Chapter 118

Downstairs, the banquet hall was buzzing while upstairs, however, tranquility reigned.

Merry, puzzled, broke the silence. “Did I just imagine that? It felt like there was someone in this room. What is this place?”

Yates replied, “Storage room.”

Merry called out, “Lia, are you in there?”

Cordelia was silent. She had been tucked away here for over twenty minutes, and Everard had taken

advantages of her. But now, she was on the verge of being discovered?

She glared at Everard, wishing he could just vanish on the spot. Everard, witnessing Cordelia’s fluster for the first time, couldn’t help but let out a low, amused chuckle.

Cordelia shot him a look that could kill, whispering fiercely, “Aren’t you worried about getting caught?”

Everard chuckled again, the thrill of the moment evident in his voice, “Not in the slightest.”

The look of indignation on the girl’s face, reminiscent of a cat with its fur standing on end, oddly elevated his spirits.

With a comforting pat on her head and a mental effort to suppress his mischievous thoughts, Everard murmured, “I’ll distract them.”

Before she could protest, he was out the door, leaving Cordelia to her frazzled thoughts.

Can he really do it?

Just as the thought crossed her mind, she heard Merry’s exclamation from outside, “Hey, is that Lia’s boyfriend? What are you doing in the storage room?”

Everard, without missing a beat, replied absentmindedly, “Oh, just playing with a kitten.”

Merry’s curiosity was piqued. “A kitten? Where? I want to see.”

Everard, blocking the doorway, said nonchalantly, “It scampered out the window.”

Cordelia was mortified.

that she’s the kitten in this scenario? But to her surprise, Merry bought it. That’s a shame.

heart skipped a beat, fearing their cover

shifted from the storage room to Everard. The

five seconds, Yates spoke

“A stray

didn’t reply, simply turned and said,

by Yates, she reluctantly followed him back to his room. As they entered, Yates. paused, his eyes locking with Everard’s in a

amusement, a smirk of victory playing upon his lips,

dimmed, his lips pressed into a

into Yates‘ room, Everard finally turned away, his thoughts darkening at the memory of something the young man had

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study.”

If that’s the case, then it was

room, shooting a glare at Everard before sighing in

amusement passed through

party over and night advancing, Cordelia didn’t return to

study where Hackett had been awaiting his arrival. Upon seeing him, Hackett snapped

casually starting the conversation, “I saw

at everything, poor at studies,

grew colder, silencing Hackett, who then pleaded, “Mr. Watkins, the Griffin family only has this grandson

the mere mention of ‘his parents. After a moment, he said flatly. “I’ll pretend I didn’t see him.”

voice choked with gratitude, “Thank you.”

fell silent once

a while, Everard added in a heavy, cool tone, “If there’s trouble, file a report.”

smiled, relieved. “There’s no need! You’ve given the Griffin family the Greenmeadow estate. I’m ge

with that money, the young brat can squander it all he wants, and it’d

relaxed considerably.

getting

here in Greenmeadow on some assignment? If the Griffin family can be of help, I’m at your

added, “I’m just here to

him? Wait, pursuing a girlfriend… does that

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