Nicholas stood rooted with his temples throbbing. After a moment, he looked at Linda with a complicated gaze and said, “Calm down, okay? Zephyr doesn’t wish for this either…”

“What doesn’t he wish for?” Linda raised her voice. “Hah, he’s bored of living his rich heir life in Centrolis and came here pretending to be a former convict to get married?”

“Don’t make it sound so bad. You don’t understand. He was conspired against and got seriously injured. That’s why he hid his identity in Jangasas!”

Linda was quiet for a moment and scanned him judgingly before she scoffed. “You knew so much?”

Nicholas was rendered speechless.

“Nicholas Thompson!”

Nicholas wanted nothing more than to slap himself.

“Zephyr Hamerton!” Linda’s voice was shaking from how furious she was. “Recover and recuperate all you want. Why get Cordelia involved?

“Do you really think you’re a prince? Hah, being a womanizer even when you’re badly injured. How much will your rich heir friends be envious of you when you talk about it in the future? Am I right?

“But what about Cordelia? Will you really be able to marry her!?”

“Linda!” Nicholas looked stern. “Enough!”

Linda took a deep breath and forced her tears back.

The hallway fell into silence suddenly, as if warped into a vacuum.

The light above the emergency ward went out a while later, and Zephyr got up to run over.

“Don’t worry. She’s not in a critical state.” Seth came out with a relieved smile. “Fortunately, the cut was shallow and didn’t cut the artery. As for her other injuries, they’re superficial wounds. She just has to rest up.”

Zephyr’s lips wobbled, and his eyes turned red.

Seth had mixed feelings facing him again. Never in his dreams would he have thought that the man he had saved back then was so distinguished.

He said softly, “M-Mr… Hamerton, the nurses are finishing up inside. Once there’s no anomaly after some observation, Cordelia will be wheeled to the ward.”

and

lips. “Also, I suggest that Linda keeps

“Why?” Zephyr was alarmed.

a normal reaction. Give her some time and let

was silent

it! I’ll go home and pack now and come keep

I’ll go with you!”

take a break! You men are all liars!

us.

her eyes, “Are you saying eight years isn’t much

vanishing sound of her

to tell her earlier, yet you had to stall it!” he complained

appease Cordelia or give me

soundlessly. He was also being lied to for a very

he said softly. “Mr. Hamerton, even I’m upset that you’ve gone from Marcus Grist to Zephyr Hamerton all of a sudden. What more could Cordelia

lips, his deep eyes

could not help it in the past and wanted a chance to tell her everything now… It was just one step away—one small step,

were cold. The lingering fear

wheeled Cordelia into the hospital

paced around the door for a long time before carefully opening the door and

cheeks were swollen and bruised. There was a thick bandage of gauze on her wrist. The most shocking injury was the wound

scene when he barged in. Cordelia had been on the floor, wounded and most of her clothes torn, as she had been crying “Honey, save me” in

that Zephyr felt like his

the bed and held her cold hand. There was a pinch in his nose, and the corner of

on Cordelia’s lids. Zephyr held

come over,

in the nightmare. The man with his pinky missing was cackling, holding a knife. She had

“Ah!”

The pain all over her felt like

someone’s gentle voice was heard

to her, she focused her gaze on looking at the man in front of her. He was still handsome with his sculpted face and dark eyes, and

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