Chapter 281 Divorce


    Nathaniel kissed Cecilia, wishing nothing more than to confine her forever in his embrace, as he whispered roughly in her ear, “What do you want from me for you to drop all this? Tell me what you want! I’ll do anything as long as you drop this silliness!”


    Nathaniel was not afraid of losing, but rather, he simply believed he could not afford to lose.


    If the court allowed their divorce, he had no reason left to forcibly keep her by his side.


    “All you have to do is ask, and everything I have, I’ll give to you!” He repeated in her ear over and


    over.


    Cecilia struggled in his arms.


    Upon noticing her silence, Nathaniel held her tightly in his embrace and asked in a deep voice, “Has Calvin contacted you?”


    Cecilia blocked him, “I don’t want anything from you…”


    Nathaniel did not want to believe her.


    He held onto Cecilia, refusing to let her go.


    The car hummed quietly, parked by the roadside, as heavy snow continued to fall relentlessly outside.


    The sky had gradually began to darken. Nathaniel wanted to stay frozen there with her forever. Whenever Cecilia made the slightest movement, he would tighten his embrace.


    Cecilia’s gaze dropped, “Nathaniel, have you fallen for me?”


    She had asked the same question before, but at that time she was not sure of his answer. Now, it seemed like she was somewhat certain.


    Nathaniel was taken aback. He lowered his gaze to meet Cecilia’s eyes. His throat bobbed as he swallowed.


    As his silence stretched into long minutes, Cecilia slowly drew closer to him.


    “You don’t have to answer me,” Cecilia said with a bittersweet smile. “I’m not so delusional to hope for your affection. All I wish is for you to let me go. Can we please get a divorce? Please do this as a favor to me.”


    “Can you consider it as a favor to me, please?”


    Nathaniel felt as if his throat close. Even breathing felt painful at that moment.


    “No.”


    Pain filled Cecilia’s eyes at his short answer.


    At that moment, Nathaniel felt a deep longing for the woman she used to be. If it were possible, he truly wished to return to the past, back to the time when she still loved him.


    Leaning into Nathaniel’s embrace, Cecilia eventually sumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep.


    Nathaniel gazed at her as she dozed in his arms. For a moment, he thought about taking her away with him. Perhaps that way he could keep her by his side.


    At that moment, the ring of his cell phone jolted him back to reality.


    Upon checking his phone, he saw a message from Mason: “Mr. Rainsworth, I’ve found Ernest. He’s agreed to take on this divorce case, and he’s confident that we’ll win without a doubt.”


    Nathaniel deleted the message after reading it. He returned his attention to Cecilia, and felt a sense of calmness settling over his heart.


    A small noise startled Cecilia in waking. She opened her eyes to find herself still in Nathaniel’s


    car.


    “May I go back now?”


    Nathaniel covered her with his own jacket. Then, he started up the car to drive them back.


    Cecilia was stunned. She had not expected this sudden change in his attitude.


    Nathaniel stopped his car outside Vivian’s house. He watched as Cecilia got out of his car and disappeared into the house. Only then did he drive away.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.


    After he left, he immediately called Mason: “Tell Ernest that if I lose this case, he can kiss his career inw goodbye.”


    Once Cecilia closed the front door behind her, Vivian immediately asked her if she had managed to find anypelling evidence.


    Cecilia briefly narrated the events of the day.


    “From the looks of it, Nathaniel’s emotions are still unstable. This could be taken advantage of.”


    The two of them were contemting divorce. However, Vivian waspletely oblivious to the fact that her first love would soon return to Tud.


    That night, Cecilia and Vivian snuggled up in the same bed..


    She dialed the numbers of her two children, “Jon, Eli!TM


    “Mommy, where are you?” Jonathan Was quick to notice that she was not where she was supposed


    to be.


    Cecilia had no choice but to lie about being on a business trip. She promised her children that she would likely be able to see them again in about a month.


    “I’ll be back soon. Don’t fret!”


    After a lengthy conversation, the call ended.


    Jonathan said, “Mommy has returned to Tud.”


    He quickly traced the IP address from Cecilia’s end.


    Elliot asked curiously, “Why did Mommy return to Tud? Could it be because of our sc*mbag daddy?”


    Jonathan neither confirmed nor denied.


    “We’ll teach him a lesson tonight.”