Aurelia clutched the temporary residence permit and held it close to her heart. She looked at Neil quietly for a long time before smiling suddenly.

If only time could stop at that moment…

Smart as she was, how could she not know what he wanted to hear from her? She had purposely said what she did to push him farther away. Sometimes, pushing someone away was not because one did not love them—letting go was fulfillment in itself instead.

Aurelia smiled as she leaned back against the seat and turned her head to another side.

The sunlight outside was glaring as a tear slid down her face.

The plane landed in Southeast Aciatic shortly.

Chauffeurs and housekeepers from the Irwins waited outside the airport. Cordelia and Zephyr took the private lane that only royals could use.

Once they stepped out of the airport, Cordelia halted in her steps.

This was a foreign environment to her. Tall palm trees were everywhere, and the climate was humid and hot. It was like the sun had focused all its light and heat on this land that even the wildflowers by the road bloomed radiantly.

Cordelia. She was

their son. He told

a smile and

met Rowan in the Irwins’ private forest park. The older man was dressed in traditional Southeast Aciatic clothes and was elated when he saw that Zuko had grown a bit plumper. Not only had he given him some money, but he had also prepared a box full

him like this!” Cordelia whined with a

my little grandson. Of course, I have to spoil him

condition, so she lowered her voice to ask,

hand that was playing with Zuko paused as dark clouds loomed over

got nervous. “Is it bad? Where’s she now?

panic,” Rowan replied softly. “She’s in a sanatorium under the Irwins. The facilities there are the best,

“What’s she gotten?”

a while before uttering softly, “It

Cordelia’s heart sank.

so many years. When she was barely herself in the past, she had suffered a lot in the shabby psychiatric

She thought that her mother

Rowan looked at her lovingly. “Mental illnesses don’t heal so

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