When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 566

Chapter 566 Confronting Paula
The agonized scream interrupted Cecilia, who was composing music. Confused, she left her work and headed toward the living room.

From a distance, she saw Paula in the living room, covering her face with one hand while pointing at Elliot with the other. “Tell me! Did you do this on purpose?” <i>I could've forgiven him once or twice, but this?</i>

Elliot still wore an expression of innocent bewilderment. “Granny, what's wrong? Why are you yelling at me?”

The housekeeper shielded Elliot. “Madam, I'm certain Eli didn't do it on purpose. He's always been such a good boy.”

Paula didn't believe it. “This is clearly alcohol, not iodine. My face is stinging with pain right now.”

“Eli never even attended kindergarten, so how could he distinguish between iodine and alcohol?” The housekeeper found Paula somewhat unreasonable. <i>She claimed to be Eli's granny, but how could a granny be so inconsiderate toward her grandchild?</i>

After listening to the housekeeper's words, Paula realized she made sense, considering Elliot appeared to be only four or five years old.

However, the thought of Elliot ruining her face made it impossible for her to feel any affection toward him.

“Forget it. I can't be bothered to talk to you all. Where's Cecilia?” Paula had had enough of keeping up the pretense.

The housekeeper was just about to respond to her when Cecilia walked in from outside. She looked at Paula with a cold gaze. “What do you need from me?”

Paula looked at Cecilia's current demeanor. Cecilia's exquisite face was partially wrapped in gauze, and when she entered, her aura was completely different from before.

Initially, Paula didn't want to show Cecilia any weakness. However, considering that she would be spending her future in jail, she had no choice but to lower her stance.

“Ceci, don't get me wrong, I just came to see how you're doing,” Paula said.

“I'm fine. I'm not going to die.”

When Cecilia was reminded that her injury was caused by Paula's beloved daughter, Cassandra, her expression hardened. “If you don't have anything else, could you please leave?”

Choked up, Paula rebuked, “How could you talk to your mother like that? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even have been born into this world. I came to see you out of goodwill, yet you want to send me away?”

At that moment, Cecilia didn't hold back against Paula. Paula was no match against Cecilia. She retreated several steps and abruptly fell to the ground.

She wanted to get up, but a sudden cramp in her lower abdomen left her in too much pain to move.

“I truly regret giving birth to you!” Paula glared at Cecilia with intense animosity. “If I had known, I would have preferred you to die in my womb.”

Cecilia didn't care about what she had said. “Sorry to have disappointed you. Of course, given the choice, I would never have chosen to be born from your womb.”

Paula picked herself up from the ground. Seeing Cecilia's resolute manner, she covered her face and left in resentment.

Following Paula's departure, Cecilia asked the housekeeper, only then learning about some of the events that had just transpired.

Meanwhile, in the nursery, Elliot was cheerfully engrossed in playing with building blocks, seemingly having forgotten the minor incident that had just occurred.