It was Cordelia’s off day today. Even though it was her rest day, she was still busy. Proposals and reports surged into her email like a wave. Her phone and laptop were never free since early in the morning.Helen brought her breakfast that had been heated up for the third time.“Ms. Cordelia, have breakfast first!” Helen was anxious. “It’s already 9:00 a.m. It might as well be lunch if you keep delaying it!”Cordelia’s eyes were on the screen as she replied in passing, “Mm… I know. Leave it here first. I still have a few words in the agreement to edit…”“You said the same the last time I brought it up!”Helen pouted and passed the congee to her, standing in front of her.“Mr. Zephyr told me personally to watch you finish it this time!”“Huh?” It took Cordelia a while to tear her gaze off the screen. “Zephyr… isn’t home?”“No!” Helen smiled. “He told you when he left. He had an emergency in the office, so he had to go and take care of it!”“Oh, I forgot…”“You didn’t forget.
Cordelia paused, not expecting Phil to make such a request, but she did not know how to answer him. After all, the young man was Zennie’s whole world right now. She could not bear to embarrass the girl.Cordelia replied with a smile, “Mr. Nelson, which paintings do you like? I’ll gift them to you. You can take them home and admire them, and you won’t have to take photos around somebody’s home, right?”A dark gleam flashed across Phil’s eyes. He smirked and scanned Cordelia with a slightly complex look.What she had said was significant. It sounded friendly and polite, but she emphasized the words “somebody’s home”. Anyone with a brain could understand what she implied.Phil looked up and met Cordelia’s eyes. The woman was not as weak as he had imagined. Her big eyes were willful and authoritative. The presence she emitted was the same as Zephyr’s.He considered it and kept his phone, answering with a smile. “No need. Thank you, Ms. Cordelia. Mr. Zephyr probably likes these paintin
“She makes really good soups too,” said Cordelia.“You’re too kind, Ms. Cordelia!” Helen placed the pot on the table mat. She was close to Phil. She peeped at him and continued to speak while smiling. “Okay, all of the dishes are served! Oh, right, I see that young people love taking pictures before they eat! That’s a trend, right? Aren’t you going to take pictures, miss?”“Oh, yes!” Zennie responded immediately. “The food you cooked looks really good, Aunt Helen. Of course we’ll have to take photos!”“Hey, Phil!” Helen pushed him. “Don’t let her do it on her own. Take photos of her!”Phil’s expression changed. He snapped his head up.Helen was scared by the fierceness that flashed through his eyes. She instinctively stepped back.However, it only lasted for a second.When she returned to her senses, Phil went back to the young man who always had a smile on his face again.“I’m sorry, my phone is laggy…”“Really?” Cordelia smiled. “It didn’t seem laggy when you were taking pic
Helen came to a realization after hearing what Cordelia said. She looked at her with surprise.Cordelia went on to speculate. “Did you notice that Phil would look at Zennie before saying and doing anything? Then she was the one who would speak to us.”“It seems…” Helen recalled. “He looked at Ms. Hamerton when he took out his phone. She had a change of expression and said that he did not have to use his phone in a panic.”“What do you think she was feeling?”“It was… fear?” Helen could not tell.Cordelia’s heart squeezed. She felt the same.Zennie seemed to be scared of Phil.Perhaps this proved one thing—he was actually controlling her!Helen’s expression suddenly changed.“Oh my, Ms. Cordelia. Should we tell Mrs. Hamerton right away?”Cordelia bit her lip and nodded in all seriousness after thinking for a little bit.However, she did not know how to say it, insinuate it, or how to get Kate to have her guard up against Phil. Everything was so hard.It would be inappropriat
When Cordelia rushed to the hospital, she saw Zephyr and Kate waiting at the emergency room’s entrance.“How’s she?” she asked with concern.He pulled her aside and whispered, “We don’t know the exact situation. When I got the call from DL’s manager, they said she fainted at the shopping mall and rolled from the stairs.”Cordelia felt a squeeze in her heart.“Why was she at the shopping mall?” she asked.Zephyr was stunned. He did not think too much about it. “Isn’t it normal for a young lady to go shopping sometimes? Moreover, she’s DL’s VIP. She’s a frequent customer there.”“I mean…” Cordelia hesitated and frowned.She was not sure whether Zennie passing out had anything to do with Phil, but that indeed happened after they left Royal Manor.“What’s wrong, Cordelia?”“There’s something that I want to tell you.” She pursed her lips with a complicated look in her eyes. “We better find somewhere there’s only the two of us. Don’t let Aunt Cloud know about this yet—”Before she
And now Cordelia said she would take good care of him.Zephyr used to think that his life was unfair, that he had been living in the shadow of cunning affairs, making him think that he would be poisoned and assassinated anytime since he was 3 years old. He had his guard up against the world.He could not see the good in people. There was a barrier around his heart, and he could no longer experience the wonder of the world.However, he came to a realization after meeting Cordelia. ‘It turns out that what the world takes away from you will give back in another way.’Zephyr had also realized that he was quite talented in pretending to be weak in her presence since meeting her…He smiled and pinched her cheeks softly.However, he heard footsteps coming from the other side of the corridor at the moment.Cordelia’s heart squeezed when she saw who that slender man was.“Phil?”Zephyr was stunned too. He had his guard up as his eyes turned cold. “Why are you here?”“Mr. Hamerton, Ms.
Zephyr paused.“I’ll stay here no matter what it takes,” he answered without any hesitation.Cordelia smiled. She had long expected this answer because this was the reflection of one’s deep love for another. If Zephyr was hurt, she would also stay outside the hospital ward no matter what it took.In spite of it, Phil just left after his moving confession—like everything just now was just a show.Zephyr’s heart squeezed. The moment he met Cordelia’s eyes, he understood it.“I knew it. Phil Nelson isn’t reliable!” he said angrily. “Zennie will suffer if she continues falling like this!”“Calm down first.” Cordelia comforted him softly. “It seems like Aunt Cloud doesn’t know about their relationship yet?”“She won’t ask too much even if she does,” Zephyr answered with a dark expression. “She’s an advocate for free love and hates that her child will become a sacrifice for the family's interests.“But Phil and Zennie are worlds apart. They won’t be fruitful.”Cordelia bit her lips.
Cordelia paid it no mind and was about to keep her phone back in her pocket when she received another anonymous text.[I miss you so much.]Her heart dropped, and a bad feeling crept over it like vines.She stood rooted for some time with a blank mind before she took a deep breath. Her throat felt like it was closing up on its own, and it was awful.‘Like the previous one, it’s probably sent wrongly,’ she said to herself.She kept her phone but felt chills run down her spine. She hurried home, pulling her jacket closer to herself.At the top floor of the Hamerton Group…Zephyr stood before the floor-to-ceiling window and overlooked the bustling streets down the building. His brows were knitted together as an icy glint flashed in his eyes.“Sir.” Robert came in with a knock on the door to report. “Dr. Stafford’s accommodation is prepared, and he reported at the medical center today.”Zephyr hummed softly in response.“Dr. Stafford’s a surgeon, but he’s done research in psychia