When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 1269

Chapter 1269 Working Too Hard
Cassandra was filled with an intense feeling of resentment after Queenie reprimanded her. <i>Sure enough, once she has her biological daughter, my importance as an adopted child has diminished. Before Cassina showed up, she would step in to help me deal with Cecilia. Now, she's even preventing me from confronting Cecilia!</i>

“Mom, you're being overly partial to Cassina now. Do you even realize she is actually—” Cassandra suddenly stopped speaking.

If Cassandra were to inform Queenie that Cassina was not her daughter, Queenie would inevitably trace it back to Cecilia. That would certainly spell trouble for Cassandra.

“What is she actually?” Queenie was baffled.

“It's nothing. I just feel that after all these years, it's always been me by your side. Now, with Cassie around, you suddenly find all sorts of faults with me. I came here for a prenatal checkup today, and the stuff online has already been a headache. Yet, here you are, giving me a lecture.”

With that, Cassandra left the ward.

Seeing her retreating figure, Queenie couldn't help but feel regret, thinking the words she had spoken earlier were too harsh.

“Cassie, was I too harsh with my words just now?” Queenie asked.

Cassina wasn't sure what to say. “Mom, should you maybe call Cassandra and explain things a bit?”

“Forget about it.” Queenie didn't want to keep indulging Cassandra. After all, she was aware that she, too, would age one day. “How did her prenatal checkup go?”

“Everything is normal.”

“That's good, then.” Queenie gave a nod.

Meanwhile, as the afternoon drew near to the end of the workday, Cecilia also noticed the shift in online sentiment.

The previous day, the evidence she had allowed Charlotte to release had been posted online. At that moment, netizens were all criticizing the unscrupulous media outlets for stirring up trouble.

Someone commented: <i>Make sure to keep your eyes open in the future. Don't trust everything you read online.</i>

<i>Exactly. It's not like Cecilia committed some unforgivable crime. So what if she's dating a young hunk? </i>

<i>That's right! The main issue is that they didn't do it, yet they were falsely accused by others.</i>

“Don't worry. Cecilia isn't the type of boss who exploits others,” Nathaniel said.

After hearing that, Darren was still not entirely at ease. “Nathaniel, didn't you go to the Smith residence? How are Madeline and Amy doing now?”

Nathaniel's return was solely to see Cecilia. Naturally, he paid no attention to Madeline and Amelia.

“Next time, I'll help you check them out.”

“All right, then...” Darren ended the call with a sense of disappointment.

It had been almost a month, and shockingly, Madeline hadn't reached out to him even once.

It seemed like her decision to leave this time was truly set in stone.

Darren had lost his enthusiasm for work at that moment. Just then, his phone rang. He picked up his phone to see a call from an unknown number.