When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 402

Chapter 402 Bad News Travels Fast
In the car, Elliot kept his head down, not daring to utter a word.

Cecilia had never been as angry and worried as she was that day. She didn't question her son but waited for him to speak first.

Nathaniel was also in the car. He told Mason to call off the search for Elliot.

After arriving home and Nathaniel had gone to work, Elliot began to act coy.

“I'm sorry, Mommy. I just missed you and Mr. Rainsworth too much, so I went to look for you both.”

He apologized in a charmingly cute demeanor.

In the past, whenever he apologized, his mother would become soft-hearted and forgive him.

But this time, Cecilia's expression remained icy cold.

Elliot was somewhat flustered, at a loss for a moment.

He was just about to go upstairs to seek advice from Martha, but no sooner had he taken two steps away than Cecilia ordered, “Stop.”

Elliot promptly stood there obediently.

“I truly realized my mistake, Mommy.”

“You just wanted to see me and Mr. Rainsworth?” Cecilia suddenly asked.

Elliot's mesmerizing eyes constricted. “I was wrong, Mommy. I'm sorry.”

Cecilia stared at his slightly pale face, yet she showed no signs of softening.

“If you dare leave home without telling me again in the future, I'm never going to bother about you anymore,” she warned.

Only then did Elliot realize that she was genuinely angry. He nodded fervently. “It won't happen again. I promise.”

He was always in the hospital by himself, either undergoing chemotherapy or taking medication.

Verily, he didn't want to be alone forever.

“Am I to return to the hospital today, Mommy?” Elliot asked in a whisper.

At the word “hospital,” Cecilia's heart inexorably clenched painfully. “Be good and wait a little longer, Eli. We'll be able to proceed with the surgery soon.”

“Okay.”

Nodding, Elliot hugged his mother.

Thankfully, Mommy still cares about me and has no plans to abandon me.

“Wasn't Nathaniel unharmed?”

“The person who was unharmed was probably Nicholas,” Magnus, who was seated on the sofa and scrolling through his phone, suddenly divulged.

Ever since he was last ordered around by Nicholas and subsequently scolded by Nathaniel, he had grown suspicious.

After seeing the news then, he finally understood that it was Nathaniel who had been living with Cecilia while the person at the company was Nicholas all this time.

“What do you mean by that, Magnus?” Paula asked, setting the glass of water in her hand down.

Magnus could only tell them about him asking Nathaniel for help and the ensuing snafu.

When Paula had listened to it all, shock was evident in her eyes. “In that case, it seems we've been deceived.”

She looked at Cassandra. “Cassandra, do you still want to meet with Nathaniel?”

“No, it's okay. Dad has already set me up on a blind date with Nicholas.”

From the moment Cassandra first learned of the news, she had given up on Nathaniel.

She couldn't imagine spending the rest of her life with a blind man. Besides, Nathaniel was still married right then.

Nicholas looked exactly like him, so it would be better for her to be with his brother.