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? And is he trying to hint that she’s the kitten in this scenario? But to her surprise, Merry bought it.

beat, fearing

shifted from the storage room to Everard. The satisfaction

Yates spoke

caught on, “A stray cat,

and

back to his room. As they entered, Yates. paused, his eyes locking with Everard’s in

expression was one of cold amusement, a smirk of victory

dimmed, his lips pressed into a tighter

two had retreated into Yates‘ room, Everard finally turned away, his thoughts darkening at the memory of something the young man had said earlier, about how ‘she’s probably better off

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study.”

If that’s the case, then it

in relief, “Lucky there are stray cats around here, or we would’ve been

through Everard’s eyes.

to Yates‘ room. After texting Merry, she descended

had been awaiting his arrival.

a seat, casually starting the conversation, “I saw

just a foolish boy, incompetent at everything, poor at studies, quick to anger, just wasting

Griffin family only has this grandson

mention of ‘his parents. After a moment, he said flatly. “I’ll pretend

his voice choked with gratitude, “Thank you.”

silent once again.

a while, Everard added in a heavy, cool tone,

the

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

relaxed

getting

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

just here to pursue a girlfriend

a girlfriend… does that mean he hadn’t won her over yet?

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