When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him Novel

Chapter 536 He Is Conscious

Before Stella’s lips could meet Nathaniel’s, a forceful push sent her flying away. The man lying on the bed opened his eyes.

“Nathaniel… Stella’s expression changed in an instant. Didn’t Nicholas mention that Nathaniel would

be drugged, leaving him with no ability to resist?

She was just about to get up and leave when Nathaniel swiftly caught her wrist, gripping it tightly. “Who sent you? What’s your purpose?” he questioned.

There was no way Stella could kidnap Nathaniel all by herself.

“Nathaniel, I have no clue what you’re talking about. Weren’t you the one who called me over after having one too many?” Stella argued.

If she were to expose Nicholas at that moment, there would only be one outcome, and that would be death.

At that moment, Nathaniel was forcing himself to stay conscious. He had been drugged at the banquet, and it was only through sheer force of will that he managed to stay awake.

His forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. Seeing that Stella was unwilling to tell the truth, he swiftly gripped her throat.

“Speak! Or I’ll kill you right now!”

Stella instantly stiffened, her breathing becoming labored. “Help… M–Me…”

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Nathaniel’s grip tightened, rendering her speechless in an instant. “I know there are peo outside the door. Do you think they’ll rescue you faster, or will you die by my hand more quickly?”

Stella had never imagined Nathaniel to be this terrifying, and she immediately ceased her struggle.

Nathaniel’s grip slightly relaxed. “Speak.”

-Nicholas orchestrated this. He asked me to spend the night with you and film it all to show Cecilia. He even arranged for the media to show up at dawn to take photographs.”

Nathaniel never imagined that Nicholas would resort to such underhanded tactics.

However, Nicholas truly understood Cecilia.

If Cecilia were to see Nathaniel in bed with Stella, her relationship with Nathaniel would end there and then.

“Is he also responsible for the photo that was exposed in the news the day before yesterday?”

“Yes… He said to take the photo.”

“How did you manage to take the photo?”

Nathaniel had gotten Mason to investigate, confirming that the photo wasn’t doctored.

“It was shot with Nicholas,” Stella confessed everything.

Nicholas and Nathaniel looked exactly alike. With him around, there was no need to frame Nathaniel with a doctored photo.

“Was it him who released you from the psychiatric hospital?” Nathaniel asked again.

Stella was taken aback because the people who sent her to the psychiatric hospital were Zachary and Nathaniel. That was before Nathaniel had amnesia. Didn’t he lose his memory? Has he regained his memor

“Yes,” she answered.

“Is there anything else I’m not aware of?”

“No.” Stella’s voice carried a whimpering tone. “Nathaniel, I was forced into this. Please don’t kill me. I won’t dare to do it again.”

Nathaniel had absolutely no desire to soil his hands.

He tied Stella to the bed using the sheets and gagged her mouth with a piece of cloth.

The people outside were keeping watch. He couldn’t see them, and there was no way out. The communication inside the room was cut off, leaving Stella with nothing but a camera.

Nathaniel could only wait until dawn for the media to arrive.

As time passed, the fire smoldering within him grew increasingly intense, his body slick with a thin layer of sweat.

He repeatedly doused himself with cold water, yet he couldn’t quell the burning passion in his heart.

Stella had also noticed his odd behavior and deliberately made a sound.

However, Nathaniel remained clear–headed.

Stella didn’t believe he could last until dawn.

Meanwhile, after meeting up, Cecilia and Mason began to review the street surveillance footage, hoping to locate Nathaniel.

However, Nathaniel’s car vanished in the surveillance blind spot, making it impossible to trace.

Mason furrowed his brows, immediately instructing someone to access the surveillance footage from the banquet banquet, looking into who might have taken Nathaniel away.

Mason quickly identified several of his past adversaries, among which included Ethan.

Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, and he said, “Mrs. Rainsworth, there may be a favor I need to ask of you.