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…”

“What’s between her and I have nothing to do

it does with the

Hamerton. Why

trembled. Jealousy burned bright within her,

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 who

that 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

took a deep breath and balled her hands. She tried her best to plaster on

I’m not worried

Jenner doesn’t know about your identity yet, but once

by then? Perhaps. But could you be sure that her goodnight is because she loves

off the hard lines of Zephyr’s face. It illuminated his vice grip of fists and the popped veins on the

Hamerton…” Nelly took a

she thought that what she said might have worked, so

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

don’t believe you,” Zephyr

“Zephyr, you—”

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