When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him

Chapter 191 Lies Again

In disbelief, Cecilia looked up at Nathaniel.

He wasn’t angry. Instead, he looked at her and questioned, “Now, tell me, what do you want?”

The two were close, nearly within arm’s reach. Cecilia faced his complex gaze and lied, “I just feel indignant and want to have you just once.”

Another lie!

Nathaniel gently pressed her head into his chest, a soft chuckle escaped his lips, yet the laughter was seemingly tinged with tears. “Now that you’ve got me, what’s next? Are you planning to leave

me?”

Cecilia felt her body firmly pinned under his large hand. Her shoulder felt like it was about to shatter.

Before she could say anything, Nathaniel interrupted her assertively, “Did you actually believe that without my permission, you can leave Tudela?”

Cecilia’s body trembled slightly. “I promised you, didn’t That I’d repay the money leave. Besides, Eli is still here, isn’t he?”

“Where did you get so much money from?” Nathaniel asked seriously.

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Although he was aware that she was a renowned composer abroad, the amount he proposed was simply unattainable for her.

“I’ll earn it my own way, slowly but surely.” Cecilia paused, lifting her head from his chest to look. at him. “I promise I won’t take advantage of you.”

Nathaniel, however, grew even more irritated, tightening his grip.

Cecilia frowned. “You’re hurting me.”

It was then that he instantly let go.

Adjusting her blanket, Cecilia shifted under his blanket, “I’ll get up first.”

She had intended to find some clothes to wear but realized that the garments on the ground were either torn to shreds or mixed up with Nathaniel’s clothes in a chaotic mess.

She could only wrap herself in the thin blanket, ready to get up, but before she could take half a step, she was once again enveloped in Nathaniel’s embrace.

“What’s the rush?”

His Adam’s apple subtly bobbed. “Didn’t you once express a desire to be my true wife? Holding hands, embracing, kissing…”

Cecilia didn’t know why he suddenly brought this up..

Back then. I was so naïve,

He was her first love, her secret crush, and ultimately the man die married.

Namily, she yearned to do everything that couples did to experence the intimacies shared between husband and wife. She even dreamt about having citizen cogether and growing old side by side…

Ban now having been through so much, she had long given up.

“I dare not hope for such things.” she responded.

It wasn’t that she didn’t dare to hope, she simply didn’t want to..

Nathaniel korotterdam her intently, feeling as if something was stuck in his threat

“But now I want to give us a shot.”

Cecilia was tallem aback, looking at him in surprise.

He continued, “Let’s be husband and wife for a month. If you agree, I’ll let you liveatum a month if you so wish. All that happened in the past will be water under the bridge”

He couldn’t believe di Cecilia truly didn’t love him anymore. not even a little..Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

In the past, she could only manage to stay angry for about a week.

“Really? You’re non deceiving me, are you?”

Cecilia was weighing her options. A month was just about the right amount of time to comm whether or not she was pregnant. If she was, she would leave; if not, she could still figure outta way to stay.

For reasons unknown, a vague discomfort stirred deep within Nathaniel upon hearing hen question.

“Yeah, I’m not lying to you”

Cecilia knew well that such verball promises held little credibility.

However, she had no other options..

“I trust you, so don’t deceive me.”

The turmoil within Nathaniel’s heart geweven more intense, certain of her intention to leave.

Suddenly, he was overcome with an urge–templer by his side, not allowing her to go

This thought was quickly suppressed by him.

It’s not like I can’t live without her! I might just be keeping her around out of spite.