Clark was astonished.

Liam was usually cold and strict. Rarely were there times like this when he huffed with a glare. It was pretty rare, and what was rarer was that he acted this way because of Cordelia.

Clark smiled and helped the old man back to his room for rest. The servant sent in the tonic that he took every night.

Liam finished it with a furrow of brows and placed the bowl back on the tray with a thud.

Clark was worried. “Sir, any medicine has its side effects. I think it’s better that you drink less of it.”

“It’s fine.” Liam waved a hand. “I’ve been drinking this since I was young. It’s been decades now, and it’s already a habit. Besides, these are holistic herbs. They’re nourishing. They aren’t harmful!”

Clark wanted to say more, but nothing came out despite his open mouth.

In Royal Manor at night…

Zephyr was already

recently, and Zephyr frequently worked overtime. It

during dinner that there would be a meteor shower at 8:00 p.m. tonight and that both of them were to sit at the roof hand in hand and make a

endearing when he acted

slipped inside herself, pulling a corner of

breathing was just next to

to help running her pale fingers over the middle of his brows, tip of his

more she looked at his face, the more she

fatigue that showed between his brows, she jolted. She thought of how he had to attend to his work recently but also free up some time to help her with the miscellaneous affairs of the western suburbs’ project… and all his bank cards were with

not even have cash for a meal on him.

lips and got up to pull the drawer open to get all

pulled a card out and placed it under his pillow softly. She intended for it to be a

he slept lightly and moved around, trying to

are

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