Robert escorted Zephyr back to Zen Residence, and the doctor arrived soon to disinfect and patch him up. Cordelia was just beside them, watching in concentration.The Internet was buzzing with life. A short afternoon and a night later, the trending topics were all about the Hamertons.[Zephyr Hamerton’s signature forged by impersonator][Yale Hamerton attempts to kill his cousin]…Speculations and insider news were published one after another, and the audience had a field trip with it, nearly paralyzing the Internet.However, Cordelia was not in the mood for that. She was occupied with Zephyr’s wound and memorizing the doctor’s instructions of what medicine to consume once every how many hours.When Cordelia and Zephyr returned to Royal Manor at night, she held her husband carefully. Zephyr had just stepped his left foot into the door, and she was bringing him his slippers. It made his right foot hover in the air for some time.“Darling, you don’t have to be like this!” He s
“Dad… Dad?” Cordelia saw Rowan rolling his eyes and then pursing his lips on the screen and was puzzled. She had no idea what was going on with him and called out a few times. “Dad, what are you thinking about?”“Oh, n-nothing!” Rowan snapped out of it and chuckled. “Cordelia, you’ve got to wash his wound often if you want it to heal fast!”“Huh?” Cordelia paused. She had been under the impression that wounds could not come into contact with water too often.Zephyr, who was in bed, nearly huffed out a laugh from his disgruntled scowl.“Of course.” Rowan cleared his throat. “You mustn’t use normal water.””Oh…”“You have to use hydrogen peroxide!”Cordelia listened carefully and jotted hydrogen peroxide on the paper.Rowan continued. “Uh… Cordelia, hydrogen peroxide is an anti-inflammatory disinfectant. It’s very useful for washing wounds! Give him 100% in concentration, okay? Disinfect him nicely so that he heals faster when his wound’s taken care of! 100% concentration, rememb
Zephyr looked at them and responded dully. “Oh.”It looked like he was not quite interested.Both men exchanged a look in puzzlement and heard Cordelia’s sweet voice. “Seth and Fredric? Come in, have a seat!”It was only then Zephyr moved away with a scowl.Cordelia greeted them with a nod and smile and went to cut up some fruits in the kitchen.Seth and Fredric were smart people and could immediately guess what happened when they saw her blush and Zephyr’s disgruntlement. They could not help chuckling.It used to be Josiah and Robert who interrupted the couple, so it was quite a surprise that the two of them would be doing it too.“What is it?” Zephyr looked at Seth.It was as if his scowl was telling the doctor that he would not let him off the hook if there was no major discovery.Seth pressed his lips together and retrieved a lab test result. The data on it was mind-boggling.Despite that, Zephyr had always had extremely strong immunity and analysis ability regarding vari
“I want all of Lukas Welkie’s information and background. The more detailed, the better. Keep an eye on anyone who’s close to him as well!”Cordelia sighed in relief after that, only to turn around and see all three men looking at her in a stupor, especially Zephyr.She was confused and went over to check on her husband. “Darling, what’s the matter? Why do you look like this?”Zephyr smiled and patted her head. “You snatched my lines!”Cordelia paused before she flushed.Seth chuckled. “I only know now that two people will really look alike after being together for a long time!”“Right!” Cordelia joked. “Zennie must be studying harder after spending so long with a scholar like you, huh?”“No, no, no! It’s different with Zennie and me!” Seth chuckled innocently and explained, “She’s a younger sister. The most we are going to be is matching siblings!”“You…”Not only was Cordelia speechless, but even Zephyr looked like he choked and glowered.“Seth!” Cordelia frantically shot h
Zephyr chuckled dryly and quickly let go before he stared at Cordelia.“Cordelia, do you have other reactions?”“Well…” Cordelia recalled carefully and shook her head. “I don’t think so.”“Phew!” Zephyr breathed in relief, and a hint of a smile finally appeared on his nervous face. “Good that there’s none!”“What?”“I mean…” Zephyr wiggled his brows. “No reaction means you’re not pregnant!”“Not necessarily so.” Seth prodded his gold-rimmed glasses and explained like a teacher, “Each person’s different, so their reactions in pregnancy are different too! Some women have a good appetite, sleep a lot during pregnancy, and don’t have nausea at all!”“Seth!” Zephyr glared at him. “You have too much to say!”Seth was rendered speechless and froze on the spot.Zephyr was actually feeling contradictory. He hoped for a child to stop the elders from nagging, but he did not want a child to disturb his and Cordelia’s alone time. When he thought of the aggressive little kid in his dream, e
Millie smelled of alcohol, and when that mixed with her elegant perfume, it gave off a different vibe. She seemed to be having a good time as her beautiful eyes were glittering like shiny jewels.Fredric did not have much to say and was going to turn around, but Millie’s cry nearly propelled him off his feet.“Girls! Come quickly! Mr. Constable’s here!”Fredric’s heart dropped, and he was stunned. In the blink of an eye, over ten female celebrities came buzzing from everywhere in the bar. These beautiful faces could only be seen on television usually.Right now, however…Fredric was nearly swept off his feet. He was surrounded by these female celebrities swiftly. The women had a bit too much to drink and were tipsy to care. They were enamored once they saw Fredric.“Mr. Constable!”“Oh, it’s Mr. Constable!”“I’ve been looking for someone who’s not in showbiz. Don’t fight him with me, girls. Mr. Constable’s mine!”Fredric sweated. “Miss, you…“”Fredric, is touching you like th
There was a flash of teasing in Fredric’s expression.“I can—”Before he finished, Trinity patted her chest boyishly. “It’s fine, it’s fine. I can handle it myself! You… You can go back. No worries!”She went back to the neon and noises right after that. When she turned around, she looked a little miserable.She wondered if it was her delusion, but she seemed to see a hint of concern in that man’s eyes… The sentence that he did not finish—did he want to be her bodyguard and send her home?That was impossible.Trinity shook her head and commanded herself to stay level-headed. It had taken her so much time and effort to remove him from her heart. She could not put him back in there now.She knew that he was a devoted person, so he probably only had Michelle in his heart.Trinity chuckled bitterly and went on to drink and sing with Millie and the others.Peals of laughter and giggles kept coming from the bar. The female celebrities were good at singing and dancing, turning the pl
“Hi, handsome. You still haven’t left?”Millie wore a beautiful purple fur shawl. The glittery silver thin-strapped dress inside made her dazzle and radiant.Fredric raised his glass and nodded politely with a soft smile.Millie scanned him from head to toe and suddenly let out a bark of laughter.Fredric was stunned. “What is it?”“Nothing, nothing…” Millie calmed herself down. “Just understanding why Trinity likes you so much out of a sudden! Heh… the intellectual j*rk kind of look on you is quite charming!”Fredric did not know if he should chuckle.Actually, Millie was not far from the truth. Fredric was a notch weaker than Zephyr, but they were not the same type.Zephyr overwhelmed people with his commanding presence and cold, handsome look, but Fredric looked friendlier. In contrast to Zephyr’s sharp angles, his lines were softer. He was also a famous lawyer, so he had a wise intellectual temperament as his demeanor oozed genteel and grace.It would be hard for women not