Nelly bit her lips and took a deep breath. She had visited Liam a few days ago, and the old man had still expressed that he would support her marrying Zephyr.

Even when Mandy had kept explaining as indirectly as she could that the Tanners and the Hamertons had never really had any promise of any sort and that marriage should be decided by the young ones themselves, Nelly refused to agree.

This was a fight she refused to give up on. She wanted to marry into the Hamertons. She thought that by doing so, Mandy would hold her in higher regard, and no one in the Hamertons would dare look down on her with Zephyr as her support.

By then, she would not have to be scared of people finding out about her birth. It would be a secret forever that she would crush under her foot.

Nelly recomposed herself. “Zephyr, I know that you’re just rushed by impulse now. Ms. Jenner is great, but she isn’t compatible with you.

“Marriage is like building a house. It can only go higher when the foundation’s solid, right?”

Nelly inched closer to him, seeing that he was silent.

The man’s chiseled lines were close to perfect, and his innate finesse and aloofness made every woman go gaga for him. This was also why Nelly must have him.

compared to the wealthy

the western suburbs’ project in this event… Hah, we’ve been working together for so long, and I go to the Hamerton Group for weekly reports, but

tricking the press, right? Or… is the big

boss just because you haven’t met one. Patience, you’ll see the boss in

forced a smile and passed Zephyr a glass of wine, only for the

Burgundy. I remember you like wine tasting, no?” She scoffed, “Have you changed

I have.” Zephyr smiled. “Cordelia says that drinking is bad for health. I can only stay disciplined in order to make a healthy

unable to

both… aren’t

“Yes.”

Hamertons are strict with rules.” Nelly forced herself to stay calm. “How did grandpa possibly allow her to get pregnant before marriage and threaten

Zephyr snorted, “You’re wrong. It’s

“You…”

thoughtfulness. “But even with a baby, I’ll have to think of something else if she still doesn’t want to

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