When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 2022

Heather exploded, “What? Your father begged her? Your father is her uncle—her elder!”

Eloise let out a drawn-out sigh.

“Grandma, these days, seniority means nothing. You’re her grandmother, and she still treats you like thin air,” she said, half-whining, half-provoking.

The single sentence left the old lady utterly speechless.

Eloise studied her grandmother’s face, thinking the old woman would rush off to give Cecilia trouble. To her surprise, Heather simply fell into a brooding silence.

“Grandma, you’re not really going to let Cecilia walk away unscathed, are you?” she probed.

Though Eloise had apologized to Cecilia on the surface, jealousy still festered in her heart; she secretly wished Cecilia’s life would crumble.

After a long pause, Heather sighed. “Forget it. The Cecilia standing before us now is beyond our reach.”

Eloise’s eyes widened. For a moment, she was completely stunned.

“Grandma, you never used to be like this.”

“You don’t understand,” Heather scolded. “Your father told me to stop stirring up trouble, and even Magnus called and asked me to apologize to Cecilia.” Heather always heeded her two sons and her grandson Magnus, without question.

Eloise had always known her grandmother was biased, but she hadn’t realized the favoritism ran this deep.

“Fine,” she muttered.

With that, she fell silent.

The old lady added pointedly, “You’d do well to befriend Cecilia. She’s no longer the girl she once was—unlike you, getting tossed back to your parents’ house.”

Eloise went rigid.

As expected, we’re talking past each other again.

Once back in her room, Eloise unlocked her phone. Just as she feared, the freshly created alternate account had been rejected by Cecilia again.

“Ugh, what now?” she groaned.

If she couldn’t cozy up to Cecilia, how was she ever going to return to her in-laws’ house?

She tried phoning Cecilia directly, only to discover her number had been blocked as well.

Cecilia was poring over documents when April Escobar’s message popped up on her screen: Cecilia, do you have a minute?

Cecilia replied: I do. What’s up?

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