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 asleep. She checked the time—it was only

Zephyr frequently worked overtime.

that this man had confidently told her during dinner that there would be a meteor shower at 8:00 p.m. tonight and that both of

of endearing when

she slipped inside herself, pulling

even breathing was just next

her pale fingers over the middle of his brows, tip of

at his face, the

attend to his work recently but also free up some time to help her with the miscellaneous affairs of the western suburbs’ project… and

He did not even have cash for a meal on him. Forget Zephyr’s status. A regular

had quite gone over the line. She bit her lips and got up to pull the drawer open to get all

and placed it

and moved around, trying to

are

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