“It’s fine, Aunt Tanner.” Zephyr kept his respect for an elder. “Grandpa brought you and uncle up just the day before yesterday and asked me to send his regards.”“Thank him for us.” Mandy nodded. “Elder Mr. Hamerton’s been taking care of the Tanners, and we aren’t ungrateful people… Let us know if there’s anything we can help with, Mr. Zephyr!”“Sure.”Zephyr exchanged pleasantries with her before excusing himself to network with other guests.Nelly trembled. Her hands and feet were icy as rage bottled up in her.Mandy glanced at her in repulse and said coldly, “It’s enough that your father and I are here. You can go home first if you aren’t used to the event.”“Mom!” Nelly was in distress. “Grandpa Hamerton’s agreed to my and Zephyr’s marriage. Why are you still stopping me!?”“Because I still have shame!” Mandy chided sternly.Nelly bit her lips and stayed quiet.Mandy grabbed her arm, yanked her somewhere with fewer people, and glared at her.“Even though we adopted you f
Cordelia stood in the center of the banquet hall dressed in a long, cream-yellow, light chiffon dress. She looked graceful and gorgeous, like a fairy fallen to earth.Everyone’s attention was attracted to her.The host was dumbstruck for a moment before he recomposed himself and took a cue card from his assistant. He coughed and began to introduce Cordelia with a grin.“Everyone, you must’ve guessed it.” The host’s voice was sonorous. “This is Ms. Cordelia Jenner. Not only is she the big boss behind the western suburbs’ project, but she’s also the CEO of three listed companies!”That instant, the guests in the hall seemed frozen, and the whole world felt like it was sucked into a vacuum. There was not a sound or a movement.After a few seconds of silence, applause erupted in the hall.Cordelia wore a light smile as she raked her eyes across the guests and paused on Nelly. Zephyr held her hand tightly and exchanged a smile with her.All the light in the world paled next to her at
“This is my first time being a boss,” Cordelia said softly. “Please forgive me if I underperformed!”Zephyr grabbed her shoulders. “There are some partners over there. Let me introduce you to them!”The two of them left while the people around scattered. Nelly was the only one standing there clumsily.Joe and Mandy turned around after taking two steps out. “Why are you standing there? Haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough!?”Nelly felt wronged and vengeful. She followed behind them and walked out of the banquet quickly. …“That’s pretty much what’s happening at the banquet.” Mr. Williams reported to Rowan.The latter stood at the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. He was in his private mansion in Centrolis, which was close to Royal Manor.“Our Cordelia is amazing. She doesn’t need anybody’s help, and she managed to handle that Nelly!” Charlie complimented.Rowan smirked. He could not help but feel proud.Of course she was amazing. Who was her father!?“But…” Rowa
The butler responded respectfully. “Madam Tanner arranged this.”Nelly’s heart jolted.Just when she was going in, she was stopped by the butler. “Madam Tanner is taking care of Ms. Kelly now. She prohibits anyone from going in.”“Not even me?” Nelly pretended to be calm. “Hah, I was the one who took care of her!”“That’s Madam Tanner’s order!” The butler’s eyes and expression were cold. “Please go back, Ms. Nelly!”“You…”Nelly was pissed. She flung her arms and turned around to leave.However, she was panicking inside.Mandy would find out her secrets since she was taking care of Kelly herself… She would be doomed by then.She must think of a plan to muddle through!She was walking back and forth in the courtyard. She was as frantic as an ant on a hot grill.At that moment, her phone vibrated.She was shocked. When she held her head down to look, she saw a message from Mona. She insisted on meeting no matter what.She wanted to ignore her initially. However, she thought
In reality, Nelly could not blame Mona.Nelly had never expected that Janine would be so cunning to be doing something else than she promised. She told the world that she had selected her daughter-in-law, which became a misunderstanding for her.In reality, the daughter-in-law she had selected was Cordelia!Nelly clenched her fists. “It’s that b*tch Cordelia who did this to you!”Mona lifted her eyes to look at her. She was shaking from the rage.“That’s right! It’s all that b*tch’s fault!“But Nelly, I can’t get close to her at all. I can’t even enter Imperial Media’s headquarters anymore… So, how do you suggest I take revenge now?”Nelly fell into silence before speaking again. “If we can’t do anything to her, we’ll hurt the people around her! As long as she's in pain, it’s the same no matter who we harm!”“The people around her?” Mona thought about it. “Didn’t you sabotage her brother? He was accused of cheating on his exams and was almost expelled. In the end—”“Enough!” T
Josiah looked innocent. “Z, what’s wrong?”Fredric read the atmosphere. He was quick to cover Josiah’s mouth. He waved at the attendant to stop him from bringing drinks.Zephyr only calmed down after taking a few deep breaths. He looked at Fredric and signaled him to meet at the lounge.They put on their bathrobes and went to the lounge.“You looking for me, Z?”Zephyr paused. A gleam flashed through his eyes. “There’s something that I’ve been confused about.”“What’s up?”“The stuff that we investigated… Did we miss out on something?”Fredric was not surprised. Instead, it seemed he had been waiting for him to ask that.“You’re suspecting that too, Z?” He said, “I’ve been suspecting that, but I thought I’d only tell you after finding more evidence.”“Robert told me that you found out Matthew bought an expensive insurance policy before the plane accident. The beneficiary clearly stated Rowan.”“Hah, Z, that’s against the air law!”Zephyr’s face was grim. “I spent a few days
“Can you recover all of the data?”“Should be. The repairman said the damages are light. We can recover the data when the circuit is fixed… Z, are you trying to find out how the two men boarded the yacht?”“No,” Zephyr said in a deep voice, “We received a message when we were on the island.”“Message?”“I was trying to recover my signal to contact you.” Zephyr looked at him. “Not long after I sent you the SOS message, I received a message.”Josiah frowned. “What was it about?”The former paused. “Save me.”Josiah was confused.“You bought a total of six yachts. Are the information systems connected? If they are, you’ll get that message on your other yachts too.”Josiah thought for a bit and shook his head.“It was in the beginning, but I changed the setting before the music event, and the information system is no longer connected. B-Because I was waiting for someone’s message that I didn’t want anyone to see.”He licked his lips. “Also, the yacht that was in the accident was
“Yeah, I’ve never heard of it either!” said Frederic, “Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have always told the public that Nelly Tanner’s their only daughter!”“If Kelly was really dead, how could she possibly send me a message to save her?”Josiah stumbled back, not daring to think further. He was never a believer of supernatural talks but not believing in it did not mean that it did not exist.Was it such a coincidence that he had run into one?“Z…” Josiah panicked. “It’s not some kind of unsolved murder, is it? Did Kelly… die a wrongful death?”Zephyr sighed and looked at Josiah again like he had failed him. How could there be something like that in the world? It was ridiculous!“Josiah, come on! When are you going to actually use your brain?!” Zephyr frowned. “You believe what Nelly Tanner says?”Josiah stared with his big, innocent eyes at a loss.“Let me ask you. Do you know how many illegitimate kids the rich all over the world have?”Josiah shook his head numbly.“So we don’t know i