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

Chapter 1956 Please Help Me

Nicholas stood at the mansion entrance, watching the car disappear into the distance, a shadow of sadness in his eyes. He was alone. The wind blew bitterly cold, and soon he began to cough, the sound rough in the quiet evening.

A housekeeper stepped outside and, upon seeing him, couldn't help but say, "Mr. Nicholas, it's freezing out here. Why don't you head back inside?"

Nicholas shook his head. “No, I need to go out."

"Would you like me to grab you a coat?"

"No need," he replied again, brushing the suggestion off and heading straight for his car.

To the housekeepers, Nicholas always seemed approachable, polite, humble, and without the airs expected of someone in his position.

Inside the car, his composed mask finally cracked, and a flicker of his buried anger appeared. He was driving, but he had no real destination in mind. For the first time, he realized just how isolated he had become.

He eventually found himself parked outside the residential area where Jocelyn lived. Sitting in the driver's seat, he stared up at her building, a heavy weight pressing down on his chest.

ago, and since then, Nicholas had been on edge. More than once, he'd nearly

only ever felt like this once before-when he was abroad for treatment and found out that Cecilia had married his

yet here it was again. It pressed down on his chest, robbed him of sleep, and scattered his thoughts. His entire life had been thrown

maybe not, just then, he saw Jocelyn walking with Yannick, grocery bags in the man's hand as the

her tracks, eyes fixed ahead. She had spotted

her sudden pause and

replied, not bothering to

on Yannick, her feelings toward him had completely changed. Yannick followed her gaze, frowning

to anything, so

She didn't want any

he agreed, and, as if on purpose, reached out to take Jocelyn's hand as they

even rolling the window down. Once the couple disappeared from view, he reached for a cigarette. But before he

it

was a landline number he didn't recognize. Maybe it was the loneliness that finally got to him because he stared

"Who is this?"