All Chapters of Skies We No Longer Share: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Cecilia arrived in Riverie City that same evening.She had not called Elias ahead of time, but as she stepped out of the airport, there he was, leaning against his car, ready to back her up as always.Feeling a sudden sting in her nose, Cecilia fought back tears and walked up to him, acting as if everything was fine."Hey, what are you doing here?"Elias let out an icy snort. "I wanted to see how my heartless sister would come crawling back to Riverie City!"Cecilia's face fell, and she looked down. "You found out?"He looked at her for a long moment. His voice was rough, but it was filled with concern that he could not hide."I found out. I found out that Jeff, that jerk, left you high and dry after making a complete mess." Elias grew more furious as he added, "I can’t wait to get my hands on him. I’ll give him a piece of my mind, all right!"Cecilia felt a wave of emotion seeing her brother so protective. "It's okay, I'm back now. Let's just forget about what happened and foc

"Hey, didn't you just open a hot springs resort in Westborough? Cecilia seems really tired these days. Maybe you could take her there to chill out?""Sure." Franklin said yes right away, then added, "And since Cecilia's studying design, she could check out the plans for the next part of the resort I want to build."Cecilia did not really want to go to the hot springs at first, but she got interested when she heard about the design plans and nodded. "Yeah, I'm not working on anything else right now."They hopped into Franklin's car and zoomed off to the hot spring resort.When they got there, Cecilia followed the staff inside. The place felt oddly familiar. She walked a bit further and saw the whole area, then gasped. "Wait, this design… Isn't this the one I sketched just for fun? You actually made it happen?"Franklin smiled with a playful lift of his eyebrows. "That's no random sketch! It's your very first design showcase! Remember how I promised you a guild hall built following

Cecilia could not believe those words were coming from Jeff. He was accusing her!She took a deep breath, looked up, and stepped forward. "I'm sorry, but you're the one who hurt our relationship, not me. And you're the one who's been unfaithful, not me. Actually, it's more than that now, isn't it? You have a child, right? Then be a good father and stay out of my life."With that, Cecilia grabbed her damp clothes, turned, and walked over to Franklin. "Frank, let's go."Franklin's eyebrows lifted slightly, and he could not help but smile, a smile that seemed impossible to hold back.He wrapped his arm around Cecilia's shoulder, giving Jeff a challenging look."Okay, Cecilia, we're leaving."They walked toward the elevator together.Jeff was seething with anger. He shouted out a threat, "Cecilia, if you dare to leave with him today, I'll never—"The elevator doors opened, and Cecilia did not even wait to hear the rest of his angry words. She stepped inside quickly.Back in the ha

In the past, Cecilia might have melted a little if Jeff apologized like that, all full of regret. However, now, she did not feel a thing.She gently pulled away from Jeff's hold and looked at him."If you're really sorry, then please leave me alone. I don't want to be connected to you in any way."With that, she turned and kept dragging her bag toward the trash can.Jeff rushed to stop her, but in the struggle, he accidentally knocked the bag over, and everything spilled out onto the ground.He paused, recognizing the items before him. He picked one up, surprised."Isn't this the matching mug we bought together? Mine broke, but you still have yours? I knew it, Cecilia... I knew you couldn't let go of all the years we shared!"He grew more excited as he spoke, picking up other items from the ground."This is the sketch I made for you. It's so bad, but you kept it! We had such good times! And this scarf, you knitted it for me... Cecilia, you have regrets too, right? Seeing these

The ambulance came quickly.Jeff scooped up Yvonne and rushed her into the ambulance, his eyes filled with worry. All the while, he never once checked on Cecilia's injuries.Cecilia did not bother to fight for the ambulance. She leaned against the wall, dialed her brother's number, and told him she needed a ride to the hospital. However, to her surprise, it was not her brother who showed up ten minutes later but Franklin. "Cecilia, what happened to you? Why didn’t you call for an ambulance?" he asked, worry creasing his forehead. Before she could answer, Franklin had scooped her up and gently placed her in his car. He drove off, racing towards the hospital. Cecilia kept it simple, saying she tripped on a step. After a moment, she asked, "Wasn't it my brother I called? How come you're here?" "Your brother was tied up with some event and said he'd be late, so he rang me. I was close by, so I came right away," Franklin explained, quickly taking off his jacket and handing it to h