Chapter 957
Marcus held her tightly and said, “If you have another nightmare, even if it’s just a dream, remember I’m right beside you. That way, you won’t be scared
anymore.”
Cornelia nodded and replied, “Okay”
Waking up from her sleep, Cornelia felt refreshed and rejuvenated. However, she had this nagging feeling that she was forgetting something. After some thinking, she finally remembered and quickly asked while getting out of bed, “Is Natalia awake?”
Marcus replied, “She’s awake. But she doesn’t want to talk or leave her room. Patricia prepared a lot of delicious food for her but she refuses to eat.”
“She had been abused before, so she might resist people getting close. I’ll go check on her” Cornelia hastily got out of bed, didn’t even bother to freshen up, and was ready to dash out of the room.
Marcus pulled her back, “Cornelia, let me finish”
Although Cornelia was physically in the room, her mind was already in the other bedroom, “Go on.”
bit disappointed, “I think she might feel uncomfortable with me around. I have some work to do, so I’ll go to the
Cornelia agreed, “Okay”
Marcus added, “Cornelia,”
Cornelia asked, “Yeah?”
show a bit more concern for him, but didn’t want to pressure her, so he said, “Never
Cornelia turned and left
her leave, speechless.
the other bedroom and said,
bed like a
me.” Cornelia sat by her bed and gently stroked her hair, “Natalia, are you hungry?
with tears as she
a
shook her head slightly.
a pang in her heart, “Natalia, if it hurts, you should say so. You don’t
pinched Natalia a bit too hard. Surely, it
the Reese family had done to her, this was nothing.
do you still want to be my good friend?”
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