Renee felt a bit anxious and wanted to take Toph with her. But suddenly, Zuko appeared from nowhere and beat her to it. He grabbed Toph's arm and turned him away from Renee.

"Toph—"

"Toph!" Zuko's voice drowned her out. "Uncle Frederic and Aunt Trinity are here too. We should go and greet them!"

Toph readily agreed, completely oblivious to Renee's increasingly dark expression behind him.

The butler smiled. "Ms. Renee, please come this way."

"Can we wait a moment?"

"Are you waiting for Mr. Toph?" The butler remained composed. "I know Madam well. She never includes others when she wishes to have tea with someone."

Renee froze and slowly released her grip on her dress, forced to follow the butler.

-

Cordelia's flower room was situated in a corner of Zen Residence—an all-glass structure that sparkled like a radiant pearl in the night. There were various exotic plants and flowers inside, trying to outshine each other.

seated on a sofa, sipping tea, and a delicate pastry

the door and

a smile. "Renee,

if she were sitting on pins and needles —even her breath was

poured a cup for her. "See if it's any different from what you usually

and looked

smiled warmly, but Renee detected an

"Aunt Cordelia, I—"

give it a try." Cordelia placed

the tea had a nice faint color. Renee was not

what Lina would do if she were

and Melissa, so her knowledge was limited. However, she never hesitated to admit when she did not know something. She never cared about what others thought, which

Lena, Renee clenched

chuckled. "Renee, you weren't this reserved when you

She picked up the teacup and took a sip. The aroma of the tea lingered

does it taste?" Cordelia

teacup down. "It's

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