Cordelia looked at her in confusion but closed the door as instructed.

As Xyla sat on the chair, her gaze was fixed somewhere outside the window without any focus. Her expression was heavy and sorrowful.

“Mom…” Cordelia crouched down in front of her.

“Cordelia.” Xyla snapped out of her trance after some time and slowly turned to the box in the corner. “Bring that over.”

Cordelia was stunned, and her heart drummed anxiously.

She did what she was told. The wooden box was not heavy, and she could lift it with a hand. The carving on it was intricate and discreet, looking unique.

When Cordelia was young, she was curious about the box too, but Xyla had forbidden her from touching it, so she suppressed that curiosity.

This was actually her first time being this close to the box.

There was a vintage copper lock on the box that could barely be seen nowadays.

Xyla sounded a little aggrieved. “Cordelia, I’m not a good mother. I’ve been a burden to you. I wasn’t even able to witness you getting married.

“Take this box back. Consider it your wedding gift from me.

it if nothing

Cordelia froze in bewilderment.

sturdy and would not give easily,

key—and she did not say what was in it

to ask, but Xyla looked tired

against Cordelia. “I’d like to get

Cordelia bit her lips.

that her mother must not be shocked with this illness. Cordelia subconsciously thought that the box was something

the confusion—no matter how many questions she had—and softly

box home and kept it in the same cabinet as the jewelry box. She looked at it for a long time and sighed. The moment

It felt like she was in a maze where she could not see the exit. Her mind was

return trip flight ticket for Zephyr and showed him

This was the first time he had encountered something like this. Ultimately, he asked

Frederic immediately saw the issue and circled the earliest red-eye flight with

was so surprised that words

hated midnight flights like this the most

like them very much

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