This stumped Aurelia.

“Why… He doesn’t like it?”

“No!” Cordelia hurried to say, “I’m just curious. He’s my cousin and an award-winning actor with many fans in Centrolis. Why is he an uncle when it comes to you?”

Aurelia looked down slightly with a blush.

She gripped the glass and rubbed it with her finger anxiously, but the corners of her lips were discreetly ticking upward.

Why was he called an uncle? It was because Neil was a man who was mature, stable, and had a cold hint in her first impression, just like… the merciless assassins in mystery novels.

Back then, she genuinely thought he was an uncle she could not approach.

Later, the term of address became her special way of addressing him. She called everyone else by their names. It was only different when it came to him.

“Uncle” put distance between them and avoided suspicions from others.

The feeling was strange. She missed him when she did not see him but was afraid when she did see him, worried that others would see through her, so “uncle” was a way she carefully guarded her meek pride.

Aurelia chuckled.

Cordelia held her hand. She had long seen through everything.

“Oh, yeah.” Cordelia changed the topic. “Did you realize that our names are similar?”

“Huh?” Aurelia jolted.

“There’s a ‘lia’ in both our names. It means gentle!”

language but can’t spell, so I don’t

name.” Cordelia pulled a piece

“Cordelia…”

grinned. “Aurelia means the golden one, and Neil

instantly. She bit her lips and slipped

the maid went to open the door, but

was puzzled but heard a vague

is my cousin’s home.

Hamerton has said that

you have none!

and snickered when she saw it

Aurelia,

was the expert who had changed all the holes in the dresses to embroidered patterns in the

clenched her hands, nails piercing her palms, and her gaze

Ava acted. “I’m here to

she had brought

the box of vitamins was a rare

these are just a token. They’re for you. Please accept

no free lunch

board of directors. It was a surprise that

know me,

to the board of directors! She knows

knows that she’s wrong?” Cordelia scoffed. “Ava, is this all Aunt Hannah’s fault?

“You—”

evidence. Do you think I don’t know the truth? Only you’d do something so stupid as to

she sucked

taking the blame for you, but you wouldn’t do it without her silent approval.” Cordelia was clear about

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