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

Chapter 2029 Family Burdens

Denise took a moment, then said, "I had no choice. I'm my parents' only child. If I don't look after them, who will?"

If I could, I'd be irresponsible-let them fend for themselves, and spare myself all this fatigue. Being unfilial would at least mean I could rest.

Yet she couldn't cross that line, and the real reason she kept paying for their treatment was simple.

I just can't live without them. If they truly left this world, I wouldn't have a reason to keep living either.

"I understand," Magnus murmured, nodding.

Denise was about to step inside when she realized he was still holding her hand.

She slipped free, cheeks warm, and asked with a teasing lift of her brow, "Magnus, why the sudden present? Don't tell me you've fallen for me?"

At her words, Magnus' face went crimson, as though scorched.

He jumped back defensively. "Quit joking! Why would I like you? I prefer gentle women. Can't friends give each other presents?"

"Oh, okay." Denise chuckled. "So long as you haven't fallen for me."

boil, poured

at a loss, and asked, "Why do you

again, yet this time every trace

other reason could there be? My family's situation is terrible, while you're the privileged heir of a powerful family. We're completely mismatched. Besides, you really

added, "And most importantly, I don't like men like you. If I

of night, a frigid wind whistled through the

Magnus lay down on the thin mattress they had spread across the floor, he kept glancing up at Denise, who

the

man who's mature and able to shoulder real problems. Am I not mature enough? Can't I carry my

despite changing so much,

he pulled out his

in the past, but the thought of his own mountain of debt made him decide to settle those accounts first

was only a few

Rainsworth Manor felt unusually desolate.

away, and Elena and Wren had gotten

merely moved to another wing, continuing to look after

whenever they could to visit

the estate. He had planned to travel