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

Chapter 2022 The Fury Of Heather

Heather exploded, "What? Your father begged her? Your father is her uncle—her elder!"

Eloise let out a drawn-out sigh.

"Grandma, these days, seniority means nothing. You're her grandmother, and she still treats you like thin air,"

she said, half-whining, half-provoking.

The single sentence left the old lady utterly speechless.

Eloise studied her grandmother's face, thinking the old woman would rush off to give Cecilia trouble. To her

surprise, Heather simply fell into a brooding silence.

"Grandma, you're not really going to let Cecilia walk away unscathed, are you?" she probed.

Though Eloise had apologized to Cecilia on the surface, jealousy still festered in her heart; she secretly

wished Cecilia's life would crumble.

After a long pause, Heather sighed. "Forget it. The Cecilia standing before us now is beyond our reach."

Eloise's eyes widened. For a moment, she was completely stunned.

"Grandma, you never used to be like this."

"You don't understand," Heather scolded. "Your father told me to stop stirring up trouble, and even Magnus

called and asked me to apologize to Cecilia." Heather always heeded her two sons and her grandson

Magnus, without question.

biased, but she hadn't

"Fine," she muttered.

that, she

do well to befriend Cecilia. She's no longer the

getting tossed back

Eloise went rigid.

we're talking past each

in her room, Eloise unlocked her phone. Just as she

rejected by Cecilia

what now?"

to Cecilia, how was she ever going to

tried phoning Cecilia directly, only to discover her number had been blocked

Eloise contacted her younger cousin, asking the

only cousin who had never quarreled with

headquarters, the office

poring over documents when April Escobar's message popped up on her

have a minute?

the granddaughter

branch of

had

the years had

apart.

alone still treated Cecilia as a real

I

later, April's call

I have a favor to ask," April said

it? Tell

point. "Eloise asked me to do this. She wants you to forgive

hurried on, stammering,

treated you badly