Neil froze, and his expression changed almost swiftly.Measuring the crotch length of the pants?Right, the brand designers would measure him everywhere for the most accurate measurements when they came to take his measurements for customized clothing in the past too.Those designers were men, though! Now that it was Aurelia doing it…Neil's heart dropped, and he glared at her suddenly. There was faint anger in his deep voice."Do you measure the other customers like this too?""…”"You measure the crotch length for other men!?"Neil's shout nearly flipped the roof off.Aurelia closed her eyes before opening them slowly. It took everything in her to force the corners of her lips into a smile."No…"Neil paused."Uncle, I didn't," Aurelia explained softly. "I-I'm only in charge of embroidery and tailoring now. I don't measure customers…"Y-You're the first one."Neil seemed to feel better upon hearing what she said. He was her first man."Cough." He cleared his throat and
At that moment, Neil and Aurelia had put on the traditional wedding attire from Southeast Aciatic. They stood before the mirror.The man was tall and handsome, while the lady was petite and beautiful.The clothes felt as if they were tailor-made for them. They fitted them perfectly.It was Aurelia's first time wearing this, and her smile was extraordinarily bright.In reality, as long as she was standing next to Neil, she would be happy.Meanwhile, Neil was secretly checking her out from the mirror. His stare did not move for even a second.Aurelia was excited, "Uncle, am I pretty?"He showed a sincere smile that came from the bottom of his heart and said, "Yes.""Prettier than my nomadic attire?""Yes."That was the truth. He realized that the clothes from Southeast Aciatic fit her.She was petite, similar to the size of the local girls.If not for her fair face and chestnut hair, one would really think that she was from Southeast Aciatic if they looked from her back.Nei
Cordelia looked at Charlie. She knew what was happening.Victoria was definitely extraordinary to have attained the royals' princess status.Not only that, but she was also an heiress to the throne.Cordelia usually did not like to be in contact with people of such a background, but she had to go since the princess had invited her."Charlie, help me get the stylist here," she instructed.She must dress appropriately when meeting royalty.The Irwins had stylists on-call as well.After a while, the stylist brought everything that she needed. Cordelia was soon dressed up in a short-sleeved shirt and barrel skirt.At tea time, Cordelia arrived at The Royal Garden on time.The palace was sophisticated and majestic. There was even crushed gold mounted on the tiles, and the majesty of royalty was shown everywhere.Although it was luxurious, it was unavoidable for Cordelia to feel the suppression as soon as she walked in.Under the guards' guidance, she arrived in the garden in the
The luxurious jewelry set was polished beautifully, and each detail was well thought out.That was especially so for the sapphire ring. The precious stone was huge with perfect color. It was a rare item and would be sold at an astronomical price if auctioned.The saying was right: "Who receives a gift, sells their liberty".If Cordelia accepted such an expensive gift, she might be controlled by Victoria in the future."You're too kind, Your Highness," Cordelia closed the box while smiling. "It's my honor that you're willing to be my friend. How could I take something from you?""We're friends, so what if I give you a gift?" Victoria looked at her. "It's not expensive anyway. Just take it!""You've seen many precious things, so it's natural you don't think it's expensive. To commoners like us, this is a priceless treasure!"Victoria's smile froze.She knew that Cordelia was rejecting her, but she did it tactfully. She was indeed the daughter of the sly Rowan Irwin!Victoria con
"Forget it if you don't know," Victoria said while smiling. "It's not like I need to know. I'm just asking. You don't have to take it seriously."It's late, and I'm sure your baby misses you?"Victoria then looked at the guards. "Send Ms. Irwin home!"The guards bowed respectfully and stood by Cordelia's side.However, Cordelia had a subtle bad feeling.The smile on Victoria's face was cryptic. Meanwhile, it did not feel like the guards were sending her home, but sending her to death…Cordelia took a deep breath, inwardly laughing at herself for doubting.She bowed at Victoria and turned around to leave the garden.Victoria looked at where Cordelia had been sitting. The box of jewelry was still on the table.She smiled coldly as she put on the sapphire ring on her finger. She kept looking at it and said to her subordinate in a deep voice, "Tell them to send Ms. Irwin home 'properly', get it?"However, the two guards brought Cordelia back as soon as she was done speaking.Sho
Since the guest was already there, it did not make sense for Cordelia and Zephyr to chase him away.Cordelia held Zephyr's arm as they followed behind Alexander. The Irwins often hosted royals at Irwin Manor, but they rarely hosted anyone at this hour.Fortunately, Alexander was nice. They only got a butler to stay, as they did not need any fanfare.After the butler served snacks, Zephyr got him to leave.They were the only three people left in the living room.Cordelia was eager to laugh when she saw his angry face. She secretly held his hand, showing him a warm and determined face.Zephyr's face instantly perked up, and he started smiling gently now. They looked at each other, seemingly forgetting that there was someone with them. They seemed to only have each other in their eyes."Ahem!"Alexander faked a cough to pull them back to reality.Cordelia let go of Zephyr's hand immediately, but the latter stopped that from happening. The second she let go, he held her hand tight
In the next second, Zephyr saw Alexander's warm eyes."Mr. Z, we've been chatting for so long, yet you don't recognize me?""What are you talking about?" Zephyr frowned.Alexander smiled and turned around to leave. Zephyr was confused. He searched through every corner of his memory but could not find anything about this person.Perhaps he was just trying to be mysterious.If he had fallen for Cordelia, he would do all he could to mess with him to sneak in.Zephyr calmed down and sent Alexander out himself.When he returned to the living room, Cordelia was already there."How's our son?" he asked."I've just fed him, and he's sleeping now.""Oh," he said flatly and quickly got upstairs.Cordelia followed behind, watching him as he stopped at the nursery and headed to their room.Subsequently, she saw his eyes of disbelief when she looked up."Y-You put him on our bed?""Shh! Lower your voice!" She quickly shoved him into the guest room. "Don't wake our son!"Zephyr star
Cordelia knew that she could not run away again this time.Zephyr buried his face in her neck and took a deep breath in as he spoke. "Darling, let's sleep here tonight…""But our son is in the room on his own…""So what? Men have to learn independence from a young age!""He'll be scared if he wakes up!""So, you're saying you're sleeping with him again?"His voice raised together with his eyebrows.Ever since Zuko had turned one month old, Zephyr had decorated the nursery himself. He had said boys should learn to be independent since they were young as he excitedly put him in the room.However, Cordelia would bring him to their big bedroom. For the convenience of feeding, she would let their son sleep next to her.At first, Zephyr would still have space in the bed.Cordelia had read some articles on the Internet and was worried that Zephyr would turn and kill their son when he was sleeping, so…As long as their son was in the room, her husband would become so insignificant t