When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him

Chapter 951 Check Up

When Cecilia laid eyes on Paula, she froze completely aking a while to regain her composure. “Mdm. Paula, who brought you here?”

Upon hearing Cecilia’s voice, Paula looked up at her, appearing somewhat uneasy. “I-”

Before she could finish, Jessica interrupted, “Cecilia, I thought Milm. Paula is your biological mother. Why did you call her that? That’s rather impolite, isn’t it?”

Jessica knew that there was some discord between Cecilia and Paula, hence she intentionally asked that question.

Upon hearing this, Paula immediately said to Jessica, “Don’t say that. Let her address me however she wants.

She was never really Cecilia’s biological mother to begin with.

Cecilia clenched her fists, paying no heed to Jessica.

She approached Paula and said, “If there’s something you want to discuss, let’s talk outside.”

“All right.” Paula stood up, following Cecilia out.

Seeing that. Jessica discreetly followed them out.

Once outside, under the dim glow of the street lamp, Cecilia asked in a cold tone, “What is it that you want? Money? Or something else?”

Paula’s daughter and son, along with her husband, had all turned their backs on her. She was surely up to no good again.

Paula was momentarily at a loss for words. “I didn’t come for money. I just wanted to see you and the children.”

Upon hearing this, Cecilia couldn’t help but laugh. “Are you trying to play the family card again?” she said. “Don’t forget that we don’t share any blood relation.”

Paula knew that anything she said now would be too late.

She had secretly come over to Daltonia Villa to steal a glance at Cecilia from a distance. However, she was spotted by Jessica, who brought her into the house.

“I know, I don’t want anything, I swear,” Paula repeated herself once more, and turned, hunching her back. “I’m leaving right now.”

Slowly, she walked away.

As Cecilia watched her skinny frame walk away, she still couldn’t believe that Paula had no ulterior motives.

She hurried back to check on Elliot and was relieved to see him live streaming in his room, oblivious to Paula’s visit.

Cecilia said to the idle Jessica, “Don’t bring anyone else in here without my permission, or you’ll be sent back to the Quill residence

Jessica verbally acknowledged the order but wondered wardly why Cecilia harbored such disdain for her own mother.

Due to Paula’s arrival, Cecilia’s appetite was ruined. She only ate a few bites before she couldn’t stomach any more.

Nathaniel held her close at night, yet she couldn’t fall asleep.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

Cecilia wriggled out of his embrace. “I’m having trouble sleeping, probably because I had a nap earlier. You go ahead and sleep first.”

After she finished speaking, she rolled into the corner, clutching the blanket.

Nathaniel reached out to her, but she dodged him. “I’d like to be alone for a while.”

The man stiffened, retracting his hand after a while.

He was confused by the unpredictable change in Cecilia’s attitude. During the car ride, she had snuggled up to him and fell asleep. But now, she wanted to lie down by herself. Does she like me or not?

Strong gusts of wind swept through the night, disrupting Nathaniel’s sleep. He had to visit the hospital the next day for a check–up.

The following day, he dropped Cecilia off at Orion Corporation before instructing the driver to head toward the hospital.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Zachary had been waiting for him. “Nathaniel.“

Nathaniel nodded in response.

Zachary performed a thorough check–up on Nathaniel, whose injuries had nearly healed. As he reviewed the results of another brain CT scan, he was even more certain about his previous assessment. He confirmed the presence of a glass fragment lodged in Nathaniel’s brain–the cause of both his blindness and his troubling episodes of memory loss.