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."

set water to boil, poured

do you think it's enough to just say you don't

yet this time every trace of the smile

terrible, while you're the privileged heir of a powerful family. We're completely mismatched. Besides, you really are

into wild guesses, so she hurriedly added, "And most importantly, I don't like men like you.

the dead of night, a

spread across the floor, he kept glancing up

over, the sentence

to shoulder real problems. Am I not mature enough? Can't I carry my

changing so

out his phone and

intended to contact Cecilia and apologize for everything he'd done in the past, but the thought of his own mountain of debt made him decide to settle those

Day was only a

Rainsworth Manor felt unusually desolate. Niel

away, and Elena and Wren had gotten

merely moved to another wing, continuing to look after her two little

whenever they

estate. He had planned to travel again, but after