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

Chapter 479 Always By Your Side

Nicholas reached out, ready to brush off the accumulated snow on Cecilia’s body.

Instinctively, she avoided him. “Nicholas, how come you’re here?”

The polite greeting left Nicholas‘ hand frozen in mid–air, only retracting after a considerable delay.

“I saw the news report, and that’s how I found out something happened to Martha. You once mentioned that she’s as important to you as your own mother. I knew you’d be devastated by her passing, so I came to check on you.”

Having said that, he turned to Martha’s tombstone and paid his respects.

Cecilia hadn’t expected him to remember their childhood so vividly. She forced a smile and said, “Thank you. I’m fine.“”

Nicholas looked at her face, frozen to a purplish hue, her eyes rimmed red. How can she still pretend like nothing’s wrong?

“You don’t have to be so strong in front of me. I’ve told you before, I’ll always be by your side.”

Cecilia merely gave a slight nod, unsure of how to respond to him.

After a prolonged silence, she said, “I’m heading home.”

“I’ll take you there,” replied Nicholas immediately.

“No need. My car is parked nearby,” Cecilia responded.

drive in

voice was filled with concern. or else

didn’t feel right to

a small towel. “Brush off the snow on you, or else catch a cold

“Thank you.”

dusted off the accumulated snow on her body, and then got

turning on the car’s heater. He also played

“I almost forgot about this

listened to it quite often while I was undergoing treatment

guilty. “How have you been all these years while

answered, “I’m all right. It’s just that I’ve been sleeping more than I’ve been

up, and two figures, one big and one small, got out of

up at five in the morning. However, due to the heavy

of the car, Cecilia spotted them and immediately got out

“Jon, Vivian.”

red, and it was

sorry that we only came now,

to arrive last night, but the

her head. “It’s

knew that Martha would never blame

embraced her as a

also took hold of Cecilia’s

greet her, he saw Nicholas stepping