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.”

Xyla shook her

All the precious plants in the world were there. They also had a private tropical forest. She never had to take care of

on the balcony and folded them

her role and Xyla’s role were reversed. She was more like a mother, and her mother was more like a daughter who needed

I find you so

seconds and suddenly

a lot of trouble and

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

I wanted to say is that you have an elegance to you. If I

at

just so that the mother and daughter stood before the

Her daughter standing next to her was in

pressing their faces together, and felt warmth gush in her

went to the Hamertons today, right? How

did,” Cordelia replied softly. “Grandpa was nice to

a strict education in terms of courtesy since she was a small

met the elders… when are you getting married to

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