A leopard could not change its spots. Marcus was a thug, after all. Although he was afraid of death, he was greedy for money and sex.It seemed like Michelle was great bait.Yale puffed slowly and lit the cigarette again. He walked to Marcus while smiling and patted him hard. “Z!”The latter did not react. His eyes were almost stuck on Michelle.“Z!” Yale faked a cough and raised his voice. “Zen!”Only then did Marcus react. He looked panicky, but after the former signaled him, he straightened his body instantly and quickly went into character.“Ha, Z, I’m sure you’ve met Ms. Carmichael before?”“No… Oh, I mean, yes, I have!”“Was the meeting rather rushed?” He waved at her. “Let me introduce the two of you officially!“Michelle Carmichael, the musical talent who came back from overseas!“Ha, Z, don’t just stay home with your wife when you have the time. Take Ms. Carmichael out for a stroll!”Marcus secretly felt troubled. Sweat was dripping on the tip of his nose.Meanwhil
More and more comments poured in.Within two minutes of Michelle’s post, the post was trending. Within five minutes, the topic “Mr. Z is suspected to be having an affair with a celebrity” was trending.Michelle felt the fame again.From an unknown celebrity who was going to be kicked out of the industry to a trending artist with a leap, she was now the person who was discussed by the netizens.Naturally, it was the man next to her who deserved the credit.Michelle lay next to Marcus and watched him quietly. She was filled with burning desire. She inched closer, pecked his forehead, and secretly took over his phone, attempting to send those photos to Cordelia.However, she was shocked to find that Cordelia’s number was not on his contact list!She felt a squeeze in her heart. There was doubt on her face.‘What…‘Zephyr did not even save his wife’s number?’Meanwhile, at Hamerton Manor…Cordelia was checking the family’s expenditures over the past few months. Robert knocked on
“Well… I…”Marcus stammered as he held the phone, not knowing what to answer. Yale had never taught him this!“Zephyr, what’s wrong?” Cordelia kept up the pressure on the other end of the line and asked intentionally, “Is there someone else beside you?”When Michelle heard that, she tried snatching the phone, but Marcus glared at her.“No, no!” Marcus answered in passing, “Uh… I’m hanging up if there’s nothing else. I won’t be home these two days. Take care of yourself.”Cordelia wanted to laugh upon hearing that.She sighed softly. “I understand that things get boring when two people are together for too long. Don’t worry. I won’t intervene between you and Ms. Carmichael, but Zephyr, shouldn’t you save me some pride? We’re still husband and wife, and the Hamertons’ pride is involved! Do you know how bad the scandal sounds out there right now?”Marcus took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Even if he had a hundred brains, he would not expect that from Michelle! She had actual
Marcus deflated as soon as he uttered the word and slumped on the bed.Cordelia hung up with a chuckle.When she put her phone down, she felt a pair of strong arms circling her from the back. Before she could turn around, the man pushed forward, and a pair of heated lips greeted her.Cordelia struggled perfunctorily and gave up, taking the initiative instead to wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him back…Zephyr paused before he was completely won over and went delirious from the pleasure. Cordelia used to be passive, but that seemed to have changed after she became a wife… He liked it a lot.With a smirk, Zephyr let Cordelia go after kissing her and looked deeply into her eyes. This was the girl he had singlehandedly trained. She was playful and adorable—she was a peach—and he could never hold himself back.“Why did you hug me so strongly just now?” Cordelia pouted her kiss-swollen lips. “It hurt!”Zephyr pinched her chin lightly, his thumb brushing past her lip.“No effec
Zephyr took Cordelia back to the bedroom and pinned her down for some compensation… He had only let go of Cordelia slowly after a lingering kiss when she honestly could no longer take it the last time and whined pleadingly.“Darling.” He kept her in his arms and rubbed her ears. “I think you aren’t too eager recently…”“I am not?” Cordelia was groggy as she chortled. “Maybe I've been more tired recently. I’m always sleepy and hungry…”Zephyr felt bad.Since Cordelia began managing the family affairs, she had been incredibly busy. Instead, he grew freer—a day passed with a meeting in the office, meeting some business partners, and signing a few documents. He had never imagined that he really would stand behind his wife now when he used to front everything.It pulled a smile from Zephyr. He thought that he ought to take Cordelia for a holiday when the matter with Marcus was over, temporarily fixing the destination to be Southeast Aciatic.That was supposed to be her hometown. He ha
That was how the scene just now came to be. Yale brought all the documents over to question Cordelia about her right to change the rule.“Yale, it’s not me,” Cordelia calmly said with a smile. “Grandpa agreed to change it too. The Hamertons are a big family, and the bigger a family is, the more careful money is used.“So, there’s no wrong in me changing this rule!”“Who the f*ck do you think you are!?” Yale pointed his finger at her. “Grandpa gives you a nod, and you think it’s an immunity?“Zephyr signed the documents. Shoot me if I can’t get the money today!”“Zephyr didn’t sign them.” Cordelia looked up at him with a cold smirk.“Lies!” Yale waved the documents. “Look at them carefully! Zephyr’s signature is on every last page!”“But Zephyr’s gone missing.” Cordelia’s lips tugged. “Why, don’t you know?”“You—”Yale’s heart lurched. The woman knew everything! He would expose himself if he went on. However, he could not show any sign of it. He could only argue that Marcus was
“N-No… Grandpa…”Yale’s originally pale face went even paler. He looked at Cordelia with a vicious gleam in his eyes.Cordelia smirked. “Yale, what you said just now was more than clear. Grandpa has heard it himself. If you argue now, are you saying that there’s something wrong with grandpa’s ears, and he can’t even understand you?“Or…” Cordelia arched a brow and stared back at him equally ruthlessly. “Or what you said isn’t human at all, so others can’t understand?”“You little b*tch!”Yale looked savage as he raised a fist and pounced at Cordelia.Liam coughed, prompting the bodyguards behind him to step forward and pin Yale down.“How dare you still behave so atrociously in front of me?”The old man was aged, but his authoritative presence made sure that everyone did not dare act out of line in front of him.Yale did not dare utter another word, not that he could. The bodyguards had locked both his arms behind his back, and he was hissing in pain.“Take him back to the ma
“I trusted you too much in the past. That’s why I nearly made a grave mistake!”Liam’s cane knocked against the floor harshly.Liam had always been under the impression that even if Matthew was limited in abilities and was not that smart, sometimes a little problematic in character, it was all fine—as long as he did not do anything out of line.Moreover, Matthew was the only one out of his children who was good with words and often made him happy. That was why he turned a blind eye to what Matthew did.Even when Zephyr repeatedly told him that there were issues with Matthew, he felt that his grandson was insensible and advised the young man that his uncle was family. He should try getting along with him.He regretted it so much now!He glared at Matthew and Yale. “This isn’t your first time doing dirty deeds like this! I haven’t even settled the score about William Jenner sneaking into Zephyr’s home to steal Mr. Irwin’s medicinal formulas!”“Dad, listen to me!” Matthew was close