Cordelia’s eyes dimmed a little, and a wash of sorrow colored her face. After a stretched moment of silence, she softly uttered, “No.”

Zephyr’s heart clenched, and he hugged her tighter.

She was supposed to be the little princess born with a silver spoon in the Irwins, yet she had experienced hardships in the first 20 years of her life. She lived under someone’s roof, struggled to make ends meet, and had to always overcome the world’s hostility to her. She even had to get married in someone else’s place…

Zephyr always wondered if he would be able to still meet Cordelia if he had not coincidentally recovered in that village and replaced Marcus.

If Cordelia did marry Marcus and was abused by him… she would probably just put up with it too.

It was just that there would no longer be light in her eyes.

Zephyr felt the lingering fear just thinking about it and could not help tightening his hold around her shoulders.

Cordelia’s voice was soft. “Zephyr, why are you suddenly talking about this to me?”

“Oh, nothing, just chatting,” he replied in passing,

fatherly love being spurred because of how cute the

with a gentle smile

him like a

gown, and a shoulder was

nature.” Zephyr smiled. “Fatherly love actually also comes as an

widened her eyes at him. “So, you think my so-called birth father loves me

had no

all that Rowan had done. The old geezer’s love and concern for Cordelia could never be

thought that someone like that must not be forgiven easily too. However, he thought Rowan was rather pitiful from a man’s

the old geezer was, his feelings for Xyla remained

stroked her long hair, “Cordelia, maybe your father really had a reason he couldn’t help. Sometimes,

“We and whatever’s on the other side of the scale are both

“Cordelia—”

men are hard to figure out.” She looked at him. “What’s so difficult that he had to make a

Zephyr was silent.

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