Lucinda kept her lips tightly shut and didn’t respond. She gazed at him coldly, as if she wanted to test how long he would pretend to be ignorant.
Aware that Lucinda didn’t believe him at all, he tried to explain himself.
“Lucinda, I didn’t do it. The reason I wanted to divorce you was that I thought the girl who saved me thirteen years ago was Eleanor. But then I found out that it wasn’t her. I even asked you about it once. Do you recall?”
She paused for a moment, remembering that when Eleanor was hospitalized due to her severe injury, Nathaniel defended Lucinda in front of the media before asking her about the car accident.
“What is it that you want to tell me?” Lucinda asked.
BearNovels
Staring at her with tears in his eyes, he said, “Ever since that time, I knew that Eleanor had lied to me. And recently, I found out that you were the girl who saved me. Please believe me when I say that everything I have done was for you.”
He coughed, and then continued, “I didn’t like Brinleigh’s proposal to you last night, so I made plans and secretly sent him away. I had no idea about Eleanor’s deceit.”
Lucinda looked at his sincere face, and she couldn’t help but think about what had happened to Brinleigh the night before. It had all seemed a little strange.
“Could it be that this was just a coincidence?”
If it wasn’t Nathaniel who helped Eleanor, this thing wouldn’t be that simple.
Lucinda narrowed her eyes suspiciously at him, and then pinched his cheek. Hard.
Nathaniel scowled. His cheeks had been constantly swollen due to this little habit of hers, and lately, he found himself tearing up more often than he would Like.
“I’ll believe you this time. But if I find out that you’ve been lying to me again, I’ll kick you out and send you to prison. I’d like to see how long you can survive in there. Or should I say, how soon your men can get you out.”
She pulled her hand back in a huff.
Nathaniel leaned back against the wall, feeling exhausted.
He opened his mouth to speak, but his words died in his throat as he coughed up a bit of blood.
Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books Updates…
In truth, he wasn’t fazed by the idea of going to prison. Even if Lucinda really did that, there were very few people who would dare to touch him.
Still, Nathaniel didn’t want her to misunderstand.
“Okay,” he said between coughs.
“If I… If I lie to you again…
I’ll die in a gutter.”
Lucinda cocked her head to the side and peered at him.
He was coughing so violently that all color had drained from his face. He was still running a fever, too, and even just speaking looked too much of an exertion for him.
Perhaps it was because of the drug she gave him, Nathaniel looked almost like a terminal patient at the moment.