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

Chapter 1049 Nicholas Is Here

“I can’t believe she refused to wear mourning attire when her mother died.” One scoffed

“Exactly. No wonder Paula never liked her. She really lacks a conscience.”

Those relatives discussed among themselves.

Concerned that Cecilia wouldn’t hear them, they approached under the guise of offering consolation. “Cecilia,” one said with feigned sympathy, “traditionally, one must mourn when their parents pass away. We understand you had your disagreements with your mother, but now that she’s gone, don’t you want her to rest in peace?”

“I heard you just arrived today. It was Magnus who kept vigil the past two nights, right? You really should stay tonight to be with your mother on her final night.

These people were surprisingly good at guilt–tripping.

Back when Paula was unkind to Cecilia, not a single soul stepped up to advise Paula to be kinder to Cecilia

“Apologies, I’m just here for a visit today. I won’t be staying overnight,” Cecilia stated, enunciating each word with clarity.

She no longer owed Paula anything.

Vivian chimed in, “It’s easy for you all to criticize Ceci, but you don’t even know half of it. Do you know how poorly Paula used to treat Cecil Ceci was almost killed by her! Why should Ceci mourn her now that she’s dead?”

middle–aged women began lashing out instead of acknowledging their

mother who gave birth to her! She couldn’t possibly

gave birth to Cecilia, so even if she made mistakes, her merits and efforts outweigh

Paula often told us that she shouldn’t have given birth to her daughter. Now, I

Paula was not actually Cecilia’s

her.

until everyone had arrived before revealing the

stepped forward, seizing Cecilia’s

was pregnant, couldn’t free

be Paula’s cousin. She hailed from the countryside and often relied on

doing? Let go of Ceci!” Vivian snapped back to her senses,

and fell, grazing her

lead, the other women all ganged up on

eyes, disrespecting one’s mother was considered a

to question why Cecilia refused to mourn

Cecilia, and by the time Vivian managed to rise, she could no longer see Cecilia, who was swallowed up by the crowd

from the side, hesitated but didn’t intervene. “Please

and build up his network by organizing this funeral, so naturally, he wouldn’t dare to offend