Zephyr stopped walking, his back tall and aloof. He snapped his head around to stare at Nelly with a smirk. His icy gaze was mocking.“Marriage?“Ms. Tanner, when did we have a marriage agreement?”Nelly’s heart thumped as she widened her eyes.“From my understanding, a marriage agreement exists on the basis of mutual willingness. It’s a pity. I don’t think we’re equipped with that condition!”“Zephyr, you—”“I think it’s better that you address me as Mr. Hamerton.” Zephyr sneered. “Ms. Tanner, we aren’t so familiar with each other that we can call each other by names!”He swiveled directly after speaking and left Nelly alone, stunned. His back eventually vanished from her sight. Nelly gnashed her teeth and calmed herself down before she entered the study.Liam did not look good either.Nelly saw the shattered tea set on the floor and the dragon-headed cane that lay on the side. Just looking at these was enough for her to know how heated the argument was between the grandfat
The other end of the line went silent for a bit before the girl’s soft voice was heard.“I love you too.”Cordelia’s heart thumped. Her cheeks felt like they were burning. She quickly hung up after what she said. Holding her phone in a daze, she giggled after a while.Both of them had never officially said things like “I love you” despite being married for so long.Cordelia stretched. She felt like she was on cloud nine. That man was definitely going to be in her dream again tonight.Zephyr was going to ask Robert to pick him up after he ended the call, but he heard someone behind him.“Is that Ms. Jenner?”Alarmed, he turned around abruptly with an icy gaze.“Why are you still here!?”“Zephyr…” Nelly paused and backtracked. “Mr. Hamerton, you and Ms. Jenner aren’t going to work out in the long term…”Zephyr snarled, “What’s between her and I have nothing to do with you!”“But it does with the Hamertons.”“You aren’t a Hamerton. Why worry so much?”Nelly trembled. Jealousy
“Miss, what’s the matter?” Her servant from the Tanners rushed over.Upon seeing how awful Nelly’s expression was, the servant could guess it and draped the coat over her, consoling her softly, “Miss, don’t worry. As long as Elder Mr. Hamerton doesn’t allow it, Mr. Zephyr won’t dare bring that woman back…”“And what am I?!”“Miss, that woman doesn’t seem to have any background. Why don’t we get someone to investigate her?”Nelly recalled Zephyr’s aggressive look just now and hesitated.“Miss, Mr. Zephyr just said that you aren’t allowed to approach that woman. He didn’t say that you aren’t allowed to investigate her!”Nelly squinted. That was right. She could only find out Cordelia’s weakness when she knew her enemy. Only then would she know what to do!Back in Jangasas…Cordelia was busy in the kitchen after bringing her mother home.Carter had cleaning and unpacking duty, and he swiftly got the bedroom ready. It was just that when he saw the box sitting in the corner, his cu
Cordelia looked at her in confusion but closed the door as instructed.As Xyla sat on the chair, her gaze was fixed somewhere outside the window without any focus. Her expression was heavy and sorrowful.“Mom…” Cordelia crouched down in front of her.“Cordelia.” Xyla snapped out of her trance after some time and slowly turned to the box in the corner. “Bring that over.”Cordelia was stunned, and her heart drummed anxiously.She did what she was told. The wooden box was not heavy, and she could lift it with a hand. The carving on it was intricate and discreet, looking unique.When Cordelia was young, she was curious about the box too, but Xyla had forbidden her from touching it, so she suppressed that curiosity.This was actually her first time being this close to the box.There was a vintage copper lock on the box that could barely be seen nowadays.Xyla sounded a little aggrieved. “Cordelia, I’m not a good mother. I’ve been a burden to you. I wasn’t even able to witness you g
This meant that there would be one more person in the bedroom.Zephyr walked over quietly and opened the bedroom door. As expected, Linda and Cordelia were sleeping inside.He chuckled soundlessly. It seemed that his little girl was afraid to be alone and asked her best friend to keep her company, while Nicholas followed shamelessly since he was worried about Linda.Zephyr put down his luggage softly and carefully padded to Cordelia.Their bed was spacious. Cordelia slept with her back against Linda, and there was still some space between them. Cordelia hugged a pillow—the one that Zephyr usually used.Zephyr raised his brows and tucked the girl in gently with a smile.It was then Linda turned around and rubbed her eyes, astonished to see someone standing beside Cordelia through the dim lighting.“Ah!” Linda screamed with her hair standing on end.She patted Cordelia awake quickly before she darted toward Zephyr.“Thief! Robber!“Nicholas! Come in!”Before Zephyr could rea
Cordelia’s face paled. She lifted his T-shirt immediately to check the wound.As expected, there was an obvious mark on his back.“It’s red!” She rubbed it, feeling heartbroken. She then turned around to look at Linda.“Look, Linda! Nicholas kicked him!”Never had Nicholas thought his darling, who had been showing off their love with him earlier, was glaring at him like she was a different person now.“Hey, why did you do that!?”Nicholas looked innocent, “Linda, aren’t you going to side with me?”“Side with you?” She grabbed Cordelia’s shoulder. “My Cordelia is upset now! Go, go buy ointment for Marcus!”Nicholas widened his eyes.‘My Cordelia?‘She was calling me baby just now!‘Is she saying that her friend is more important than her man!?‘So love fades, is it…’Nicholas stood where he was. He snapped his eyes up, locking eyes with Zephyr, who looked proud.“Can I trouble Mr. Thompson to buy ointment for me?”…At 6:00 a.m., Nicholas bought ointment and even breakfa
As she expected, William did not sign the share return documents. Instead, he set them aside.Subsequently, he looked at her with complicated emotions in his eyes.Cordelia was clueless. She had no idea what he was going to do and say next.The office fell into an awkward silence. William only lifted his head a long time later, asking her with his rather husky voice. “Are you so eager to cut ties with me?”She pursed her lips and said nothing.“Is your mom discharged from the hospital?” His stare was piercing. “Did she tell you that?”“No,” Cordelia said softly. “I found out about it by chance that we’re not related by blood.“So I’m returning these to you today…”Her palms were sweating. She secretly checked out William’s expression.He sat up straight and asked. “Why are you doing this?”“Because I’m not a Jenner,” she answered. “These don’t belong to me.”“Cordelia, you’ve been calling me dad for so many years. I’ve been treating you as my own.”‘Hah, have you?’ Cordelia
The loud thud gave a squeeze to Cordelia’s heart. She snapped her head up and happened to see William’s cold stare and a subtle smile at the corner of his lips.After leaving the office, Yelena pulled her from behind before she could get out of the building.“Stop!”She turned her head, and Yelena’s slap came to her face!Fortunately, she had come prepared. She dodged swiftly, and Yelena missed. As she was attempting to slap her again, Cordelia grabbed her wrist tight!Yelena’s stare was vicious, but Cordelia did not want to give in at all. She shook her off.The share return documents were scattered on the floor. The blank part where William was supposed to sign seemed extra ironic now.Yelena screamed as if she had gone mad.At that moment, Cordelia had a complicated feeling.She thought about it from a different angle. If she and Carter had the same father and different mother, she had been despising him since young, had tried everything to put him in trouble, and eventuall