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."

to boil, poured herself a cup, and poured

her, momentarily at a loss, and asked, "Why do you think it's enough to just say

again, yet this time every trace

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 are handsome, and

she hurriedly added, "And most importantly, I don't like men like you. If I ever choose a partner, it'll be

of night, a frigid wind whistled

mattress they had spread across the

replayed, over and over, the sentence Denise had

mature and able to shoulder real problems. Am I not mature enough? Can't I carry my share of the

gathered in Magnus' chest; despite changing so much, he still wasn't "mature" in

him, so he pulled out his phone and began scrolling

but the thought of his own mountain of

was only a

year was coming, yet Rainsworth Manor felt unusually desolate.

Elena and

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

time whenever

in yet another part of the estate. He had planned to travel again,