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

Chapter 773 You Can Stay

Elliot was taken aback. I thought Aunt Jessica had left. She’s at the door pulling a pity party?

Nathaniel’s expression remained unchanged as he said, “Let her be.”

“Yes, sir.” The housekeeper left.

Cecilia did not expect Jessica to be so persistent. She continued eating her breakfast, paying no mind to it.

After breakfast, she brought Elliot to kindergarten.

A light drizzle fell from the overcast sky, and heavy clouds loomed, signaling the approach of a heavier downpour. As they stepped outside, a servant held an umbrella over them. With just a glance, Cecilia spotted Jessica at the doorway, drenched to the bone, kneeling in the rain.

Jessica noticed them too. The rain made the normally warm April day feel like the dead of winter. Her lips had turned a purplish blue from the cold. Hope flickered in her eyes as she saw Cecilia, much like a drowning person ching for a lifeline. “Cecilia, please,” she begged, her voice

trembling. “Let me stay. I’ll do anything. If I leave here, I have nowhere to go. My grandfather… if he sees me return, he’d break my legs.”

Cecilia stayed composed, her expression unreadable. She stepped in front of Elliot protectively and blocked his view, saying, “Let’s go.

not expecting Cecilia to still refuse to

and grabbed the hem of Cecilia’s clothes. “Cecilia, are your really going to let me suffer like this? I’ll

She was

Cecilia’s fault for refusing to let her stay, though it was

a word, but they thought Cecilia was too cruel for not letting her cousin “stay” and

that point, Cecilia no longer cared

feet. “Cecilia, please have mercy on me. My parents are no longer alive, leaving me an orphan. Besides my grandfather, no one pays any attention to me in the Quill family. They all wished I was

shoulder and didn’t see Nathaniel come out. She wondered if he was aware of

“Go and get Mr. Rainsworth

“What?” The housekeeper hesitated.

Cecilia’s surprise, the housekeeper refused

school if they didn’t leave right away. Moreover, Jessica’s behavior was a bad influence for

you can

Jessica lifted her

couldn’t believe what

when she lifted him

took