Ignored When Chasing: Why Cry After I Got Engaged-Chapter 203: He Still Cares

"Are you really going to marry Miles Sinclair?" Seeing her so determined, Serena Hughes still couldn’t believe it.

Cecilia Nathan had clearly been in love with Damian Hawthorne before. To think she’d switched to someone else in the blink of an eye.

At first, she thought Cecilia was just acting out of spite, but now it seemed like she was serious.

"Since you’ve already made up your mind, I’ll still wish you well. But as for that Quinn Sutton, I urge you to get to the bottom of her relationship with Miles Sinclair. I’m not saying this for my own selfish reasons. It’s just... Quinn Sutton and Miles Sinclair, you can tell just by looking at them that they have a lot of secrets..."

Just then, Miles Sinclair slowly began to stir.

Serena Hughes saw the blanket covering Miles Sinclair shift and immediately stopped talking.

"Cecilia, I’ve said what I came to say. I’ll be going now."

After saying her piece, Serena Hughes turned and walked out.

Cecilia Nathan didn’t stop her. Seeing that Miles Sinclair was awake, she hurried over to him.

"Cecilia..." Miles Sinclair reached out to her. "Was that person just now Serena Hughes?"

Cecilia Nathan nodded, her gaze fixed on him. "Did you hear what we were just talking about?"

Miles Sinclair’s fingers tightened. His lips were a little dry. He moved them slightly and gave a small smile. "No. What were you talking about?"

"She said your relationship with Quinn Sutton is unusual." Cecilia’s gaze wavered. "She also told me not to be with you."

Miles Sinclair’s expression faltered for a moment.

He lowered his head with a bitter smile. "And you, Cecilia? Do you believe her?"

"I know she and Quinn Sutton don’t get along. She must be afraid that if you and I get together, we’ll end up helping Quinn Sutton."

Miles Sinclair was about to explain further when he suddenly sensed a subtle shift in Cecilia’s gaze.

A tremor went through Miles Sinclair’s heart.

’Could it be? Has Cecilia really been swayed?’

"Don’t worry, my promise to you won’t change. I said I’d marry you, and I will. But Serena was right about one thing. I have to be on my guard against Quinn Sutton." After Cecilia finished speaking, she could clearly feel Miles Sinclair fall silent. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Ever since you started helping my father manage the Nathan Family, you’ve been planning to cooperate with the Sinclair Family. But I don’t like the people from the Sinclair Family. Hugo, if you really have nothing to do with Quinn Sutton, then just let Serena Hughes take over the Sinclair Family. I believe then, Serena would have nothing more to say."

As soon as Cecilia finished, a cold glint appeared in Miles Sinclair’s eyes.

"But Serena Hughes bullied you before, Cecilia. I admit I have my own motives. I want Quinn Sutton to take over the Sinclair Family because Serena doesn’t deserve it. She stole the man you loved and humiliated you. I can’t just stand by and watch her take over the Sinclair Family."

Miles Sinclair’s reasoning was sound and well-founded.

"What about the Hawthorne Family, then?" Cecilia’s lips curved into a faint smile. "You don’t like them. Are you going to go after them, too?"

"Yes." Miles Sinclair lowered his eyes, his long lashes trembling. "If Damian Hawthorne hadn’t treated you that way, your reputation wouldn’t have become what it is today. I won’t allow anyone to bully you, not even someone you love."

"Hugo, I don’t want you going after anyone." Cecilia let out a long sigh. "That’s all in the past. Right now, I just want to live a peaceful life."

"But Damian Hawthorne has been bullying you all these years."

Looking at Miles Sinclair’s cold demeanor, Cecilia suddenly felt like she was looking at a stranger.

The Hugo in her memory wasn’t like this.

Cecilia remembered what Tia Sutton and Hugo Grant had said—that people change.

Miles Sinclair had changed, and she had changed, too.

"Cecilia, is it because you’re still in love with Damian Hawthorne? Is that why you don’t want me to target him?"

After Miles Sinclair spoke, Cecilia frowned slightly.

’In love with Damian Hawthorne?’

’Am I in love with Damian Hawthorne?’

"Never mind. I shouldn’t have asked. If you didn’t love him, you wouldn’t have had a child together..."

Miles Sinclair’s voice was very soft, but Cecilia heard him loud and clear.

’So, Miles Sinclair does care about my past after all.’

Cecilia was about to explain, but a sudden thought flashed through her mind.

In the end, she said nothing at all.

"Hugo, I’ve said it before: the past is in the past. If you mind, then we can pretend that nothing ever happened between us."

The fact was, she had been intimate with Damian Hawthorne.

She didn’t mind, but that didn’t mean Miles Sinclair felt the same.

Hearing this, Miles Sinclair’s expression grew flustered, and he quickly explained, "I don’t mind. I’m sorry, Cecilia. I shouldn’t have said that. Back when I had my accident, it was only normal for you to find someone to lean on..."

"But Cecilia, there’s a question I’ve always wanted to ask you. Why did you suddenly start pursuing Damian Hawthorne so soon after my accident? Did you really fall for someone else that quickly?"

This had always been a thorn in Miles Sinclair’s heart.

He and Cecilia had shared an unforgettable past, but logically and emotionally, she shouldn’t have thrown herself into a new relationship so quickly.

It made Cecilia seem like a heartless person who had betrayed him.

If you truly care about a relationship, the next one shouldn’t come along so fast.

Unless... Damian Hawthorne had been in the picture long before.

Cecilia watched as Miles Sinclair asked her so earnestly, and her lips parted.

’Was she supposed to tell him it was all because of his corneas?’

’But he was sitting right here, perfectly fine, which made the whole thing with the corneas seem even more absurd.’

’But if Miles Sinclair hadn’t had his accident, how could she have gone on living, clinging to the only thing left of Hugo—his corneas?’

’They were her solace, her only motivation to keep going.’

Seeing Miles Sinclair looking at her with a tense and expectant expression, Cecilia lowered her eyes and said faintly, "I just thought he looked like you back then."

In truth, after Miles Sinclair’s accident, she had seen a doctor, who told her she had mild depression.

Listening to Cecilia’s faint recounting of the past, Miles Sinclair didn’t get the answer he had been hoping for.

He knew Cecilia was definitely hiding something.

Miles Sinclair bit his lower lip and forced a smile. "I see... In that case, Cecilia, are you still in love with him?"

Cecilia didn’t say a word.

The room was utterly silent.

However, the quieter it got, the more Miles Sinclair’s heart sank.

’From the moment he’d suggested she was in love with Damian Hawthorne, Cecilia hadn’t once denied it.’

’If she denied it, then her frantic pursuit of Damian Hawthorne back then wouldn’t make any sense.’

’So, Cecilia still had feelings for Damian Hawthorne.’

At this conclusion, Miles Sinclair’s heart suddenly felt as if a huge hole had been torn in it, with a cold wind whistling through.

’If she still has feelings for Damian Hawthorne, then why does she want to marry me?’

Miles Sinclair wanted to ask, but he knew this wasn’t the right time.

"Cecilia, I’m hungry. Could you go downstairs and get me something to eat...?" Unable to get an answer, Miles Sinclair simply created an out for himself.

He knew Cecilia was still bothered about Quinn Sutton.

Since he couldn’t explain his relationship with Quinn Sutton, Cecilia had no reason to have to explain hers with Damian Hawthorne.

Thinking about how Serena Hughes had just left, a sudden chill ran down Miles Sinclair’s spine.

’Cecilia already suspects my relationship with Quinn Sutton. Nothing can happen to Serena Hughes.’

The thought of Quinn Sutton’s personality gave Miles Sinclair a headache.

Although Quinn Sutton appeared gentle and soft-spoken, her methods were direct and vicious.

If she were pushed too far, it wouldn’t end well for Serena Hughes.

Just after leaving the hospital, Serena Hughes sensed someone was following her.

Serena Hughes’s heart pounded violently.

’It’s the middle of the day. In broad daylight, surely no one would try to do anything to me, right?’

As she walked, Serena Hughes tried to figure out who the person chatting with Quinn Sutton had been.

Remembering the photo she had taken, Serena Hughes immediately uploaded it to an image search app.

A few seconds later, the search results for the person appeared.

When she saw the person’s information, a chill ran through Serena Hughes’s entire body.

A murderer.

The person chatting with Quinn Sutton was actually a murderer.