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

Chapter 1347 Messing With Her Projects

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you," Cecilia said softly, her voice carrying a gentle warmth as she placed a calming hand on her growing belly.

She whispered soothing words to the child within her, and as if the baby heard and understood, they stopped their restless movements.

"Such a sensible little one already," she said with a fond smile, her lips curving upward as she imagined the future.

Outside, Nathaniel overheard the stirring from within and immediately rushed over to help her, always ready to assist.

As the months passed and Cecilia's pregnancy progressed, her belly had grown large enough to make even simple tasks, like getting out of bed, a bit of a challenge.

"Your due date is next month," Nathaniel said, his tone serious and full of concern. "I'm going to delegate my work to my team so I can be with you, and accompany you to the hospital when the time comes." Cecilia didn't argue with him, though she didn't fully accept the idea either. "It's not like I can't manage, but I have a lot of tasks to finish at work first. Let's wait until I've sorted everything out."

Nathaniel knew well how stubborn Cecilia could be. Once she set her mind on something, there was little chance of changing it.

"Fine," he relented, "but you've got to take care of yourself. If you feel even the slightest bit unwell, tell me right away, all right?"

Cecilia nodded, a bit impatiently. "Yes, yes, I understand." She couldn't help but think he was becoming more and more overprotective, almost nagging at times.

escorting her right up to

deliberately kept up a lively conversation, as if to make sure everyone around noticed

get him to leave, she was met with

snatch you away," Madeline joked, her eyes twinkling. "He's here every day, practically putting up

the cost of afternoon tea for the entire company, making sure everyone knew it was courtesy of "Cecilia's husband," as he'd often referred to himself. Cecilia chuckled, shaking her head. "Oh, stop it.

still smiling

been eager to tackle the project that Calvin had assigned to her, but things hadn't been going

suddenly backed out, refusing to sign the contract without

really sorry," she said, her head hanging low in disappointment. Calvin looked up from his

at the last minute, they changed their minds. They just flat out refused to sign the contract with

but he didn't blame Madeline for it. "It's all right," he said, much to her surprise. "I'll take over this project for now. You can focus on the other

BUMS

"Really? I can still

thinking her failure would surely result

everything the first time. When you fall,

with admiration, her respect for him growing. "Thank you!" she said earnestly before hurrying back to her

long after, her phone buzzed with incoming messages. It was

messing around? When are you planning