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

Chapter 324 Old Habits

Late at night, after ensuring Martha was resting, Cecilia went to her room and lay down. She hadn’t been asleep for long when suddenly, she felt a hand wrap around her from behind. “Ceci,” a voice whispered.

Nathaniel had somehow entered her room. One hand held her firmly, while the other rested on her lower abdomen.

“Nathaniel, what are you doing!”

De losing his memory, Nathaniel hadn’t lost his old habits, especially his tendency to slip

into other people’s rooms uninvited–a habit he clearly hadn’t forgotten.

Nathaniel hadn’t planned on touching her, particularly considering her early pregnancy, made any such action unthinkable.

which

But as he remembered the clandestine meeting between Calvin and Cecilia, and Mason’s words, Nathaniel’s thin lips found their way to the back of her ear.

breath sent a shiver down Cecilia’s spine. “Nathaniel, you wouldn’t dare!” she protested,

against her ear, before earnestly whispering something. The words made Cecilia’s eyes

ripe apple. “I don’t need that!” she snapped, quickly covering her mouth with her hand, worried that Martha might overhear from the

the faint light reflecting off the snow outside, Cecilia could just make out

her

leaning even closer to her ear. “If you ever need something, tell me in private. Don’t go looking

out of here, now!” Cecilia demanded, pulling the blanket tighter around

she noticed the fading bruise on his waist, a mark she had left on him–a reminder of how she had once thought that the amnesiac, blind Nathaniel was at her mercy. But now, she realized that dealing with Nathaniel after his

been rebellious and untamed, always exuding an air of superiority as if he were doing others a favor just by being

barricading it with a cabinet. But sleep did not come easily; every time she closed her

off. Cecilia dreamed of herself as a small boat adrift in the vast ocean, tossed helplessly by the waves. When she awoke, she found her forehead damp

glanced at her phone–ten o’clock already. Thankfully, Martha had been waking

of bed, a message from Calvin caught her eye: Are you free this afternoon? Want to come with me to see Eli? He texted me saying he wants to

Elliot, Cecilia replied without hesitation: All right, see you at the

late every

Cecilia made it a point to visit