hapter 291 Eight Weeks In
The blizzard outside was intense.
Cecilia had a rather long dream, the details of which she couldn’t recall. All she could remember was the sound of voices whispering in her ear.
“Is she pregnant?”
“Yes, she’s already eight weeks in.”
After hearing the doctor’s words, Elena looked at Cecilia with less anger and a hint of pleasant surprise.
Eight weeks ago, which was approximately two months prior, she was living together with Nathaniel.
She’s carrying Nathaniel’s child in her womb!
“Dr. Lazlo, I must implore you to take good care of her, especially the child she’s carrying in her womb. Nothing can happen to them.”
“Don’t worry, Mdm. Elena.”
Elena couldn’t possibly not worry. At that moment, her son was still in the ICU, his fate hanging. by a thread. As for the grandson in Cecilia’s womb, she absolutely couldn’t allow any complications.
She left the ward to visit Nathaniel.
At that moment, summoning all her strength, Cecilia managed to pry open her weary eyes, finally bringing her surroundings into focus.
Her hand subconsciously rested on her lower abdomen. Her gaze drifted downwards, landing on her leg, which was wrapped tightly in bandages,
“Ms. Smith, are you awake?” The nurse was about to change Cecilia’s dressing when she noticed her coming to and asked.
Cecilia’s lips were quite dry. “My child…”
“Your child is fine, and you’ve only sustained superficial injuries, though your leg injury is a bit more serious,” the nurse said. “Thankfully, Mr. Rainsworth shielded you. Otherwise the outcome could have been unthinkable.”
The passenger seat was the most dangerous spot in a car.
Immediately, Cecilia asked her, “How is Nathaniel doing?”
During the operation, she vaguely heard the doctor mention that he might not make it.
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“Mr. Rainsworth is still in the ICU. The situation isn’t looking good,” the nurse replied.
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Cecilia was about to get up, but the nurse stopped her. “You won’t be able to see him even if you get up now. You should rest a bit first.”
Feeling somewhat dizzy, Cecilia had no choice but to lie back down.
Upon learning that she had awakened, both Vivian and Sven hurried over.
When the accident occurred, Sven was not far behind the car. Unfortunately, he couldn’t it in time.
Subsequently, he had someone investigate who was responsible.
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Vivian was examining her physical condition as she asked, “Ceci, how are you feeling now? Are you experiencing any discomfort anywhere?”
Cecilia shook her head. “I’m fine.”
Sven stepped forward, “The person who hit you with the car has been apprehended. He’s known. as Mr. Reynolds abroad. He was out for revenge against Nathaniel.”
Sven informed Cecilia that Nathaniel had stolen someone else’s job during his time abroad.
After hearing the whole story, Cecilia finally understood. Nathaniel did not let those people off the hook after she had been teased by Simon.
Her
eyes were filled with complexity.
Vivian took her hand, cautiously saying, “Ceci, the court was originally set to finalize your divorce today. But after Ernest informed them of your circumstances, the verdict was changed. They wouldn’t allow the divorce.”
Upon hearing this, there was no hint of emotion in Cecilia’s eyes. “I see. Whatever you do, don’t let Martha and the two kids find out about my situation.”
Vivian nodded repeatedly. “Don’t worry; I’ve already told Mr. Sven about this.”
Sven was standing guard outside the
hospital ward where Cecilia was.
Inside, Vivian was keeping her company, listening to her talk about how Elena seemed to know about the pregnancy.
“What should we do, then?”
Cecilia’s head was throbbing a bit. “I’m not sure at the moment. It all depends on whether Nathaniel will wake up or not.”
“I secretly went to check the ICU. It was surrounded by bodyguards, no outsider could get in. I tried asking about Nathaniel’s condition, but the doctors wouldn’t disclose anything,” Vivian whispered.
certainly couldn’t be casually revealed to others.
“Vivian, you and Sven should go rest first. If anything comes up. I’ll give you a call.” Cecilia. decided to take a good rest.
“But you’re all alone in the hospital…”
“According to the doctor, I just have superficial injuries. It’s nothing serious. I just need to rest for the night and I can be discharged tomorrow,” Cecilia explained.
“All right, then.”
Only then did Vivian leave.
Sven, on the other hand, stood guard outside the hospital.
After the two had departed, Cecilia gazed at the falling snow outside, lost in deep thought.
If Nathaniel were to die, then she would find it hard to find peace for the rest of her life.
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Outside, the wild wind was howling, and a tree by the window was bent under the weight of the accumulated snow,
The nurse brought dinner to Cecilia, but she lost her appetite after only taking a few bites.
Elena had entered the room at some point, unnoticed. She hadn’t uttered a word. Instead, she walked over to the window and drew the curtains closed.
Compared to her previous radiance, Elena now seemed particularly haggard, her face deathly pale.
The room fell into a silence as still as death.
Elena turned to look at Cecilia, bluntly asking, “The child you’re carrying is Nathaniel’s, isn’t it?”
In the heat of the moment, Cecilia instinctively lied by saying, “No.”
Elena’s eyes narrowed slightly.
She forced herself to remain calm as she said, “There’s no need for you to lie. I know you spent your entire
pregnancy with Nathaniel”
“Did you stay up watching over us at night too?” Cecilia retorted.
Elena was left utterly speechless.
Nathaniel has yet to regain consciousness, and Cecilia has just claimed that the child she’s carrying does not belong to the Rainsworth family. Could it really be that the Rainsworth family is destined to hand everything over to others in the future? I can’t accept that!
Elena softened her tone as she approached Ceci’s bed. “Ceci, I know I’ve been overly harsh on you in the past, but lying to me about something like this is just too much. Whether the child you’re carrying is a member of the Rainsworth family is not solely your decision to make.”
Cecilia knew that Elena was a fiercely independent and controlling individual. She understood that if she were to tell Elena the truth, once the child was born, there was no doubt that it would not be hers to claim.
“I’ve already made myself quite clear, Mdm. Elena. If you still have doubts, feel free to ask your
son.”
Elena’s expression tensed up.
Whenever she mentioned Nathaniel, her eyes would well up
with tears.
“You have the audacity to mention Nathaniel? Do you have any idea that he’s still in the ICU because he saved you? And his eyes… The doctors said they were pierced by glass and completely blinded.”
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His eyes were pierced by glass and completely blinded?
Cecilia stared at her, unable to believe what she was hearing.
“What?”
“The doctor said that even if Nathaniel could wake up, he would be blind!” Elena clenched her fists tightly.
My exceptional son has been ruined just like that. Now that Nathaniel has gone blind, who else could I rely
on?
Cecilia could never have imagined that Nathaniel, a man born with a golden spoon in his mouth, would have his eyes ruined.
How would he, a man of such pride, cope if he had become blind?
Cecilia had always known the reasons why Nathaniel didn’t like her. Besides the deceptive marriage, another reason was her hearing impairment.
Due to her easygoing nature, she was often the subject of ridicule by the sons and daughters of prestigious families.
Nathaniel’s greatest fear was having to accompany me to banquets. Now that his eyesight had been destroyed…
From the look in Cecilia’s eyes, Elena discerned that she wasn’t as ruthless as she appeared to be.
“Cecilia, Nathaniel confessed to me, saying that it was you who saved me in the past. At first, I didn’t believe it, but later on, I had it investigated and indeed, I had been blind to the truth, mistaking you for someone else. I apologize to you right now!
This time, Nathaniel saved you. Consider it as atonement for my past mistakes. But you mustn’t be ungrateful!” Elena stared intently at Cecilia, questioning her word by word as she asked, “Now, tell me, who is the father of the child you’re carrying?”
Elena had already made up her mind. As long as Cecilia admitted that the child she was carrying was Nathaniel’s, once the baby was born, she would find a way to raise the child and have the child take over Nathaniel’s position.
After a long silence, Cecilia was just about to speak up and reveal the truth when there was a frantic knocking at the door.
Elena went to open the door.
From a distance, Cecilia heard the approaching nurse say, “Mdm. Elena, Mr. Rainsworth has
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Elena hastily left the ward.
Cecilia got up and followed, but before she could reach the entrance to the ICU on the second floor, she was stopped by a bodyguard.
“Sorry, but Mdm. Elena has said that apart from her, no one else is allowed on the second floor.”
With that, all Cecilia could do was return to the ward and wait.
She could only hope that nothing had happened to Nathaniel, especially his eyes.
It wasn’t because she still loved him, but rather because she didn’t want to owe him anything.
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After an indeterminate amount of time had passed, a bodyguard came to knock on the door. “Ms. Smith, Mdm. Elena requests your presence.”
Hearing that, Cecilia left the ward and made her way to the second floor.
Just as Vivian had mentioned, the security here was particularly stringent. Apart from Elena, only the bodyguards and medical staff were present.
The guard walked ahead and addressed Elena, “Mdm. Elena, Ms. Smith has arrived.”
“Understood.” Elena stood at the doorway of the hospital room, her eyes swollen and red as she looked at Cecilia. “Nathaniel wants to see you.”
Nodding, Cecilia stepped inside. Immediately, her gaze fell upon Nathaniel lying in the hospital. bed with bandages wrapped around his head and eyes.
His surroundings were filled with medical equipment, and due to the bandages and gauze, his features were completely obscured.
Cecilia’s pupils constricted as an involuntary image flashed in her mind. It was of her father after the car accident, weak and powerless in the hospital room, his body covered in blood.
She didn’t dare to go any nearer, standing a few meters away from Nathaniel. She watched him. from a distance, her throat feeling dry.
Perhaps it was the absence of her approaching footsteps that caused the man to lift his hand. His lips parted slightly as he murmured, “Ceci…”
Ceci
Nathaniel had always addressed her by her full name.
Cecilia approached him with heavy steps. “I’m here.”
Upon hearing the sound of her voice, the man lying sick in bed seemed to finally find solace, letting out a heavy sigh of relief.
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Then, he spoke again.
“I’m in so much pain, Ceci.”
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The woman was slightly taken aback. She had never seen him behave like this before, and it left her somewhat at a loss.
What shocked her even more were the words that came out of his mouth next.
“Ceci, hurry up and chase these people away. I don’t know them. You know I don’t like strangers.”
“What did you say?”
Cecilia turned back to look at Elena, whose tears trickled down her face.
The doctor explained, “The car accident has caused Mr. Rainsworth to suffer from amnesia. He doesn’t remember anything.” As soon as he woke up, he began calling your name, saying he wanted to see you.”
Cecilia couldn’t believe her ears. “How could this be?”
No sooner had she finished speaking than the man on the bed abruptly ripped off the medical. equipment attached to him. Following this, he collapsed heavily onto the floor with a loud thud.
Elena and the others flew into a panic.
“Are you alright, Nathaniel? Nathaniel!”
The man resisted the pain, refusing their assistance as his hand groped aimlessly in mid–air.
“Ceci! Where is Ceci?”
The sight of Nathaniel in such a pitiful state was particularly alien to Cecilia.
Elena attempted to forcefully help him, but he pushed her away.
“Where are you, Ceci? I’m scared!”
“Ms. Smith, please try to talk to Mr. Rainsworth,” the doctor urged.
When Cecilia came back to her senses, she didn’t have time to think much. She made her way over to Nathaniel, impulsively grasping his hand.
“I’m here. Come, get back into bed now.”
Upon hearing her words, Nathaniel fell silent, obediently allowing her to lead him back to the bed.
The doctor and nurse tended to his severely damaged wounds once again.
Cecilia gazed at the scars that marred his abdomen, legs, hands, and even his face. The sight of
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It seemed as though the man was impervious to pain. He held onto her hand unwaveringly, muttering, “Ceci… I can’t see anymore. Will you hate me because of this?”
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Cecilia still didn’t believe in the whole amnesia thing, given that she herself had used this trick before.
She ripped her hand away. “Stop pretending, Nathaniel. I know for sure you haven’t lost your memory.”
The man’s hand fell empty, and he began to search around once more.
“Where are you, Ceci?”
He couldn’t see, so all he could do was fumble around blindly.
The wound that had just been bandaged was on the verge of splitting open again.
Because his injuries were severe, he felt as if his head had been struck by a massive rock after the intense physical exertion he had just gone through. After the nurse administered a sedative, he could no longer resist the pull of unconsciousness and succumbed to a deep sleep.
Even before falling asleep, he still mumbled Cecilia’s name..
The doctor asked to speak to both Cecilia and Elena.
“You mustn’t agitate the patient further, Ms. Smith. Based on our diagnosis, Mr. Rainsworth suffered a concussion and neural damage in his brain due to the car accident, resulting in loss of memory. It’s not an act. There are many such cases both nationally and internationally.”
Cecilia found herself pondering over Nathaniel’s earlier demeanor, confused. “Why does he remember me, then?”
“While we were operating on Mr. Rainsworth, he kept calling your name. I believe that’s the
reason.”
Elena had never expected that her son would genuinely fall for Cecilia.
She couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy at the recollection of Nathaniel pushing her aside earlier just for Cecilia. “Will my son’s memory ever come back, Dr. Lazlo?” she asked.
“It really depends on his condition. Our modern medicine is rather lacking when it comes to treating cranial nerves.” The doctor let out a sigh.
In other words, his recovery was not certain.
“What about his eyes? Will he be able to see again?”
The doctor shook his head in distress.
Elena was stricken with grief. What was to become of the corporation now that Nathaniel had gone blind and even lost his memory?
ad already sensed something was off and were awaiting
Sure enough, voices could soon be heard from downstairs.
“Am I not even allowed to come and check on my own cousin?”
“Sorry, but no one can come in without Mdm. Elena’s permission.”
“Don’t you know who I am?” Adrian lifted the bodyguard by his collar with one hand. “Let me in, or you’ll regret it.”
Hearing the clamor from downstairs, Elena turned to Cecilia.
“Nathaniel is like this because he wanted to save you. You should stay and take care of him.”
After she finished speaking, she headed downstairs.
Then, Cecilia could hear her reprimanding Adrian. “Nathaniel just went to sleep. Are you sure you want to see him?”
Adrian was particularly terrified of Nathaniel, so naturally, he didn’t dare proceed.
He could only return home, disgruntled.
He had clearly heard about the severe car accident, so how could Nathaniel be fine now?
Cecilia returned to the ward, mulling over the doctor’s words. The injury had affected Nathaniel’s cranial nerves, and he had genuinely lost his memory. It wasn’t an act.
Indeed, if he hadn’t lost his memory, how could he possibly have come to terms with the fact that he was now permanently blind?
She watched Nathaniel, who was quietly unconscious on the hospital bed, and fell into deep thought.
It was so late that she eventually dozed off beside him.
As the sky outside gradually lightened, Cecilia felt a large hand gently stroking her head. She opened her eyes and realized that Nathaniel had woken up.
“You’re awake.”
The man paused briefly, feeling somewhat hesitant. “I’m thirsty, Ceci.”
Cecilia felt somewhat uneasy with the way he was speaking to her now.
“Alright, I’ll go get you some water.”
She moved his hand aside and went to fetch a cup of warm water for him.
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After a short while, he spoke again. “Ceci.”
“I’m here.”
“I haven’t been to the bathroom for a while now.”
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