And for the first time since they had made the agreement, he hadn’t jumped into cooking the moment they returned home. Instead, he had come up with an excuse to head straight to his room. His body must have reached its Limit then.
Lucinda beat her chest with her fist, feeling so much remorse that she almost suffocated.
If Nathaniel hadn’t been in so much pain, he would never have revealed his weaknesses or made so many mistakes.
But she was oblivious to his suffering.
That night, he had boldly burrowed into her arms, seeking her warmth.
And what had she done?
Not only had she pushed him away, she had also said a lot of hurtful things…
Sonny was right. Lucinda had been nothing but cruel to Nathaniel, yet he never complained. Not even once.
Instead, he cast aside his pride and readily begged at her feet.
He had told her that he only wanted to hold her for a little while.
He had begged her for it.
She remembered how his breathing had gone short and shallow, yet he fought off her thrashing and refused to let her …
Why hadn’t he told her that he was in pain?
Didn’t he want her to know? Was he afraid that she would terminate the agreement out of guilt?
What a foolish, foolish man.
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Lucinda curled up in the lounge chair and let her tumultuous emotions take over.
“Nathaniel… Nate…”
She repeatedly called out his name until her voice grew hoarse, and then she called out to him silently.
“Can you hear me?” she asked the void.
She locked herself in Nathaniel’s room and stayed there for the next three days. She ate nothing, drank nothing. She didn’t even sleep.
Abel and the others tried getting her to come out several times, but Lucinda just ignored them.
Her men grew worried. No matter how physically fit she was, her body wouldn’t be able to stand such negligence.
In the end, Abel decided to call Cyrus for help.
Cyrus wasted no time to rush over and kicked the door open the moment he arrived. He saw no one in the room, but he could hear the sound of water dripping from the faucet in the bathroom.