Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

"Renee, listen to me." Cordelia held onto the last glimmer of hope. "The past is already in the past. If you keep digging into it, you'll only become more miserable. And if Toph sees you suffering, do you think he'll feel any better?"

"Aunt Cordelia..."

"I'll arrange the best psychologist for you." Cordelia gently stroked Renee's hair. "You're just unwell, and I believe you will get better."

Renee remained silent, the darkness in her eyes deepening.

The butler lightly knocked on the door and walked over to hand Le Fari to Cordelia.

Renee stiffened. When Toph tried to put the ring on her earlier, she pushed him away. She realized she had acted impulsively. This time, she decided to take the initiative and get the ring back.

"Aunt Cordelia, this..."

"There's no rush." Cordelia put up a hand with a gentle but firm gesture. She signaled to the butler, who immediately brought a jewelry box over.

After Cordelia placed the ring inside, the butler locked the box.

"Toph mentioned that the ring was too big for you." Cordelia chuckled. "I'll have the craftsman adjust it to fit you properly. We can't have people saying that the Hamertons don't even have a properly fitting ring."

"Aunt Cordelia, it's really not a big deal!" Renee hurriedly protested, "I can take care of the resizing myself..."

"Let me handle it." Cordelia looked at her as though she could see through her very soul. "Renee, I'll keep the ring safe for the time being. After all, it's an heirloom of the Hamertons. If it gets lost again, none of us will be able to bear the responsibility."

"No, it won't happen again! Absolutely not!"

anyway. There's no rush to wait

her lip without saying

my birthday today, and I can't keep the guests waiting for too long."

softly agreed, linking her arm with Cordelia's and slowly walking out

the butler's hand. It felt like a thorn had lodged

the ring gone, her insecurity was

looked at Cordelia resentfully. The knot in her heart seemed

gaming with Chris, he would play a couple of rounds and stop. He would then sit alone on the

of beer from the fridge, and patted

Toph grinned

been acting strange for

finally replied to

showed his phone to

looked at the messages, he sensed

it would often be after he had sent several texts in a row. Her responses were usually quite vague, often just saying,

would immediately lift whenever she did reply. If she ignored him, he would be like that, absentminded

serious. "Do you think your way of interacting

after a long silence, he muttered under his breath, "No, it's not." "If it's not normal, then why do you indulge her?" Chris did not like seeing his cousin being treated unfairly. "From your chat history, it seems like every time

Chris in

I think she's not as simple as we think." Chris took a sip of his beer. "Back in the military, we learned about psychological warfare. I think she's pretty adept at

gave him a sideways glance. "Renee is not that kind of

be a bit more mature? Have you not analyzed the things she's

his gaze and