At present, Zephyr just wanted to go to his mother-in-law’s place.

He wondered if Rowan would follow Cordelia. ‘That old geezer! What does he want?’

When Cordelia arrived home, Xyla was basking in the sun on the balcony. She beamed when she saw her daughter come in.

“Cordelia, come!”

Cordelia hurried over.

Xyla pointed at the succulents she had and boasted to her daughter, “Look how well I’m taking care of them! These plants have a strong vitality. They thrive even when you water them once over a week!”

Cordelia chuckled. From what she could remember, her mother had never been known to have green fingers. Anything that went through her hands would surely wilt. She once teased that the only living creatures her mother did not kill were her daughter and Carter.

Xyla looked at Cordelia and smiled, knowing that her daughter must be laughing at her, but she tinkered with her succulents anyway.

“Mom.” Cordelia was suddenly curious. “You’ve never grown plants in the past? I mean… before you had kids.”

shook her

she had a botanical garden and a greenhouse back home. All the precious plants in the world were there. They

on the balcony and folded

reversed. She was more like a mother,

chuckled and spoke. “Mom, sometimes I find you so strange… You

several seconds and suddenly

murmured, “Cordelia… I’ve caused you a lot of trouble and made you

no!” Cordelia ran over to hug her. “How could you think that? I don’t mean it that

I wanted to say is that you have an elegance to you. If I didn’t know you, I’d really

at

was just so that the mother and daughter stood

at herself in the mirror—time had left its mark on her. Her daughter standing next to her was in

pressing their faces together, and

the Hamertons today, right? How was it? Did you

did,” Cordelia replied softly. “Grandpa was nice

strict education in terms of courtesy since she was a small child. How to give presents and how to return the gesture were in the classes she

already met the elders… when are you

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