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!”

the language but can’t spell, so

you don’t know my name.” Cordelia pulled a piece of paper

“Cordelia…”

grinned. “Aurelia means the golden one, and Neil means victory or champion. You both are

red instantly. She bit her lips and slipped off to

the maid went to open the door, but no one came

was puzzled but heard

This is my cousin’s home. I’m here to see my

Mr. Hamerton has said that you’re not allowed inside

you have

her back and snickered when she saw it was

speak when Aurelia, who was beside Cordelia, attracted her

holes in the dresses to embroidered patterns in the blink of an

nails piercing her palms,

Ava acted. “I’m here to

what she

of vitamins was a

apologetically. “Cordelia, these are just a token.

was no free

It was a surprise that this mother-daughter duo was still up to no

know me, I

favor and let my mom go back to the board of directors! She knows

wrong?” Cordelia scoffed. “Ava, is this all Aunt Hannah’s fault? I think it’s more

“You—”

think I don’t know the truth? Only

eyes widened as she sucked in a cold

for you, but you wouldn’t do it without her silent approval.” Cordelia was clear about it. “Go back, Ava. It’s well within reason to

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