When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 1813

Chapter 1813 It Was Not Me
Yuliana ate the scrambled eggs quickly, finishing the entire plate in no time. “See? It tastes just fine. There's no need for you to be jealous. You should spend your time taking care of Aunt Queenie instead,” she said, setting the empty plate down.

Watching her, Cecilia was at a loss. She hadn't expected things to play out this way. Yuliana reached for a clean plate and was about to serve more eggs to Queenie, but before she could, Cecilia stopped her.

“Don't scoop another portion.”

Yuliana frowned, clearly irritated. “What now? Just because you're my aunt's biological daughter, you think you can order me around?”

Ignoring her, Cecilia pointed at the porridge pot. “There's a drug in this.”

Yuliana froze, momentarily speechless. “What do you mean? What drug?” she asked.

“A slow-acting poison,” Cecilia said calmly.

Yuliana's eyes widened, shock written all over her face. “That's ridiculous! Are you accusing me of trying to hurt Aunt Queenie? Of all the people in the world, I would never harm her!” she exclaimed.

She had spent her entire childhood with Queenie and their grandparents. Other than them, she had no one else. How could she ever think of hurting Queenie?

But Cecilia wasn't backing down. She pulled out a folded report and held it up. “See for yourself,” she said, handing it to Yuliana. “This is the hospital test result from yesterday's scrambled eggs.”

Yuliana snatched the report from her hands and flipped it open. The moment she read it, she felt as if the ground beneath her had crumbled. “This can't be right...” she mumbled, trembling. “This must be fake!”

Cecilia's expression remained unreadable. “Do you really think I'd go through the trouble of faking a test report? What would I gain from framing you?”

Tears welled up in Yuliana's eyes. “If I had really made it, do you think I would've dared to eat it just now?”

“Maybe you did it to throw off suspicion,” Cecilia countered. “The poison takes time to work, after all. A little wouldn't do much to you.”

Yuliana's face went pale. For a moment, she was too stunned to speak. Seeing her reaction, Cecilia didn't hold back. She reached for her phone. “I'm calling the police.”

Yuliana lunged forward, grabbing her wrist. “Cecilia, please don't! I swear, I didn't know! It was Cassandra—she gave me the food and asked me to bring it to Aunt Queenie!”

Cecilia's eyes flickered with something unreadable. “So, you're saying that you and Cassandra worked together to harm my mother?”

Yuliana frantically shook her head. “No! I didn't know she put anything in it. I swear, I didn't!” Her voice cracked with desperation.