“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?”

and explained with difficulty, “Mom, grandpa’s not a fool. Nelly

old man already had the potential for

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

always listen to your grandfather! What if you

not

Janine insisted. “Come out and

did not get to say anything, and

to wait at the door but thought it was too careless to ask the latter to go. Given his mother’s temper, she would

and hurried off to the

pick up Cordelia. The point was Janine must

would require five to six minutes of a drive from Zen Residence to

was going to call Zephyr when she heard a sharp braking sound come from behind

turned back and froze,

not met for over 20 years, and he had gotten older, but the way he carried himself had never changed. How he looked like a refined

to look up

than ten seconds and felt like they

“R-Rowan Irwin!?”

“You’re… Janine Baker!?”

away upon recognizing each other and looked

“Why are you here?”

you here

here. Why

son…” Rowan stopped speaking. He thought about it, and due to his medical judgment of kinship and their facial resemblance, realization

snickered and rolled her eyes

and the heir Liam approved the most, 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

was a

raised his voice.

no.” He closed his eyes and shook his head before opening them abruptly. “I must, right now,

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

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