“Hey, don’t touch it!” Xyla swatted the back of Cordelia’s hand.

“There are only two pieces in the box. I’ll have to make them again if you ruin them!”

“Mom…” Cordelia looked at her in puzzlement. “Why am I bringing this to Elder Mr. Hamerton? I haven’t eaten this that much myself!”

“Silly girl!” Xyla said with a smile, “Back where we come from, this is what we use to show our respect for the elders!”

“Back where we come from?” Cordelia looked at her with widened eyes.

Growing up, she had always thought that Jangasas was her hometown.

Xyla’s face fell upon realizing that she had said too much.

“You… You don’t have to bring it if you don’t want to,” she said softly. “The other presents are quite valuable too. The Hamertons won’t look down on you!”

After saying that, she returned to her room, leaving Cordelia to stay dazed in the living room with furrowed brows for some time.

On the day of the meeting…

Janine, who planned to work overtime, canceled two meetings in a row and stepped on the accelerator to rush to Hamerton Manor, not forgetting to call Zephyr and scold him on the way.

“You brat! Why didn’t you let me know that Cordelia’s meeting the old man today?”

Zephyr was confused. “For what, mom? So you can wreck the meeting?”

“Rascal!” Janine sped up and went past the yellow right.

“Don’t you know what kind of person your grandfather is? Don’t you know that he insists you and Nelly get married? Now with what happened to the Tanners, he wants to meet Cordelia… I think there must be some conspiracy!

“Zephyr Hamerton, is your grandfather trying to set up a loaded dinner to threaten Cordelia and then help the Tanners rise back up?”

difficulty, “Mom, grandpa’s not a fool. Nelly Tanner has gotten chased out of

already had the potential for dementia

for a moment before he said seriously, “Mom, I’ll keep

grandfather! What if you switch sides last minute?

do you not trust your own

to be there soon anyway!” Janine insisted. “Come out and open the door

not get to say anything, and

it was too careless to ask the latter to go. Given his mother’s

speedily, and

there. He would have enough time to appease his mother first, then pick up Cordelia. The point was Janine must not show herself in the main hall.

of a drive from Zen Residence

She parked and was going to call Zephyr when she

turned back and froze, shocked

he had gotten older, but the way he carried himself had never changed. How he looked like

look up and meet Janine’s icy gaze.

at each other for more than ten seconds and felt like

“R-Rowan Irwin!?”

“You’re… Janine Baker!?”

away upon recognizing each other and looked appalled, like they had

“Why are you here?”

you

my son lives here. Why

speaking. He thought about it, and due to his medical judgment of kinship and their facial resemblance, realization struck him. “Your son’s Zephyr

snickered and rolled her eyes at

but he had no idea who his parents were. He used to assume that his parents could be a pair of regular and honest husband and wife who did not have much of a

was a surprise

his voice. Enemies were bound to meet, he

them abruptly. “I must, right now, this

on her hips. “Rowan Irwin, have some shame! Your

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