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

Chapter 1876

Chapter 1876 A Foreign Reality

"Cecilia, I made a mistake. Please, I'm begging you to help me."

Stella reached out, gripping Cecilia's hand tightly, desperation shining in her eyes.

"I have no one else to turn to. After I was blacklisted, the debt piled up. It's so much I can't possibly repay it."

Cecilia met her gaze, calm and unshaken. "And why would you think I'd pay it off for you?"

Stella was momentarily stunned.

Lately, she'd been haunted by dreams of the past-memories of when she and

Cecilia had once been close. Back then, Cecilia had been genuinely kind, shielding her from bullies, always offering a helping hand without expecting anything in return.

Cecilia's father had treated her well too-not only funding her education, but also ensuring she could attend the same school as Cecilia.

Sometimes, when Stella woke from those dreams, the reality she faced felt completely foreign. As if she had stumbled into someone else's life-one where everything had gone terribly, irreversibly wrong.

I truly regret everything. I shouldn't have hurt you." Stella's voice trembled as tears streamed silently down her

hand out of Stella's grasp. "Stella, you don't

looked at

tone stayed even. "If your life hadn't fallen apart, would

Stella was silent.

were still the shining star you once were, if Nathaniel and Zachary had never learned the truth and kept shielding you would you still be here? Would you

version of the world,

was at a loss

cold, still, and unreadable-like a pond frozen over, void of any

"But clearly, I was wrong. I don't expect anything from you anymore. You're

that, she rose

thought of returning to that dark, hopeless life Looking around at the other guests in the restaurant, she dropped to her knees before Cecilia. "Ceci, I'm begging you-please stop targeting me. Help me, just this once... Look at me. I can't go on

echoing through the restaurant as curious onlookers began to stare.

the crowd had taken out their phone, aiming it at

"If footage from today leaks, don't blame me

filming brushed off the threat until someone

"Are you crazy? That's the new CEO

his phone and

hoped the crowd might pressure Cecilia, make her soften. But clearly,