Zephyr did not say anything. He had wanted to shoulder this alone, but when he thought about how he had almost lost her because he had said nothing, he decided he was not going to be a fool twice.He smiled and hugged her lightly. “I was informed that William Jenner’s currently in Centrolis.”The person in his arms clearly went stiff. Zephyr hugged her tighter.“Jenner’s company has gone bankrupt, and Yelena has become Yale’s plaything…” he explained to her. “William Jenner’s in desperate need of money. It’s well within reason that he’s in Centrolis to rely on his daughter.”“He isn’t just depending on his daughter.” Cordelia’s voice was calm. “I don’t think he’ll let me go.”Zephyr ran his hand through her long hair. He could not help smiling as he looked at her soft but resolute face.He remembered that he had assumed she must have a soft and weak character when they had first met, but she had turned out to be much tougher than he had imagined.That was why he did not shy away
The old man had seemed to be proud and arrogant in the past. Since when had he become so submissive?“Grandpa.” Cordelia pushed the urge to laugh down and held her husband’s hand gently under the table. “I actually feel like having sushi too. And unagi-don!”“Oh…” Liam gave it some thought and shot Clark a look.Clark nodded. The Ilbon chef perked up and stood straight, taking a deep bow before answering sonorously, “Hai!”He then went to the kitchen to prepare the food.Zephyr looked like he was in despair as he slowly exhaled.The manor felt oppressive. He might as well refuse to eat the next time he came back. His grandfather would not just watch the heir he had personally trained starve, right? His wife would feel bad for him too and might treat him better—maybe increase his allowance and give him back the black card…He decided then and there to do it!Zephyr beamed and enjoyed the sashimi in front of him.“Mr. Zephyr.” Clark came in with a document. “These are the sponso
Zephyr knew that unless Rowan admitted this to Cordelia or Xyla told her personally, it would feel entirely different if the girl were to find out from someone else.Liam coughed with a frown. Then, the servants served Blossom Mandarin, one portion per person, placing it gently beside them.“Cordelia.” Liam was quick to change the topic. “Try this!”Cordelia snapped back to her senses and nodded with a smile.She recalled back when she had not known about Zephyr’s identity yet and he had taken her on a honeymoon to the hot spring hotel. It had been spring, and the mountain by the hot spring had been blooming with peach blossoms. It had felt like paradise.Back then, the signature dish of the hot spring hotel had been Blossom Mandarin. She had picked the fish eye and given it to Zephyr.She did the same now. The most precious things were meant for the most precious people.There was unnoticeable envy on Liam’s jaded face when he saw it. After some time, he muttered softly, “You
Zephyr had his guesses. However, he dared not tell Cordelia without solid evidence.“Don’t worry. I’m here.” He comforted her while holding her. They left.She was still upset when they arrived at Royal Manor in the evening. Yelena’s devastating screams echoed in her ears.“Don’t worry, wifey.” Zephyr served her a bowl of soup that Aunt Helen had cooked earlier. “I actually think this is good.”“What?”“She is clearly on drugs to be behaving like that,” Zephyr said in his deep voice. “Perhaps we can use this to find out what Yale is secretly doing.”Cordelia was stunned. It made sense. Now that Yelena was completely under Yale’s control, even if she was really on drugs, it was Yale who gave them to her.She recalled that Yale had invited her to the party that time and Yelena had attended instead… She could not help but feel chills running down her spine. She was still traumatized.Now that she thought about it, it was Yelena who had taken the fall for her.However, even though
Josiah was serious. “Even if I get married, Kelly won't do this to me!”He took out a bank card as he spoke. It was a bank from Sweltzar.Fredric recognized the card. Many billionaires kept their money in this bank, and not many people in Centrolis could afford this card.“Kelly gave this to me.” Josiah was over the moon. “We have our money in there. She said she’ll save some money into the account every month, and I’ll do the same too. I’ll manage it. In the future—”Before he was done speaking, Nicholas screamed, “Zen, he has money!”Josiah was startled and looked at him blankly.Nicholas was jealous. He rubbed his palms, ready to charge.Zephyr hated that people were richer than he was now, even if it was someone that he had grown up with.He added oil to the fire. “Why are you still standing there when you found out he has money? It’s unlike your style as a mafia boss!”Nicholas raised his eyebrows. “Then let’s… go?”“Let’s go!”“Ahhhh!”Josiah’s devastating shrieks fil
Josiah frowned and asked worriedly, “Yale trusts you? Why? He knows that you’re friends with Z…”“Because he thinks highly of himself!” Nicholas slapped his head. “Don’t you forget that I used to work with Yale! That fella is arrogant. He thinks everyone in the world is an idiot, and he’s the only smart one!“He thought he could use Michelle to convince Fredric. He must be thinking that he’s smart to be doing that!“It’s easy to handle such a person!”Zephyr nodded while smiling. “That’s right. If he had half of Second Uncle’s wisdom, he wouldn’t end up like this.”Fredric frowned. “Z, since William is going to steal the set of medicinal formulas, shouldn’t you replace it with a fake one to deceive him?”“No need.” Zephyr grinned. “Just ‘work together’ with him. Someone will deal with him by then!”…Cordelia was resting at home.Her back was aching from checking the accounts until midnight the night before. If Zephyr had not begged her to sleep, she might have been working un
Cordelia took pictures of each medicinal formula and locked the box. She rushed to the University of Centrolis.At present, classes were in progress, and students could be seen walking by occasionally.Cordelia only found the medical department after asking around. The students told her that Carter would usually be at the lab when he did not have classes. They asked her to try her luck there.She headed to the lab after thanking them. As expected, he was there.As Cordelia was about to call out to him, she suddenly noticed another familiar figure––Rowan.She was stunned.There was a big meridian diagram hanging in front of them. Rowan was explaining to Carter.One was explaining while the other was listening in all seriousness. They had the same expressions. From far away, they looked like they came from the same mold.Cordelia’s heart skipped a beat. It was as if an invisible hand was choking her. She could not breathe, nor could she speak.Carter noticed her at that moment.
Cordelia paused and said flatly, “Nothing.”Rowan thought it was strange. He wanted to ask more but dared not. He could only secretly look at his daughter.However, she seemed like she was really okay.He pursed his lips and chuckled. “Oh, that’s great… It’s noon, so why don’t I take you guys to lunch? Then I can talk more with Carter. Hehe…“What would you guys like to eat?” He looked at Cordelia in a fawning manner. “You’ll pick, Cordelia!”“No.” Cordelia paused and lifted her eyes to look at him. “I’m going to look for Zephyr. He left home early in the morning. I haven’t seen him today.”“What?” Rowan’s expression changed. “Did he not return home?”“No,” Cordelia said softly. “He just left early.”“Ah, I’m sure he wouldn’t dare not to come home!” Rowan was confident. “Cordelia, tell me if he doesn’t come home. I’ll…”Cordelia stared into his eyes, and her voice was soft as each word struck his heart like a stone. “Mr. Irwin, aren’t you being a little too nosy?”Rowan was s