Ignored When Chasing: Why Cry After I Got Engaged-Chapter 74: If Anything Happens to Him, I’m Not Done With You
Finn Hawthorne’s mother was seriously ill, his father was unemployed, and he had a younger sister still in school. He was basically his family’s sole source of income.
And yet, even in such circumstances, he still refused to bow to power and did what he believed in. That was truly rare.
Noticing Justin Bell’s admiring expression as he watched the video, Damian Hawthorne’s thin lips parted. "You seem to really admire him. Should I get you a job there too?"
"No, no, no, no..." Justin Bell shook his head frantically. "I couldn’t handle that kind of work. I don’t have the face for it."
Damian Hawthorne narrowed his eyes, his gaze holding little emotion. "Contact Selina Nathan for me tomorrow. I want to see her."
...
Cecilia Nathan, staying in the adjacent bedroom, slept soundly all night.
When she woke up, her foot was much better.
As soon as Cecilia Nathan left her room, she heard laughing and talking from downstairs.
Hearing Sharon Quincy’s familiar voice, Cecilia Nathan’s brows furrowed.
At that moment, Sharon Quincy was sitting next to Damian Hawthorne, eating breakfast and talking with him.
Sharon Quincy’s gaze was fixed on Damian Hawthorne, her eyes betraying an unconscious infatuation.
"Miss Selina Nathan..." Damian Hawthorne placed a cup of coffee in front of her. "Have you been busy these past few days?"
Sharon Quincy pulled back her doting gaze, carefully took the coffee, and said softly, "Not busy, it’s been fine. Mr. Hawthorne, you specifically asked me to come over. Is there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
Just a moment ago, Sharon had already scanned the entire Hawthorne estate.
She had been to the Nathan family home before. The Nathans lived in a traditional courtyard house in Aethelgard, one that was even a historically protected building in Veridia.
But the Hawthorne family’s villa, spanning several thousand square meters in a city like Korsyth, where land is worth its weight in gold, was a truly rare and luxurious estate.
’If I could live here, I’d be set for life.’ 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
"Miss Selina Nathan, what is your relationship with our Cecilia?"
Damian Hawthorne’s handsome eyes narrowed, his tone chilling slightly.
Sharon Quincy’s eyelid twitched violently, and her heart skipped a few beats.
’Cecilia Nathan...’
’Yesterday, Cecilia Nathan ran off. I found out that the eldest young master of the Grant Family had saved her.’
’Damian Hawthorne clearly doesn’t care about Cecilia Nathan, so why is he asking about her now?’
"Are you referring to Miss Cecilia Nathan? I’ve only met her once. We’re not related," Sharon Quincy said with a slight smile, lying without batting an eye.
"Oh, I just thought that since she shares your last name, you might be related in some way," Damian Hawthorne replied nonchalantly.
Sharon Quincy just gave a scornful laugh. "There are so many people with the surname Nathan in the world. Not just anyone can claim a connection to the Nathan Family of Aethelgard. Mr. Hawthorne, did Cecilia say something to you? Don’t believe any rumors. My father has only one daughter—me. I am the sole heir to the entire Nathan family."
She spoke with such conviction, her words forceful and resonant.
Cecilia Nathan’s lips twitched, and she almost laughed out loud.
’This Sharon Quincy... she was an incredible braggart.’
"If you’re not related, then why did Miss Selina Nathan have someone kidnap Cecilia?"
Damian Hawthorne’s single sentence left Sharon Quincy completely speechless.
’She was sure she had covered her tracks perfectly. How could Mr. Hawthorne know so much?’
Sharon Quincy forced a smile. "Mr. Hawthorne, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Why would I kidnap Miss Cecilia Nathan? I’m a good, law-abiding citizen. My family may be wealthy, but I would never do something like that."
"In a few days, your father, Linden Nathan, will be coming to Korsyth for business. I will ask him face-to-face why the Nathan family’s bodyguards kidnapped Cecilia."
Hearing this, Sharon Quincy panicked.
’Linden Nathan is coming to Korsyth? How did I not know that?’
’If Linden Nathan comes and finds out about everything I’ve done, my life will be over!’
’No, Linden Nathan absolutely cannot come here.’
"Mr. Hawthorne, I really didn’t know anything about my bodyguards kidnapping Miss Cecilia Nathan. How about this? I’ll go back now and question them. Give me some time to investigate, and I will definitely give you a proper explanation, alright?" Sharon Quincy stood up in a panic. Fearing she’d be exposed, she made an excuse and quickly left.
Watching Damian Hawthorne corner Sharon Quincy like that, Cecilia Nathan had a complicated expression on her face.
In fact, back when they were together, Damian Hawthorne had been just as fiercely protective of his own.
It was part of his fundamental nature. He would subconsciously protect anyone he considered a friend.
But if someone wasn’t within his circle of friends, his ruthlessness was enough to make one question their very existence.
"What are you still standing over there for? Come here." Damian Hawthorne lifted his gaze, his eyes locking onto Cecilia Nathan.
Looking at Damian Hawthorne’s teasing smile, Cecilia Nathan’s red lips moved slightly. "Why are you helping me?"
"What do you think?" Damian Hawthorne shot back with a roguish grin.
A thought struck Cecilia Nathan, and she frowned slightly. "You did this on purpose?"
’Sharon Quincy thought her plan was foolproof. Even with a real kidnapping, no one would suspect her.’
’From the escape to the leak, everything was too convenient.’
’Oh no...’
Cecilia Nathan’s eyelid twitched.
’Finn Hawthorne!’
Cecilia Nathan turned to leave in a hurry, but Damian Hawthorne stopped her. "It’s too late for you to save him now."
Damian Hawthorne’s voice sent a blaze of fury through Cecilia Nathan. "Damian Hawthorne, you did this on purpose! You deliberately set Finn Hawthorne up, didn’t you?"
"If it weren’t for Finn Hawthorne, I wouldn’t have been able to get out at all."
The thought of what Finn Hawthorne was about to face sent a pain through Cecilia Nathan’s chest, as if her heart were being pierced by a thousand arrows.
Sharon Quincy had tempted him with a "huge sum of money," but not only did Finn Hawthorne refuse the money, he spent those days trying to find a way to save her.
If Sharon Quincy hadn’t used the Nathan family’s core bodyguards, Cecilia wouldn’t have been so helpless.
And now, Sharon Quincy would surely blame Finn Hawthorne for everything.
Twenty-year-old Finn Hawthorne... he was still just a kid!
Cecilia Nathan’s eyes reddened. A thought occurred to her, and she glared viciously at Damian Hawthorne. "If anything happens to Finn Hawthorne, Damian Hawthorne, I will never forgive you."
Over those few days, she and Finn Hawthorne had already become friends.
Finn Hawthorne knew the consequences of defying Sharon Quincy’s "orders."
She didn’t know if Sharon Quincy had tampered with something, but the messages she tried to send to her father, Linden Nathan, would never go through.
On top of that, she had rarely appeared in public over the years. To protect her and hide her identity, the only person in the entire Nathan family she could contact was Linden Nathan.
Watching Cecilia Nathan run out as if on wings, and hearing her parting warning, Damian Hawthorne’s smile didn’t fade, but the walnuts he was holding in his hand were squeezed tighter and tighter.
’Before, Cecilia Nathan only cared about him. Now, she cared this much about some guy from a nightclub.’
"President Hawthorne, the men we just sent to follow Selina Nathan lost her," the butler reported, rushing forward.
Damian Hawthorne’s brow tightened, his tone icy. "Send more people to find her. And make sure you protect that Finn Hawthorne."
Though he disliked Finn Hawthorne, he subconsciously didn’t want anything to happen to him.
’This Finn Hawthorne... what a burden... ’
By this time, Sharon Quincy had already taken Finn Hawthorne from the KTV.
The moment he saw Sharon Quincy, Finn Hawthorne lowered his head and gave a faint smile.
He knew what he would have to face the moment he let Cecilia Nathan go.
Thankfully, this was a society governed by law. No matter how domineering Sharon Quincy was, she couldn’t truly do anything to him.
Besides, he knew Sharon Quincy’s true identity.
’She’s just an imposter. What’s there to be afraid of?’
However, when he saw where Sharon Quincy had taken him, the color drained from Finn Hawthorne’s handsome face.
Before him stood seven or eight shirtless men, all staring at him with unnerving expressions.
"Finn Hawthorne, I never expected this. I treated you as a friend, but you treated me like a fool." Sharon Quincy bent down and lightly pinched Finn Hawthorne’s chin, a strange, sinister smile on her face. "I gave you a woman to enjoy, and you didn’t want her. Fine. Then let’s have some men enjoy you instead."
