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…

her shower, she saw that Zephyr was already asleep. She checked the time—it was only

Zephyr frequently worked overtime. It

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

of endearing when he acted childish

slipped inside herself, pulling a

just next to her

pale fingers over the middle

she looked at his face,

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

a single cent of fun money. He did not even have cash for a meal

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

of others. She then pulled a card out and placed it under his pillow softly. She intended

moved around, trying to

What are

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