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?”

lashing out instead of

her mother who gave birth to her! She

gave birth to Cecilia, so even if she made mistakes, her

she shouldn’t have given birth to her daughter. Now,

felt the urge to tell them that Paula was not actually Cecilia’s biological mother, but

her.

until everyone had arrived before revealing the

moment, a portly woman stepped forward, seizing Cecilia’s arm.

was startled, and Cecilia, who was pregnant, couldn’t free herself

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

snapped back to her senses, trying to pull the woman’s

stumbled and fell,

lead, the other women all ganged up on

their eyes, disrespecting one’s mother was

never stopped to question why Cecilia

the time Vivian managed to rise, she could no longer see Cecilia,

side, hesitated but didn’t intervene. “Please

his network by organizing this funeral, so naturally, he