end.

Before Nathaniel fully regained consciousness, he was tightly embracing Cecilia.

Cecilia glanced at the sterile cup beside him, containing something she had struggled to obtain. She knew then it was time to leave.

She wanted to pull away from Nathaniel’s embrace, but he only held her tighter.

Left with no choice, she had to stealthily hide it under the bed, waiting to take it away after Nathaniel finished his work the next day.

Looking up at Nathaniel, who was soundly asleep, Cecilia was filled with guilt. Silently, she said, “When I apologized to you before, I was sincere. However, it wasn’t because I faked my death and left, but for what happened this time….

He had forcefully impregnated her with Elliot and Jonathan.

Thus, she didn’t feel she betrayed him. Nevertheless, she knew that keeping the truth from him was wrong.

In spite of that, she had to do it. This was the only way she could keep her children by her side.

At dawn the next day, Nathaniel woke up with a slight headache. He looked down at Cecilia, who. was still in his arms.

He relaxed at the sight, holding her a little tighter..

at that moment, he noticed an old scar on Cecilia’s back, resembling

Just as she was about to get up, she heard Nathaniel ask, “What’s the story behind the

Cecilia was taken aback.

at Nathaniel, filled with sadness and resentment. “You

injury is from when I had shielded him in the past, yet he

Nathaniel and Zachary were truly best friends,

genuinely didn’t remember this incident.

voice turned hoarse.

first took charge of Rainsworth

targeted by a fringe faction of the Rainsworth family or by individuals from

family are aware of this,

her back, his gaze

Cecilia shook her head.

didn’t manage to catch

a moment of silence, Nathaniel lowered his

this was the

to land, it was deftly dodged

you should head to the office,”

gotten what she wanted and had no desire to continue being

sudden indifference caused Nathaniel’s brows to furrow

last night, she