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 your both.”


    He apologized in a charmingly cute demeanor.


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


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


    Elliot was somewhat flustered, at a loss for a moment.N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    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 ns to abandon me.


    In the afternoon, Cecilia took Elliot back to the hospital.


    Once the doctor had finished examining him, Cecilia recalled Elliot saying that he wanted to see Nathaniel. She couldn’t help but ask, “Do you like Mr. Rainsworth, Eli?”


    Elliot choked.


    How could I possibly like sc*mbag daddy? But since Mommy asked this much, she certainly doesn’t want a negation.


    “Yes, I like him.”


    Upon hearing her son admit to liking Nathaniel, Cecilia gently patted his head, the idea within her intensifying further.


    She then got into the car and headed home.


    On the way home, the car radio broadcasted a piece of news. It was reported that Nathaniel had indeed lost his sight, and some reporters managed to snap pictures of him and Nichs together.


    Her brows furrowed slightly. Sure enough, bad news travels fast.


    As soon as the news broke, it garnered attention from all walks of life.


    Pa also saw the news. Just a few days ago, she agreed to let Cassandra meet with Nathaniel. Unexpectedly, thetter had then lost his sight.


    Cassandra had just stepped off the stage, her newly purchased song, coupled with her dance, having catapulted her into the limelight in a sh.


    When she returned home, she saw the news as well.


    “Wasn’t Nathaniel unharmed?”


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


    Ever since he wasst ordered around by Nichs 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 thepany was Nichs all this time.


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


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


    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.


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