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.

regret everything. I shouldn't have hurt you." Stella's voice

remained unmoved. Without a word, she gently pulled her hand out of Stella's grasp. "Stella, you don't need to put on this

looked at her in

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

Stella was silent.

and Zachary had never learned the truth and kept shielding you would you still be

of the world, Stella would have stepped over her without a second

a

pond frozen

friend," she said quietly. "But clearly, I was wrong. I don't

rose from her

around at the other guests in the restaurant, she dropped

as curious

the crowd had taken out their phone, aiming it at Stella

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

the threat until

the new CEO of Jamieson

his phone and

might pressure Cecilia, make her soften. But clearly, that tactic held