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

Chapter 2089

Chapter 2089

Cecilia moved closer, concern softening her eyes. "You're finally awake. How's your head?"

Nathaniel looked up at her. "Still alive, I suppose. But some genius covered my face with art, and soap won't budge it. Care to explain?"

Cecilia's ponytail swayed as she shook an emphatic no.

She forced a playful note into her voice. "You came home like that, remember? Probably strangers messing with you after you blacked out."

Nathaniel's jaw tightened. "Come here."

Heart thudding, Cecilia took a cautious step, then another. In a blink, Nathaniel's arm shot out. He yanked her forward and pressed her against the solid warmth of his chest.

"Ceci, I don't feel so good," he mumbled, breath warm against her hair.

Cecilia patted his shoulder in small circles. "It's just a little face paint, that's all. Next time we'll skip the bar and avoid the drama."

"So you'd rather I quit drinking?" His forehead brushed hers.

"One glass is fine," she conceded. "Too much hurts your health. Promise you'll ease up."

Nathaniel nodded, slow and deliberate. "Fine. I'll do whatever you say."

His easy surrender pricked her with guilt. After all, she had drawn the garish masterpiece herself.

She opened her mouth, nerves fluttering.

on the tip of her

back and forth. "If you

much, have at it, but never lie to

pang stuttered

whisper.

"What else

sorry," she blurted. "You were drunk, and I couldn't

time, behave," he murmured, indulgent and

sank deeper into his arms and nodded. "I swear

he settle, eyelids drooping until sleep reclaimed

grip around her. In sleep he muttered, almost childlike, Only you dare treat me that way... What am

angles of his

herself, "After all these years, and he's still talking about

Year's Eve was fast approaching. Denise had already booked a

holidays are when the tips practically fall from the sky," the manager said, leaning forward across his cluttered desk, voice thick with disbelief. You keep saying

Denise. Why insist on taking off for New

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my

the thread that keeps me stitched

the

after year, she

through double shifts, funneling

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