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

Chapter 406 A Brother Worse Than A Beast

Hearing that, Cecilia furrowed her brows.

Magnus, however, continued to ramble on, “You have no idea about the amount of humiliation I’ve endured over the years. I used to be the one who bullied others!”

“Cecilia, I need your help. As long as you meet Nicholas, he’ll surely help us.”

Cecilia didn’t want to hear any of that. She was ready to end the call when Magnus unexpectedly said, “If I hadn’t been deceived by Mom, we wouldn’t have ended up like this either.”

“What do you mean?” Cecilia immediately asked.

Magnus was already drunk beyond comprehension, sitting right in the middle of the street, devoid of grace.

Not long after making the call, he was thrown out of Royale Club. This was because Ralph had requested to freeze his card, so he couldn’t pay and was even severely beaten up.

“What do you think is the reason our vast family fortune was used up within three years? It’s all because Mom had me transfer all the money to her lover, Ralph! Now that the Evans family is rich and powerful, they’ve turned their backs on me. They froze my card, which led to me getting brutally beaten up. Had it not been for Zachary, I would’ve been done for,” Magnus revealed.

Cecilia listened in silence. It was only then she truly realized her naivety.

had assumed that Paula married into the Evans family after meeting Ralph abroad.

suggesting that Paula started seeing other

stammering, “I–I’m not very sure about that. Regardless, just meet Nicholas once for me as a favor. I’m your biological brother, after all, and we share the same blood. If I manage to make a comeback, you’ll still hold

finished speaking, the call on the other end

tightly, standing still, feeling

love her, she at least loved Regas. But now, it seemed, that wasn’t the case

phone and dialed Sven’s number. “Sven, could you have your people look into Paula’s past for me? Especially the years after

to investigate Paula and the Evans family, but there

Sven

he was now

was with Calvin, he had access to numerous resources, making it quite easy to investigate

the other side, Magnus wanted to call Cecilia again to persuade her, but he found out that she had blocked

anything, and to think I’ve been treating her

fiercely

looked up, his gaze meeting Zachary’s

Sinclair? What’s this about?” Magnus‘ demeanor