“I didn’t say that I agree!”Xyla looked at her daughter and smiled when she caught the slight disappointment in her expression.Even when she could not see Rowan again in this lifetime, having the pair of children she had was the most precious gift the man had given her.“I know that you’re doing this for my sake,” Xyla said gently, “But I really don’t want to look for someone else. How William Jenner treated me in the past… It’s still fresh in my head.”Cordelia hung her head in silence.“But the man you mentioned, he’s not as bad as William Jenner, right?”“Huh?” Cordelia jolted. “No, of course not! He’s super nice!”“Treating the sick and saving those in need is benevolent.” Xyla smiled. “I don’t agree to another marriage, but meeting him and having an acquaintance is fine.”“Really?” Cordelia’s eyes lit up. She hugged her mother.The sun traced a gentle outline of gold around the mother and daughter cuddling together. Ginger meowed and stretched with a squint.Everything
Although Xyla had no intention of getting married again, Cordelia still thought that it was hopeful because of her willingness for an acquaintance.Therefore, she had been thinking of ways to pull the two together these days. Ultimately, the best method seemed to be the most old-school as well—that was to come out and meet.Cordelia first called Rowan and vaguely expressed that she would like to sit down somewhere with him for a chat and explicitly asked him to bring the Siamese cat along.When Rowan hung up, he felt a buzz in his ears and was delightfully surprised.“Charlie, I didn’t mishear, did I?” he repeatedly confirmed in disbelief. “Cordelia wants to… She wants to have coffee with me?”Charlie felt like it was a miracle too.Cordelia was gentle and approachable but almost never took the initiative to ask someone out.Charlie frowned and suddenly caught a detail.“Mr. Irwin, Cordelia asked that you bring the Siamese cat along!”“Hmm, so?”“You forgot? She had a tabby w
Rowan quietly watched the mother and daughter as his vision blurred. He fell in a daze, and the crate in his hands fell to the ground. The small Siamese cat meowed helplessly and began to claw at the crate door.A strong arm held onto him then.Startled, Rowan turned to meet Zephyr’s complicated gaze.“You…”Zephyr picked the crate up. “Mr. Irwin, are you not going in?”Rowan’s eyes were still red. It took him a few deep breaths to calm his emotions down.Zephyr sympathized with him for some reason. He had not thought it was a good idea when Cordelia was making arrangements for this, but he could not bear to interrupt her, seeing how excited she was.He was afraid of something undesirable happening today when Rowan and Xyla met, so he had stayed there to keep an eye out.When he saw the old geezer’s shocked and regretful look, he felt a mix of feelings.After he survived the plane crash, Rowan had sent him specialized medicine to treat him. The older man had said he was not ge
“Oh…” Cordelia was rather disappointed.“Mr. Irwin said next time.” Zephyr decided for his father-in-law. “He’ll definitely come and share his thoughts about keeping cats as pets with mom when he’s ready.”“Alright.” Cordelia pouted and pulled out her phone, talking to herself in puzzlement, “Even if Uncle Irwin’s not coming, he should’ve texted me…”“Maybe he forgot it when he got busy, with old age and all.”Zephyr suddenly pulled Cordelia into his arms and rubbed her head.Cordelia could feel the man’s passion, but this was a public space, so she punched him in embarrassment.“Let go of me…”“Cordelia.”“What?”Zephyr felt a squeeze in his heart.He thought of how she walked on the muddy road in the white wedding dress despite the storm, how she was timid and cautious back when they were in the rundown house, how she agreed to marry in place of Yelena to gather enough money for her mother’s medical fees, how she wanted to sell his heirloom jewelry when she failed to ask fo
Cordelia immediately related it to a name list that Janine had passed to her not too long ago. It was a list of Imperial Media’s artists who had potential but had yet to get famous. They were hopeful, though.Cordelia smiled. This celebrity talent show was most probably prepared for these artists.“Alright, I understand.” Cordelia looked at Mr. Smith. “But I have something to ask.”“Go on, Ms. Cordelia!”“Why would Madam Baker work with someone like this?” Cordelia frowned.Mr. Smith explained with a chuckle, “It’s not that Madam Baker wants to work with him. It’s the market’s choice. We’re investing in a big production this time and hope to win internationally. We’re bound to use a director who’s globally recognized.“Chad’s films are pretty low-class, but same thing… He got lucky somehow and won the award. It’s been a smooth sail for him from then on.“And he is sort of talented in filming angles. Even Ms. Trinity Lulham has openly praised him before.”“Oh…” Cordelia nodded,
The meeting came to an end very soon.Cordelia took a deep breath and suddenly felt a strange gaze following her. She looked around and met Chad’s smirking gaze.She was instantly unnerved.Chad smiled at her. Out of courtesy, she forced a smile back and left hurriedly with her documents.“Cordelia Jenner…” Chad sat on the chair as he watched her leave, looking like he did not have enough of it.As expected of Imperial Media, it was really a place of talented individuals. The female celebrities were gorgeous in their own way, but none was as captivating as Cordelia was to Chad.He had been shooting for so many years, so he had seen plenty of beautiful women, but he had never come across someone like Cordelia, who had delicate features and a faint distant sense to her.She was cold and elegant when she did not smile, yet she felt like the gentle winter sun when she did.Chad also found her name incredibly familiar.After asking around, he discovered that she was also from Janga
Chad sent William the photo he had secretly taken of Cordelia in the meeting.It was unclear, but William could still tell it was her. He did not expect Cordelia to have risen from her lowly status and grown into the elegant beauty she was now.Blood rushed up to his head in a fit of rage as he shakily swiped the photo away.“It’s your daughter, right? Hah, I told you I wouldn’t recognize her wrong!”“Oh.” William’s tone was indifferent. “Why are you asking about her?”“Nothing, just asking out of concern!”“Hah!” William knew well how loaded the word “concern” was.“She’s married already. I have no idea how she’s been doing recently!”“What?” Chad frowned. “So young… and married already? To whom?”William gnashed his teeth. “An ex-inmate!”Chad was even more shocked at the revelation that he went speechless, only snapping out of it when the call was hung up on him.He carefully recalled the times he spent socializing with William and thought he seemed to have heard the latt
Chad suddenly felt chills on his back. When he looked around, there was nothing. The spacious recording studio was orderly and functioning as usual.He took a deep breath. He was most probably frightened by Zephyr’s gaze just now.In a room nearby, however…“This low-life?” Nicholas crossed his leg, resting against the lambskin couch. He had drunk half of the whisky in his hand, and there was a smirk on his lips.Zephyr looked at him. “You know him?”“Chad Green, right?” Nicholas smiled. “I heard the others mention him before back in Jangasas.”Zephyr asked, “What kind of person is he?”“What saint could someone who shoots those kinds of films be?” Nicholas cracked a grin. “It’s said that he often tricks university girls with his identity as a director. Many art students got tricked and were cheated financially and sexually.“After what happened, those girls dared not report to the police due to societal pressure and could only swallow their grievances.”“F*ck!” Josiah yelled,