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…

from her shower, she saw that Zephyr was already asleep.

was busy recently, and Zephyr frequently worked overtime. It was

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

of endearing when he

tucked him in carefully before she slipped inside herself, pulling a corner

just next to

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

his face, the more

the 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

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

line. She bit her lips and got up to pull the drawer open to get all the bank cards that Zephyr had submitted to

out and placed it under his pillow softly. She intended for it to be a surprise, wanting to let him know when he woke up

lightly and moved around, trying to peel his eyes

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