When Her Death Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 2035

Miranda’s face darkened immediately; she stopped asking Adrian to serve her.

From the corner of her eye, she saw that, even with dishes right in front of Cecilia, Nathaniel still reached over to serve her.

Whenever Cecilia merely glanced at a dish, Nathaniel placed the food on her plate.

A pang of envy pricked Miranda’s heart. Why was her own husband neither as capable nor as considerate?

Her dissatisfaction with Adrian deepened; she longed to divorce him on the spot.

But all of Adrian’s assets were under Robert’s control; if she left, she would gain nothing.

“Cecilia, you really are blessed.”

Cecilia looked up and smiled. “Aren’t you blessed too, Miranda? Or is Adrian treating you badly?”

The two questions left Miranda at a loss for words.

At that moment, Robert looked over, frowning. “Miranda, has Adrian fallen short somewhere?”

Miranda shook her head quickly. “Of course, not. I was just chatting. Cecilia, don’t twist what I said. I only said you’re blessed; I never said I’m not.”

Cecilia’s eyes curved playfully. “Oh, that’s all. The way you asked made me think you were unhappy.”

Miranda clenched her hand, furious yet helpless.

She gave Adrian a gentle nudge, hoping he would speak up for her.

Adrian glanced up blankly. “Why are you poking me?”

Miranda fell silent and lowered her head; despite the delicious spread, she tasted nothing.

The family was midway through the meal when a voice rose from the doorway.

“A family dinner and no one thought to wait for me?”

He chuckled amiably, “It’s just a family meal. What else could it possibly be?”

“I hope that’s all it is. Don’t think being the elder gives you the right to bully and exploit Nathaniel again and again. The last incident wasn’t that long ago,” Elena said bluntly.

Robert and Wren exchanged embarrassed looks; neither had expected her to come straight at them like that.

Wren hurried to smooth things over. “What’s done is done.”

“It may be over for you, but it isn’t over for Nathaniel,” Elena shot back.

As Nathaniel’s mother, she refused to let so-called family bonds place her son in harm’s way.

Because of Elena’s arrival, the meal that followed was anything but harmonious.

After Robert and his family finally left, Wren could no longer hold back. “Elena, must you keep pressing the issue even when you’re in the right?”

“Pressing the issue? So you admit I’m in the right? Have you already forgotten how Robert nearly had Nathaniel thrown in jail last time?” she retorted without the slightest courtesy.