Cordelia’s head was tilted. A wash of indifference flashed across her pretty face.

“My decision is… I refuse to,” she said without any hesitation.

The answer was slightly out of Zephyr’s expectations, but he wanted to know what his wife was thinking.

“I grew up in an abnormal family.” Cordelia rested against him and said slowly, “Dad’s nothing more than a noun, mom’s never had a clear mind, and I had to take care of my younger brother. I also had to endure Joanne and Yelena’s bullying and insults. I honestly don’t know what the Jenners have brought me.

“This family has never given me warmth. There’s no need for me to contribute to the Jenners either.” Cordelia looked up at him. “I’m already your wife. I’m Mrs. Grist. I’m no longer related to the Jenners. Moreover, my dad’s intention in asking me to go back isn’t pure. I don’t want to be his chess piece.

“Darling…” Cordelia wrapped her arms around his waist. “I just want the two of us to enjoy our lives without thinking about anything else.”

Zephyr stroked her back. He could not fully empathize with her but understood the psychological trauma it would cause a child growing up in an abnormal family.

The Hamertons looked rich and dandy on the outside, but it was not exactly a normal family. It was even more twisted and dark.

Zephyr did not want Cordelia to be aggrieved, but she had to learn to dance with the wolves. It was the law of survival.

He sighed softly and told her, “Cordelia, I don’t actually think so.”

“What?”

“I can understand that you no longer want anything to do with the Jenners, but you can’t change the fact that you’re tied to them this whole life. It’s a fact that you’re related by blood, and it won’t disappear just because you cut contact with them.”

Cordelia’s bright eyes dimmed abruptly.

“Have you thought about your mom?”

bit her lips. Zephyr’s rough fingers stroked her cheek,

William Jenner forced himself on your mother back then, and that’s how you were born. It also caused your mom’s psychiatric condition, thus her admittance to the mental health hospital.

it’s been too long, and what your mom’s suffered can no longer be accounted for. You having the Jenners’ blood can’t

to take back what you’re entitled to… You need to

She wore a complex

had ever told her these, and she had never thought about it. She had been living in her joy and sorrow all this while, forgetting what

Whenever she grew emotional, she would snuggle into his arms. The man’s

fight against

goal,” Zephyr answered faintly. “Your goal

After that, she looked up at him

Zephyr was stunned.

gently with approval. She was smart, clever, and tough. She had a soft but strong heart, resilient determination, and a kind

of an empress—and the man who would stand by the queen in the future

bedroom by her hand and patiently tucking her

rooftop of the Regalia building to tell him

tensed,

to stop Josiah from

Matthew’s really crazy,” Zephyr snorted.

Zephyr’s maternal grandfather was in Ricos and Melorian. The five top finance institutions in Chaiseland that Zephyr managed were also established with the

him had caused dissatisfaction from the family’s direct descendants. Zephyr’s uncle on his mother’s side, especially, was disdainful about it, thinking that his father had given all the benefits to someone who did not share

used this as instigation, and Zephyr’s maternal uncle worked from

on the west of Centrolis

one can just bite off. A wrong move will actually cause him damage. We just have to wait and observe. There’ll be a way to take care

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