SWNOVELS Chapter 773
Chapter 773 You Can Stay
Elliot was taken aback. I thought Aunt Jessica had left. She’s at the door pulling a pity party?
Nathaniel’s expression remained unchanged as he said, “Let her be.”
“Yes, sir.” The housekeeper left.
Cecilia did not expect Jessica to be so persistent. She continued eating her breakfast, paying no mind to it.
After breakfast, she brought Elliot to kindergarten.
A light drizzle fell from the overcast sky, and heavy clouds loomed, signaling the approach of a heavier downpour. As they stepped outside, a servant held an umbrella over them. With just a glance, Cecilia spotted Jessica at the doorway, drenched to the bone, kneeling in the rain.
Jessica noticed them too. The rain made the normally warm April day feel like the dead of winter. Her lips had turned a purplish blue from the cold. Hope flickered in her eyes as she saw Cecilia, much like a drowning person ching for a lifeline. “Cecilia, please,” she begged, her voice
trembling. “Let me stay. I’ll do anything. If I leave here, I have nowhere to go. My grandfather… if he sees me return, he’d break my legs.”
Cecilia stayed composed, her expression unreadable. She stepped in front of Elliot protectively and blocked his view, saying, “Let’s go.
Jessica was disheartened, not expecting Cecilia to still refuse to help her when she was in this miserable state.
Desperation clawed at her as she knelt and grabbed the hem of Cecilia’s clothes. “Cecilia, are your really going to let me suffer like this? I’ll do anything. Please, just let me stay,” she pleaded, her voice breaking.
She was
Nathaniel’s like it was Cecilia’s fault for refusing to let her stay, though it was clearly
The housekeepers who watched this unfold didn’t say a word, but they thought Cecilia was too cruel for not letting her cousin “stay” and help. It’s not like they’re poor and their house has no extra space.
“Let me go!” At that point, Cecilia no longer cared about what others think.
Jessica refused to let go. Clutching onto her pants with one hand, she groveled at Cecilia’s feet. “Cecilia, please have mercy on me. My parents are no longer alive, leaving me an orphan. Besides my grandfather, no one pays any attention to me in the Quill family. They all wished I was dead. All I wanted was a place to call home.”
Cecilia looked over her shoulder and didn’t see Nathaniel come out. She wondered if he was aware of the situation.
She instructed the housekeeper, “Go and get Mr. Rainsworth to come out.”
“What?” The housekeeper hesitated.
To Cecilia’s surprise, the housekeeper refused to heed her command.
Elliot would be late for school if they didn’t leave right away. Moreover, Jessica’s behavior was a bad influence for the boy.
“All right, you can stay.” Cecilia spoke.
Taken aback, Jessica lifted her head.
Elliot couldn’t believe what he heard. “Mommy…”
He was about to warn Cecilia against giving in when she lifted him and handed him over to Sven. “Sven, send Eli to school first.”
“All right.” Sven took Elliot from her.
Elliot grew flustered. “Mommy, it’s the weekend today. I don’t have to go to kindergarten!”
Cecilia didn’t hear what he said, for Sven had placed him in the car.
“Then let’s go back to Daltonia Villa,” Sven said, knowing Cecilia had her reasons for entrusting Elliot in his care.
Elliot said with resignation, “All right then.”
Jessica, standing frozen at the gates of Seabay Villa, responded after a while, “Seriously?”
“Of course. You can stay. Can you let go of me now?” Cecilia asked, waiting to see how she would. handle the situation.
As expected, Jessica didn’t know what to say.
She understood well that this was Nathaniel’s turf, and Cecilia’s words held no weight.