Cordelia looked at him quietly with furrowed brows. Complicated emotions played in her beautiful eyes. She did not hope that it was true, but Alexander’s kindness toward them was truly illogical.

She bit her lips, not looking too happy.

Zephyr hurried to her with a pandering smile.

She glanced at him and pushed him away lightly to keep a distance between them.

“I think… Alexander feels differently about you.”

“What?” Zephyr heard his ears buzzing and was frozen for a long time. “Cordelia, you… Why would you think so?”

“It’s not what I think. It’s him behaving too abnormally.” Cordelia’s voice turned deep. “Don’t you think he’s too nice to us? You thought he liked me initially, but that’s not even it!

“Honey, I think he… he likes you!”

Cordelia’s aggrieved voice was tinged with helplessness.

A woman’s sixth sense would never be wrong. She turned away and could not help tightening her hold around Zuko with her heart pounding.

Zephyr stood rooted innocently, feeling like there was a weight in his chest that he could not push down.

heart began to holler hysterically, ‘This

suspecting that a man liked him now! Did she not know how he usually treated her? Would her conscience

a script writer with how wild her

mind. He was all smiles as he approached his

pushed the tip of his nose into her hair. “What’s in your little head these days? Don’t overthink it. You’re tired for the whole day. Let’s take a good

his hold. Turning around with a stern face, she looked like the cool

he should crouch down now with his hands on his head and

lips and came clean. “I went to the same university as Alexander, but he knew me, and I

jutted her chin. “So, you mean you’re so charismatic that there were a bunch of guys and girls crushing on you? And I must’ve saved the world in

Zephyr denied it without even thinking, breaking out in cold

“Go on!”

I was the boxing team captain in school back then and once walked into a few kids bullying Alexander, so I helped him. I actually forgot about it a long time ago and didn’t

two met in private

“…”

he explained it, the worse it

panic. “I met Alexander back then because I thought he liked you, and I wanted to intimidate and warn him to stay

he doesn’t even like me! That meeting must be just what

“…”

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