<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Chapter 1170 A Straightforward Man</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Could you not act like this in the future?” Cecilia’s face flushed crimson as she quickly rose from the bed, her back turned to Nathaniel. She then made her way to the walk–in closet to change her clothes.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">She looked at her reflection in the mirror, noticing the red marks on her neck. This Nathaniel…</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">some inexplicable reason, her heart raced. Unconsciously, scenes from her dreams started shing through her mind.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nathaniel sat quietly outside. In his eyes, Cecilia looked quite upset.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">His gaze deepened, steadily fixed on the position of the loakroom.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Cecilia stepped out, letting her long hair down, which concealed those red marks.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The weather was getting warmer, and she couldn’t wear too much. Being pregnant and wearing too much would only make. her ufortable.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“I’m leaving. Eli must be terribly upset now,” she uttered with a hint of aloofness.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Upon seeing the situation, Nathaniel immediately grabbed her hand. “Are you upset?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">He found himself increasingly unable to decipher Cecilia’s thoughts. He couldn’tprehend why she was upset and was even more clueless about who held a more significant ce in her heart between him and Nichs.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Pretending to be upset, Cecilia said, “Of course. We agreed that I would return in the middle of the night. Don’t do this again in the future”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">She pulled her hand away from Nathaniel and quickly made her exit.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">For reasons unknown to her, spending too much time with Nathaniel always left her feeling breathless.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">She never imagined that her consistent disy of shyness would lead Nathaniel, a straightforward man, to think that she didn’t like him.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After Cecilia left the housekeeper noticed Nathaniel sitting by the window, lost in his thoughts once again.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">They brought Nathaniel breakfast, but he didn’t eat it. Mr. Nathaniel spends his days on the balcony, lost in thought. What are we to do? Ite’s even skipping breakfast now. Who has upset him?</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">No one could answer their questions.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After returning, Cecilia found that Elliot had already had his breakfast, his face full of smiles.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Mommy, you’re back.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Initially, Cecilia thought that not returning all night would surely anger Eli, but to her surprise, Eli didn’t even question her.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Yes, I’m back. I was busyst night,” Cecilia said.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Oh! Let’s go y with Dn,” Elliot uttered.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Cecilia was a bit puzzled. In her understanding, if she hadn’t informed Elliot in advance that she wouldn’t be home for the night and only returned the next day, Elliot would definitely be upset.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">She still remembered that, when both Elliot and Jonathan were just over a year old, she worked away from home and was on business trip for a week.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">When she returned, Jonathan still interacted with her.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">However, Elliot remained tight–lipped, refusing to even nce at her. He was too upset to allow her to hold him.</font></font>
In the end, it was only through her soothing words andforting embrace that Elliot finally stopped being angry. Yet, at that time, he couldn’t help but cry uncontrobly.
“All right.”
Cecilia felt somewhat uneasy about Elliot, fearing that he was merely feigning tolerance while nursing a broken heart.
On their way to find Dn, she couldn’t help but apologize, saying, “Eli, if you’re upset with me, please tell me.”
“I should’ve informed you about noting homest night.” Cecilia was afraid that this child might develop an issue because of that incident.
After hearing that, Elliot looked at Cecilia with widened eyes. “Mommy, I’m not mad. How could I be upset when you were apanying Daddy and didn’te backst night?”
“Daddy is like a child now. He also needs someone to apany him.” Elliot said with a particr understandi
Actually, it was because of Nathaniel’s phone call the day before.
Cecilia studied him carefully, making sure he wasn’t actually upset before she truly felt at ease.N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content.
“Sweetie, thank you for being understanding”
She then embraced Elliot.
Elliot’s mood brightened even more when Cecilia held him in her arms.