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Chapter 28 Died At A Young Age

“Martha has had it rough. She doesn’t have daughters of her own, and the child she raised with such difficulty is gone just like that.”

“Isn’t it a shame? I still remember Cecilia, such a smart and sensible girl. How could she have passed away so young?”

“The life of the rich isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The last time I saw Cecilia, she seemed like a different person, so thin she looked like she could be blown away by the wind.”

“Martha and Cecilia always talked about how wonderful her husband was, but that was just deceiving themselves. Three years of marriage, and he never once came back with her…”

As Nathaniel listened to this, he felt a lump in his throat.

The entire day passed without Martha or Cecilia returning.

Nathaniel leaned against a wooden chair, dozing off lightly, only to be startled awake after a short while.

He had dreamed of Cecilia’s death again.

When he opened his eyes and looked around, it was dark and silent. Cecilia wasn’t there.

In that moment, he truly felt like Cecilia was never coming back.

Late at night, around ten o’clock, Martha’s neighbors were brought into her brick house for “questioning.”

They were surrounded by a crowd of bodyguards that made the small house feel even more cramped.

“Where are they?”

The people there had never seen such a scene before. They stood nervously with their heads lowered, not daring to look at Nathaniel, who sat at the head of the room with a cold and imposing presence.

“The night before last, I heard Martha crying, so I went to check, and that’s when I found out Cecilia had died.“.

“Young people passing away is never a good thing, so they cremated her and buried her that very night.”

Buried that very night…

Nathaniel’s dark eyes flickered.

“After the burial, Martha disappeared yesterday…”

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The others nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Mason then asked them where Calvin was.

The few of them exchanged looks, unsure of Calvin’s whereabouts.

They said Calvin was an orphan who was taken away and never returned.

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At midnight, the heavy rain continued to pour, with the sky lit up by flashes of lightning and filled with the rumble of thunder. The rural roads were awash with mud, making them difficult to

traverse.

“Mr. Rainsworth, how about we go to the cemetery tomorrow?”

After days of running around, Mason was beginning to feel exhausted.

Nathaniel glanced at him.

Mason immediately fell silent, carefully holding the umbrella as he followed behind, but couldn’t help wondering to himself.

It was well–known that Mr. Rainsworth doesn’t like Cecilia, so why is he putting in so much time and effort to replace her now?

Finally, they arrived. Nathaniel immediately spotted the lonely new grave on the hillside.

His throat tightened, and he stopped in his tracks.

After what felt like an eternity, he spoke up. “Dig it up!”

If she was alive, he wanted to see her in person. If she was dead, he wanted to see her body!

He wouldn’t believe that Cecilia was dead without seeing her death with his own eyes!

In the pitch–black night, Nathaniel stood with a cold expression, silently watching as the new grave was slowly dug up.

His heart was in his throat. Finally, a bodyguard stepped forward holding an urn.

“Mr. Rainsworth.”

Nathaniel stood straight, his expression unreadable in the darkness.

“Take it back.”

On the way back, Nathaniel was unusually calm.

He was never one to hide his emotions, but today, no one could tell if he was happy or sad.

Despite several days without a decent night’s sleep, he still felt no trace of drowsiness as he leaned back in his seat.

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Nathaniel’s eyes gazed out the car window at the city where Cecilia had lived as a child, her face filling his mind, her voice seeming to echo in his cars.

“Nathaniel, can you hold me? I’m so cold. Nathaniel, if I died, would you be sad? Nathaniel, I’ve always wished for your happiness…”

For some reason, his throat suddenly felt tight.

No one noticed Nathaniel’s handsome face reflected in the car window, his eyes slightly red at the

corners.

In this world, no one was truly indispensable to anyone else.

When Nathaniel brought back Cecilia’s ashes, everyone who knew her believed she was truly

dead.

When they found Calvin, the result was the same.

After a brief moment of sorrow, everyone returned to their normal lives.

However, it was different for Nathaniel.

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