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

hand out of Stella's

at her

hadn't fallen apart,

Stella was silent.

the shining star you once were, if Nathaniel and Zachary had never learned the truth and

answer. In that version of the world, Stella would have

at a loss for

pond frozen over, void

said quietly. "But clearly, I

rose from

the other guests in the restaurant, she dropped to her knees before Cecilia. "Ceci, I'm begging you-please stop targeting me. Help

as

out their phone, aiming it at Stella

caught the movement. She shot the person a cold glance. "If footage from today leaks, don't

the

the new CEO of Jamieson

that, the person lowered his phone and

Cecilia, make her