Chapter 1631 Anything More Than Friendship "And?" Cecilia asked.


    "I took that picture by chance when I was young. I thought it looked good, so I kept it." Nathaniel paused for a moment, then continued, "It wasn''t until one day, when I was observing your profile, that I realized it was you from your younger days." Cecilia was somewhat incredulous. "Really?"


    "Yeah."


    When Nathaniel discovered this, he was abroad, under a sky filled with cherry blossoms.


    However, he didn''t tell Cecilia that day.


    Cecilia thought it was romantic.


    "What a coincidence," she murmured.


    Nathaniel also found it incredibly coincidental. He had kept that picture for a long time, never realizing that the person in the picture was the very same person beside him now.


    Perhaps he had fallen in love with Cecilia at first sight.


    As they chatted, they were no longer as awkward as before.


    Unable to contain his curiosity, Nathaniel asked, "What happened during the year you spent abroad? What did you do every day?"


    During the year that Cecilia was gone, not a moment went by that he didn''t find himself thinking about her.


    He wondered where she was and what she might be doing at that very moment.


    Cecilia pondered for a while and replied, "While I was abroad with Nichs, apart from undergoing hypnotherapy, I mostly stayed alone in the mansion. Over there, I was a stranger in a strangend, always alone when I stepped out." Nathaniel fell into a deeper silence, berating himself for his inability to protect her.


    "I''m sorry."


    Cecilia shook her head. "There''s no need to apologize. It''s not like I''ve suffered any harm."


    Even though Nichs had done some pretty questionable things, he had always respected her wishes and met her various needs.


    The two of them were deep in conversation, and before they knew it, they were almost there.


    From a distance, Miranda waved at them. "Nathaniel, Ceci, you''re finally here. Over here." Cecilia said, "All right, you can put me down now. It''s not much further. I can walk by myself." Nathaniel gently set her down.


    By now, she had felt much better and could walk without the dizziness she had experienced earlier. At that moment, Miranda walked down. "Why aren''t you guys wearing raincoats? You''re all soaked."


    As she spoke, shepletely


    Cecilia''s presence. She


    tissue and brought t


    toward Nathaniel''s face.


    Taken by surprise, Nathaniel instinctively stepped back.


    Miranda''s hand stiffened.


    Cecilia realized that Miranda was intentionally flirting with her husband.


    "Miranda, thank you for the tissue." She reached out and took the tissue


    She hand, then turned


    from


    around and wiped the rain off Nathaniel''s face.


    Nathaniel remainedpletely still, allowing her to dry him off.


    With a smile that didn''t quite reach her eyes, Miranda said, "Nathaniel, Ceci, you two are still so in love after all these years. But Ceci, I heard that during the year you disappeared, you were with Nichs. Didn''t you lose your memory? Did anything more than friendship happen between you and Nichs?"


    Anything more than friendship?


    That single sentence caused both Cecilia''s and Nathaniel''s expressions to darken.


    Cecilia didn''t like the underlying mockery in Miranda''s words, while Nathaniel felt uneasy.


    He had once wondered if anything inappropriate had happened during the year Cecilia and Nichs lived together.


    He knew that even if something did happen, he couldn''t me Cecilia.


    However, any man would have cared about it.


    Therefore, he never dared to ask Cecilia about this matter.


    "What do you mean by ''anything more than friendship''?" Cecilia calmly asked Miranda.