Zephyr rubbed Cordelia’s hair. “No. I’ll stand by your side no matter what you do.”“But…” Cordelia did not finish her sentence but pressed her lips together.“But my wife’s a kind woman.” Zephyr smiled. “She can’t bear for people who love her to be sad, am I right?”Cordelia looked at him in silence.He asked softly, “Honey, do you want to hear what I think?”“Mm!” Cordelia gave a firm nod.“What I think is actually simple.” Zephyr chuckled. “Firstly, let me ask you a question… Who’s the man you love the most?”Cordelia pouted. “Do you even have to ask?”“I want to hear it from you!”Was Zephyr being childish again? Cordelia smiled helplessly and knocked on his head. “It’s you!“Zephyr Hamerton, there’s already a video as proof, and you’re still asking something like this?”“Because this is an important question!” He coughed in feigned profoundness and held her hand. “What I want to say is…“Everything that happened after the plane crash.”Cordelia’s heart clenched. She h
“Mm, yeah.” Zephyr wore a relieved smile.Actually, Xyla and Carter were not too big of a problem. The hardest part for Rowan seemed to see a flicker of hope now.After all, there were over 20 years of estrangement. Things needed to go slow. For whatever it was worth, the first step was already taken, and the day of the reunion would only get closer.Cordelia met his eyes, and both of them smiled. Zephyr led them out with an arm over her shoulder. They could finally have a good meal without any burden now.“Darling, I think you’re right!”“What?”“That old geezer made you all suffer for so many years. It’s time for him to taste his medicine now!”“What are you saying?” The girl glared at him instantly. “Who are you calling an old geezer!?”“Well…” Zephyr said purposely, “That ungrateful old geezer, the pufferfish with spines…”“Hey!” Cordelia tried to smack him with a hop.Despite that, Zephyr was tall like a tree and pulled a small flower like her into his embrace easily. Wi
“Um…” William hesitated. After all, he wanted to get it over with and leave as soon as he could. This was not a place to linger.However, Fredric held him by the shoulders and asked him to sit on the couch. He also retrieved a full set of quality tea from the kitchen.A while later, the tea aroma drifted into the room and smelled reinvigorating.“This is a kind of black tea that the Hamerton Group always purchases. It’s expensive because production isn’t much each year. Other than supplying to the Hamerton Group, only certain royal members get to drink it in the world.”Fredric observed William’s expression in secret. He knew it. Someone who was greedy in nature would not give up on any benefit, even when they were at risk.Just like the tea before them.William contemplated and picked up the teacup in front of him with a smile. While he drank, his eyes flitted around like he was a thief.Fredric scoffed. Birds of a feather seemed to flock together. William was acting like Marcu
“Hah, haha.” Fredric faked a laugh while he wondered if someone like William was considered the lower limit of a human’s low intelligence.Despite that, he had to go along with him. “Yeah, Zephyr will definitely do that. You’ll pocket another large amount by then!”William was triumphant and took another sip of tea.“But… Mr. Jenner, the Jenner Group really shouldn’t be closing down when you’re so good at planning!”William was immediately appalled. “That was a careless mistake!”“But you should have a good sum of money with you!”“You… How did you know?” William put his guard up right away.Fredric had always been a brilliant hunter in collecting evidence. He could make his prey fall into his trap step by step.“Mr. Jenner, with the relationship I share with Mr. Yale, he told me about you long ago. Back when the Irwin heiress, Xyla Irwin, left Southeast Aciatic and went to Jangasas, you purposely took her home, right?”William went stiff upon hearing this and stared at Fredri
“This… This is…” William turned pale and could not even finish a full sentence.He stared at Cordelia and Zephyr like he had seen a ghost, who came out of the room, and nearly slumped down as if life was sucked out of him.He looked at Fredric in horror and asked shakily, “Mr. Constable, w-what’s going on!?”Fredric smiled and pulled the recording pen out of his pocket to pass it to Zephyr. He then turned to William and replied in the tone of a lawyer on duty, “You have the right to remain silent right now. Everything you say will be presented as evidence in court!”William’s eyes nearly fell off.“Well done! You… You worked together to trick me!”“Trick you? Or because you’re too dumb!?” Cordelia stepped up and stared at him coldly.She had nearly failed to hold herself up in the small room when she listened to the filthy and abominable things William had confessed to just now. Zephyr was fortunate to be by her side, and his embrace became her haven. As she hid there, she could
William was on the floor, supporting himself on his hands as he retreated on the cement floor.It took everything within Rowan to hold back his urge to kill him.“W-What do you want?” William’s voice was shaky. “Rowan Irwin… lynching is illegal!”“Lynching?” Rowan snickered. “You’re not worth my effort! Hah, even if I do that, I’m breaking Centrolis’ law, but I’m from Southeast Aciatic!”“You…”“Don’t worry, Mr. Jenner!” Rowan gritted each word through his teeth. “This is not some lynching. On the contrary, I’ve heard that you’ve not been feeling well after going bankrupt and often feel dizzy and have high blood pressure… I’m here specifically to treat you!”As soon as he said that, thin and long silver needles glinted in his hand. Rowan’s eyes were surging with resentment. There was never a moment like now where he hoped to use everything he had learned to kill someone.His hands had cured the injured and saved the dead. They had given countless people hope. At this moment, tho
Letting a person live lucidly in pain for the rest of their life was the biggest punishment.Rowan wiped his hand with a smirk. He took one last look at William and left quietly.…The early morning sun spilled through the memorial hall’s traditional window and shone on the portraits of the Hamerton ancestors.Many servants were crowding the door as they looked inside in worry. With the dull thud and an abrupt fall of a figure, they gasped and rushed in.“Mr. Matthew fainted! Mr. Matthew fainted!”“Go get Mr. Clark!Clark came over with some other men to take care of the incident and relayed it to Liam with a solemn face.Matthew had stayed on his knees in the memorial hall for one whole day without food or water and finally succumbed in the morning.Liam’s brows were furrowed as he tapped his dragon-headed cane on the floor, a cold gleam flashing across his eyes.After some time, he got up and strode briskly to Matthew’s place.Matthew was having chicken soup when he heard
Liam paused and looked at Matthew coldly.“Why? Do you think I’ll watch Yale drag the whole Hamertons down and do nothing?”Matthew was baffled.“Compared to stealing, justice over family is far nobler!”With that, Liam shook Matthew off and left. Before Matthew could react, his mind blanked as he watched his father leave quickly.…After a plunge in temperature, Centrolis got to welcome a rare, nice winter day.The mist cleared, and the sky recovered its blue. An unanticipated light drizzle of snow covered the city in a dust of beautiful silver. The air smelled fresh and crisp.Cordelia swept the snow in the yard and made cute snowmen from it.When she was done, Zephyr hugged her from the back and wrapped her icy, red hands in his to warm them up.“What do you think? Pretty, aren’t they?” Cordelia was triumphant.“Of course.” Zephyr smiled gently.It felt great now. The storm was over, the sky was azure blue, the winter sun was warm, and he and Cordelia were making snowm