<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Chapter 957 Reconnecting With A Friend</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Flowers? Desserts?</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel was perplexed. When did I send Cecilia flowers and desserts?</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">A smug, provocative look filled Jessica’s eyes. She aimed to expose Cecilia’s true colors to Nathaniel.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">A fickle woman like her doesn’t deserve to stay by Nathaniel’s side!</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“It was Mason who ordered it,” Nathaniel replied in a subdued tone. “Go ask Mason.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Jessica was taken aback. She never expected Nathaniel to cover for Cecilia instead of questioning or criticizing her.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I heard Cecilia talk to Calvin on the phone in the restroom; she even thanked him!</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Nathaniel, are you sure it was Mason?” she asked, unwilling to give up.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel lost his patience. “Who else do you think delivered it?”</font></font>N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Jessica found herself at a loss for words.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Meanwhile, Cecilia, too, was taken aback. Nathaniel’s clearly helping me.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">At night, when it was just the two of them in the room, Cecilia said to Nathaniel, “Calvin was the one who sent me flowers and delivered desserts to the office.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel had been waiting for her exnation. Hearing that, he asked, “Is the cake also from him?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Of course not. I bought it from a store near thepany,” Cecilia said. She wasn’t foolish enough to use a gift from a friend to please her husband.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Moreover, she was aware that Nathaniel and Calvin were at odds with each other.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel’s mood finally improved, but he soon asked, “Why did he send you flowers and desserts?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“He said we haven’t been in touch for a long time, and he wanted to reconnect through this,” Cecilia ryed Calvin’s words to Nathaniel.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">As a man, Nathaniel wouldn’t buy Calvin’s nonsense about reconnecting with a friend.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">He said, “Give these gifts back to him in the future.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel didn’t want his wife to owe any favors to another man, let alone to his rival in love.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Cecilia nodded repeatedly. “Of course, I’ve already made up my mind to also order some snacks for him next time.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Order snacks for him? Won’t that make their contact more frequent?</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel didn’t voice his disapproval, yet he was busy contemting how to minimize Cecilia’s interactions with Calvin.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Okay.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nodding, Cecilia closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The next day, Nathaniel dropped Cecilia off at thepany as usual. Elliot was overjoyed to see his parents‘ rtionship improve day by day.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">He informed Jonathan about the situation at home.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Jonathan’s face fell when he heard that. “You don’t have to inform me about such things in the future.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Why? Didn’t you say you’d ept Daddy once Mommy does?” Elliot was confused.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Mom only chose to start over with him because he saved her, for the two of us, and for the babies she’s carrying. I want you to understand that clearly,” Jonathan said, enunciating each word deliberately.</font></font>
Elliot found his brother too narrow–minded, but he couldn’t think of a quickeback. “That’s enough. Focus on your ss.”
After hanging up the phone, Jonathan typed away on hisputer in a corner of the room.
He was genuinely curious about the person behind Imminence Corporation–the one who had first stepped in to help his mother manage the online bacsh.
He also aimed to deal with Cassandra and Queenie, who schemed against Cecilia.
I must find a way to be stronger so that I can protect Mommy in the future. I can’t rely on sc*mbag daddy to protect her.
Meanwhile, over at Orion Corporation, Cecilia returned from a restroom break to find everyone in the headquarters thanking her.