When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 2256

Robert grabbed the assistant's arm and locked both eyes on him.

Sweat ran all over the assistant's face as he said, shaking, "This piece of land really isn't on the list."

Robert still couldn't believe it. His body gave out for a second, and he nearly collapsed right there onto the ground.

"How could this happen? I already checked everything."

"Sir, they might've changed it at the last minute," Arnold said.

Robert clenched his fists.

"How is that possible? How is that possible..."

Then his eyes snapped toward the three of them in the distance and locked straight onto Nathaniel's face.

"It was you, wasn't it? You set me up?!"

He didn't need to think that hard. Everything here had been planned out perfectly, and now the redevelopment was suddenly gone. Somebody had to have tampered with it.

Robert thought back to Nathaniel agreeing to handle the matter for him, then turning around and selling him the land. With all of it put together, what else was there not to understand?

Nathaniel's brows lifted slightly.

"Uncle Robert, what are you talking about? Why can't I make sense of any of this?"

Looking at that innocent face of his, Robert lost his grip completely. He strode straight at Nathaniel and threw up his hand, aiming to slap him across the face.

But there was no way Nathaniel was going to let him have his way.

He shot out a hand and caught Robert by the wrist.

"Robert, nothing's even clear yet, and you're sure you want to lay a hand on me?"

His voice wasn't loud, but the pressure in it landed hard.

Robert got crushed under Nathaniel's sheer presence. The force went right over him, and all the strength seemed to drain out of his body.

"I... I..."

Nathaniel flicked his hand away in one hard motion.

Robert stumbled back several steps.

He barely managed to steady himself, then forced himself to settle down.

At that point, Wren stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

Robert looked at the blank look on his face and decided it didn't seem fake.

His brother clearly didn't know what was going on.

"The dossier came down. This place is still wasteland. I took a loss."

It wasn't just a loss.

After Arnold left, Robert stood there like his whole body had gone hollow.

He couldn't settle himself down at all.

Wren looked at him with a trace of pity. "Brother, don't work yourself up too much. It's bad for your health."

Robert gave a stiff nod.

"Mm."

So this was what it looked like when the wheel finally turned.

"That's right, Robert. Everybody misjudges things sometimes. Don't take it too hard," Cecilia said too, her voice full of comfort.

Robert looked at her and gave another "mm."

He'd been around too long not to know who had really arranged this.

Too bad he had no proof.

And even if he did, there was still nothing he could do.