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.

Cecilia to still refuse to help her when she

at her as she knelt and grabbed the hem of Cecilia’s clothes. “Cecilia, are your really going to let me

She was

for refusing to let

too cruel for not letting her cousin “stay” and

At that point, Cecilia no longer cared about what others

pants with one hand, she groveled at Cecilia’s 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

and didn’t see Nathaniel come out.

“Go and get Mr. Rainsworth to

“What?” The housekeeper hesitated.

housekeeper refused to heed her

would be late for school if they didn’t leave right away. Moreover, Jessica’s behavior was a

you can stay.”

aback, Jessica lifted

what he heard.

lifted him and handed

took