“Nicholas Thompson!”Zephyr’s gaze was dark. He exuded an oppressive vibe as well.“Are you courting death?”“Hah, looks like you’re afraid?”Zephyr abruptly raised a hand to choke Nicholas’ throat.The latter was shocked upon feeling the pressure on his throat increasing. His breathing became labored.“You…”Zephyr narrowed his eyes. The viciousness in his actions was no weaker than the gangsters Nicholas had met.Nicholas barely raised his hand to grab Zephyr’s wrist… when the door opened, and Cordelia came in to be greeted by the scene.“Honey!” She was astonished and ran to grab his arm. “What are you doing?”Zephyr regained his cool and slowly unclenched his choke to toss Nicholas aside.Nicholas coughed but dared not go too hard for fear that his wound would open up again. As he coughed, he glared at Zephyr.Cordelia was only concerned for her husband and entirely ignored the patient in bed.“Darling, are you alright?”“Hah, what could happen to him?” Nicholas gnash
Cordelia kept the corners of her lips down, wincing. Before she could think of what to say, Zephyr stepped out with a scowl.“I’ll take care of you.”Nicholas was horrified. “N-No, I don’t mean you—”“It’s only me aside from Cordelia.”Nicholas said after a moment, “Bro, you can just get Ian here.”“Ian’s injured too. I sent him back to rest after he was bandaged.”Nicholas was rendered speechless.“It’s okay.” Zephyr wore a slight smirk. “I can take good care of you.”Nicholas scowled while Cordelia secretly giggled with a hand over her mouth. She passed the take-out box to Zephyr as she spoke with a tinkling voice. “I’ll go back to the cafe first, darling. I’ll send you both dinner when I’m done. Stay here and take good care of Mr. Thompson!”Zephyr smiled. Both of them grinned at each other after exchanging a look.Nicholas leaned against the bed with his back against the frame. This was the first time he realized that husband and wife really did act like each other when t
As the tall and gorgeous figure greeted Nicholas’ sight, he could not help gripping the handle of his wheelchair tighter.“Why did you bring her here?”Zephyr looked indifferent. “You were the one saying to explain misunderstandings as soon as possible and not to stall it.”“It was you I was talking about!” Nicholas glared at him.Zephyr wore a faint smile and waved his hand at Cordelia.Linda’s steps were heavy as she slowly went to Nicholas. The closer they were, the clearer their past was in their minds.Nicholas turned his back away slightly with a cold expression. The moment he bowed down to hold the wheelchair, however, his big movement revealed his necklace from his hospital gown.Linda’s breath bated. There was a necklace exactly the same on her neck.To be fair, it was not a necklace. It was a regular chain with a ring on it. The ring was not worth much, and the chain was not made of a decent material. It was already oxidized at this point.Linda remembered that it
Linda hated that Nicholas pretended to be cold and aloof, hated that he did not explain a thing, and hated that he could love her in so many ways, yet he chose the stupidest one!Nicholas jolted, and his wound hurt at that moment. He had stayed too long under the strong sun and felt rather weak. He paled further, and large beads of sweat rolled off his forehead.Zephyr instantly went to check on him. Nicholas’ wound had probably opened up as blood seeped from the gauze. Cordelia ran to get the nurse.Linda crouched down before him nervously and held his hand. “Nicholas… how are you feeling? Is… Is it serious?”A knife wound was actually nothing to Nicholas. He had already been shot countless times. He was pained by what Linda said and her gaze when she looked at him. He was pained because he did not know how to defend himself and how to get her forgiveness. He did not know if they could still return to how they were in the past.“Nicholas!” Linda cried harder, thinking he was in a
Soon, Cordelia came back from buying the supplies and smiled when she saw Linda taking good care of Nicholas. She talked to the girl for a bit and left with Zephyr.On the way home, she chit-chatted nonstop like a little pigeon, feeling a weight was lifted off her shoulders. Although Linda did not end up together with Seth as she had expected, she would support her as long as she made her choice!Cordelia said with a sweet smile, “Darling, I think you and Nicholas will keep meeting in the future. You both should let bygones be bygones and try getting along!”“Mm.” There were no bygones in truth.Zephyr looked at her with a complicated gaze and suddenly stopped walking. She looked like she was in a great mood now, so she would most probably be able to accept it if he broke the news… Where should he start, though?Zephyr took a deep breath and met Cordelia’s clear eyes.“Darling, what’s wrong?”Zephyr hesitated and slowly said, “I have something to tell you.”Cordelia was beaming
Cordelia was worried about Linda staying in the hospital alone. When she visited, she saw the latter feeding Nicholas.The girl who had always been carefree and casual about people and things blew on each spoonful of soup carefully, afraid that it would burn Nicholas. As for the man on the bed who looked like he could not take care of himself, who would have thought that he was up and active in physiotherapy just two days ago?Cordelia chuckled and suddenly thought of her husband.The man was unfriendly to outsiders, only steps away from writing “Approach with caution” on his face. However, he was glued to her once he saw her and could not be driven away. He would go darling this and honey that, that the birds on the trees were less noisy than him.“You’re here.” A familiar voice came from behind her.Cordelia turned back to see Seth walking over. He glanced at the hospital ward, and his expression dimmed for a moment. It was only briefly before a warm smile was back on his face
Cordelia was even more surprised. “Why are you taking our marriage certificates!?”Zephyr felt his throat tighten, and his lips grew dry. He did not know how to explain it.While Cordelia had been away, he had found the marriage certificates, and as expected, it was Marcus Grist’s name on them. Back when Cordelia got married on behalf of Yelena, the Jenners had pulled some strings and registered the marriage with Marcus’ ID directly.If he had known that he would fall so deep for Cordelia now, he would have gone to the registration personally, no matter what.Frederic had told him that it was not too late to change the name now. It was just a little more troublesome.In spite of it, Cordelia caught him when he had just wanted to take the certificates with him.“Darling, what’s the matter?” Cordelia was vaguely disconcerted seeing the man in a daze.“You… made a mess of our home just to find the marriage certificates? Why do you need them?”Zephyr forced a smile and uttered some
“Just in case!”Cordelia stroked her belly and smiled at him, gentle and determined.“If we do have a child, we have to plan for them. But I want to buy this insurance for you…”Her heart and eyes were filled with him as she held his hand.“Honey… this is the first time I got pregnant. I’m honestly quite nervous. I went through a lot of information these two days, and I’m afraid if something happens like what the forums say—”“Nonsense!” Zephyr glowered and glared at her sternly. “Stop imagining things. Nothing will happen to you!”“Calm down!” Cordelia snuggled against him. “I’m just saying in case something happens. Remember to claim the insurance.”“Nothing will happen! No in case!” Zephyr could not help growling. His dark glower scared even Cordelia.She stared at him in a trance, her heart thumping.Zephyr moved swiftly, tearing both insurance forms into shreds right away.The world quieted down instantly as if they had gone into a vacuum.The fierce sense of aggression