The other end of the line went silent for a bit before the girl’s soft voice was heard.

“I love you too.”

Cordelia’s heart thumped. Her cheeks felt like they were burning. She quickly hung up after what she said. Holding her phone in a daze, she giggled after a while.

Both of them had never officially said things like “I love you” despite being married for so long.

Cordelia stretched. She felt like she was on cloud nine. That man was definitely going to be in her dream again tonight.

Zephyr was going to ask Robert to pick him up after he ended the call, but he heard someone behind him.

“Is that Ms. Jenner?”

Alarmed, he turned around abruptly with an icy gaze.

“Why are you still here!?”

“Zephyr…” Nelly paused and backtracked. “Mr. Hamerton, you and Ms. Jenner aren’t going to work out in the long term…”

snarled, “What’s between her and I have nothing to

does with the

aren’t a Hamerton. Why

bright within her, devouring her pride

heard Zephyr and Liam’s fight in the study earlier, and Zephyr’s rare tenderness when he was on the phone made it disbelieving that he was the third Hamerton heir

would tie the Hamertons and the Tanners together was already a tacit agreement, and she had always acted like she was the daughter-in-law of the Hamertons. Why… Why was there a Cordelia Jenner out of the

balled her hands. She tried her best

I’m not worried

know about your identity yet, but once it’s

goodnight so sweetly by then? Perhaps. But could you be sure that her goodnight is because she loves you—or she’s scared

his vice grip of fists and the popped veins on the back

took a

that the man did not react, she thought that what she said

“If you trust me, I can talk to Ms. Jenner. I can at least ensure that she won’t

you,” Zephyr replied

“Zephyr, you—”

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