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Everyone shifted their gaze to the door and saw Nathaniel and Cecilia walk in.

Elena had asked them to come. After all, they were Nicholas' brother and sister- in-law, so they should visit him since he was hospitalized.

Nathaniel walked straight to the bed. Looking at the emaciated, pale Nicholas, he spoke slowly. "You deserve it for mistreating your own body."

Nicholas pursed his lips. "It's none of your business."

Nathaniel naturally wouldn't mind his business. "Don't worry. Ceci and I are only here to see if you're alive or not. We have no other intentions, and we certainly won't meddle in your affairs."

When Elena heard their conversation, she immediately tugged on Nathaniel's clothes, signaling him to stop speaking callously and upsetting Nicholas.

Only then did Nathaniel stop talking.

Cecilia walked over to Nathaniel's side. Seeing that Nicholas looked like a different person, she was at a loss for words.

Nicholas looked at the couple and said impatiently, "I want to rest. Please leave."

Elena urged gently, "Nicholas, Nathaniel and Cecilia came to visit you, but you barely spoke to them. Why are you chasing them away so soon?"

Nicholas felt that Elena was treating him like a three-year-old child. "Mom, you and Dad should go too. Can you please let me be alone?"

With that, Elena couldn't insist anymore and nodded in agreement.

The four people left the ward.

While walking with Elena, Cecilia asked, "How did Nicholas become like this?"

"The doctor said it's because of excessive drinking. He's been frail since birth, and we've always taken meticulous care of him, so his health has been similar to a normal person. But now that he's grown up, he's neglected his own health," Elena replied.

After letting out a sigh, she added, "No wonder people say mothers will worry about their sons forever."

"Mom, don't worry too much. He's an adult and has to be responsible for his actions," Cecilia comforted her.

Elena nodded. "Yes, thank you, Ceci."

Cecilia brushed it off and found a place to rest with Elena for a while.

Thinking that Nicholas wouldn't want to see her and Nathaniel anyway, Cecilia later left with Nathaniel.

On the way out of the hospital,

Cecilia couldn't help but lament, t hasn't been long since we last saw him but Nicholas has gotten so thin. You are twins with him, but now you two don't really look alike."

Nathaniel had a balanced body proportion, and he had muscles.

Nicholas, on the other hand, was terrifyingly thin with a pale complexion.

"I don't understand him anymore either," Nathaniel said.

Pulling Cecilia into his arms, he cooed, "Don't think too much."

"Okay." Cecilia nodded.

Afraid that Nathaniel would continue to drink, Elena stayed at the hospital with him every day.

To prevent him from being discharged early, she also hired bodyguards to watch him constantly.

As a result, it was very hard for Nicholas to leave the hospital.

Wren also visited the hospital frequently to chat with Nicholas

no matter how hard they tried t

Nicholas barely spoke to them.

"What do you think is wrong with our son?" Wren asked, lighting a cigarette.

At that sight, Elena raised her hand and snatched the cigarette away. "You can

smoke, but don't let it affect me."

That rendered Wren speechless.

Elena continued, "Nicholas has

always

Deen a deep one. I can't tell what's on his mind. You're his father;

x to him more and him."

Wren was noncommittal.

In the ward, Nicholas would check his phone from time to time to see if anyone, especially Jocelyn, had contacted him.