Neil could not say a word. His lips moved, but he could not speak.Aurelia was nervous that she was going onto the stage, but she was also excited. She looked into the mirror after putting the mask on. The event would start in ten minutes.Cordelia sorted her hair while chuckling. “Don’t worry. You’ll be the last to go on stage. All you’ve got to do is to sit in the float.”“Mm-hmm!”“I want to be in the float too!” Neil said that out of nowhere.Cordelia was stunned. She watched him take the bigger mask from the prop box and put it on his face.“Stop it!” said Cordelia. “We didn’t arrange for a man to be in the float…”“Won’t you have a man on it if I get on?”“You…”Getting onto the float was not what he wanted. He was just worried about the person on the float.He must be wanting to block her so that people could not see her!Neil stubbornly grabbed Aurelia with him.Cordelia was drenched in a cold sweat as she stayed backstage.The float came out slowly. A young lady with curly che
“These are the statistics on the fashion week orders. There are also some real-time records during the event,” Zephyr said in a deep voice. “Compared to our competitors, our profit on textiles and clothes ranked on top. We didn’t only provide clothes for celebrities, but we even made some custom clothing for the royalties in Eropah.”The board members smiled and complimented him. Half of them were sincere, while half of them were just fawning at the old man.Janine was over the moon. She did not forget to credit someone else. “Oh, it’s all Zephyr’s job! He’s lucky to have a great assistant! Haha… Cordelia handles the fashion project!”“That’s right!” Someone went with it quickly. “We’ve met her. She’s gentle and generous. She’s amazing at her job! She’s just like you, Madam Baker!”“That’s right! Who would know that she’s your daughter-in-law if you didn't tell us? We’d think that she’s your daughter!”“Hahaha!” Janine laughed to her heart’s content.Zephyr could not smile. He stared a
Hannah was panicking.Initially, she disagreed with Ava wanting to stir things up during the launch. Throughout the years she was married into the family, she knew Zephyr’s hellish temper like the back of her hand.However, she thought she would push her luck. After all, she had a trump card—Noah.Therefore, she had allowed Ava to stir things up.Never had she thought that not only would they fail to create trouble but that they would also indirectly allow Cordelia to shine. Due to the creative launch, the Baker Group was standing even taller in the fashion industry now. And all of the credit went to Cordelia!Hannah took a deep breath and rolled her eyes. She smiled at Zephyr. “What are you talking about, Zen? I don’t understand! Ha… Seems like I’m too old to understand young people now! Your uncle hasn’t been feeling well. I’ll bring him home. We’ll—”As she was about to drag Noah up, Zephyr gave a fierce look. The bodyguards surrounding the meeting room rushed to her and pressed the
Now that Zephyr was all grown, how did everything change?“Zen!” Noah panicked. “Y-You can’t do this to Hannah. S-She’s your aunt!“Zen, we can talk this through! Those two men must have framed her!”Zephyr frowned. He had a deep look in his eyes.Janine had taken Franklin out.He knew that even if his grandfather was decisive, his mother would have hesitated to do this due to her guilt.Hannah leaned on Noah and cried her heart out.“I don’t care, n-no matter what, you can’t bully my wife!” Noah began to throw a tantrum. “Zephyr, i-if you hurt your aunt, I’ll fight you over it!”Zephyr clenched his fists. His cold face was expressionless.“I’m sorry, uncle.” He looked at Noah. “You’ve fought with my mom many times for this woman, and she always let you be. But this time, even my mom can’t protect you!“Ha! You’re protecting your wife, but so am I!” Zephyr’s eyes were sharp. “I’ll send whoever dares to trouble my wife to hell!”“You—”“Why are you guys standing there?” Zephyr looked at
This stumped Aurelia.“Why… He doesn’t like it?”“No!” Cordelia hurried to say, “I’m just curious. He’s my cousin and an award-winning actor with many fans in Centrolis. Why is he an uncle when it comes to you?”Aurelia looked down slightly with a blush.She gripped the glass and rubbed it with her finger anxiously, but the corners of her lips were discreetly ticking upward.Why was he called an uncle? It was because Neil was a man who was mature, stable, and had a cold hint in her first impression, just like… the merciless assassins in mystery novels.Back then, she genuinely thought he was an uncle she could not approach.Later, the term of address became her special way of addressing him. She called everyone else by their names. It was only different when it came to him.“Uncle” put distance between them and avoided suspicions from others.The feeling was strange. She missed him when she did not see him but was afraid when she did see him, worried that others would see thro
Ava was furious, but she did not have the courage to show it in front of Cordelia. She was also scared of Zephyr. There would be more trouble if he saw her.She took a glance at Aurelia, who was next to Cordelia, and vented all her rage on her.“Hah, since you say so, I’ll be going back first. I’ll visit you next time! But, Cordelia, you should watch out. You’re pretty far along now and should be careful in various aspects, especially not to keep people of unknown backgrounds around you!”“What did you say?” Cordelia paused in her steps and snapped her head back at Ava.Ava’s smile was cunning as she purposely looked at Aurelia.“I’m always available if you need company, Cordelia! But you don’t even know where certain people come from, and you dare let them live in your house? You trust her just because she knows some embroidery and modeling?”Aurelia froze. She was flustered as she quietly let go of her hold on Cordelia’s arm.Cordelia took her hand back and placed it in her pa
Cordelia said seriously, “I don’t know which kind of people you’re talking about, Ava. I only know that some people don’t have a good birth, but their hearts and characters are noble. I like keeping people like this around!“Some people, though, don’t know their place when they’re already leeching off someone else and have been doing nothing but despicable deeds. People like this who are vipers in the family should be caught instead!”Cordelia snickered. “Ana, am I right?”Ava did not manage to get any advantage out of the situation and turned to flee.“Close the door,” Cordelia told the butlers. “Chase her away if you hear the dog barking again next time. Why did you wait for me to come and fight?”The butlers looked at each other and tried to hold back their laughs. Their madam was really interesting—she did not even break out into curses to scold someone.“Betty!” Cordelia chuckled. “Make us two cups of milk tea, please!”The housekeeper quickly jogged to the kitchen.Cordel
Aurelia was stunned. She honestly had not thought about the future.To people like her, another day alive was another day blessed. Survival was the most important.As for what she would do in the future, what kind of house she would live in, or even if she would get married or not, these seemed like matters of another world to her.“Your biggest issue being here is that you’re undocumented.” Cordelia considered it. “We’re going back to Centrolis after I give birth. If you don’t mind, you can come back with me. Zephyr might have a way to take care of your identity documentation.”“No, no…” Aurelia waved a hand. “I can’t trouble you all anymore! I actually haven’t done anything for you, but you’re all so nice to me…”Cordelia felt a pinch in her nose.The girl had spent sleepless nights embroidering that she was over-exhausted and had even saved the day during the launch.Moreover, she had saved Fredric’s life. While the man had been battling death, she had even wanted to use all