“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?”

face. He lamented about his mother’s wild imagination and explained with difficulty, “Mom, grandpa’s not a fool. Nelly Tanner has gotten chased out of Centrolis

the potential for dementia when he

he said seriously, “Mom, I’ll keep Cordelia

to your grandfather! What if you switch sides last minute? Our Cordelia will be

do you not trust your

Janine insisted. “Come out and open the door for

not get to say anything, and

careless to ask the latter to go. Given his mother’s temper,

sighed, got changed speedily, and

to appease his mother first, then pick up Cordelia. The point was Janine must not show

minutes of a drive from

and was going to call Zephyr when

and froze,

had not met for over 20 years, and he had gotten older, but the way he carried

the manor only to look up

at each other for more than ten seconds and felt like they

“R-Rowan Irwin!?”

“You’re… Janine Baker!?”

each other and looked appalled, like they had seen a

“Why are you here?”

you

my son lives here.

it, and due to his medical judgment

and rolled her eyes

idea who his parents were. He used to assume that his parents could be a pair of regular and honest husband

a

his voice. Enemies were bound to meet,

shook his head before opening them abruptly. “I must, right now,

on her hips. “Rowan Irwin, have some shame! Your Cordelia? Haha… Does Cordelia know

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