It felt like there was a loud explosion in Cordelia’s heart.

Zephyr’s extended hand paused in the air before he slowly pulled it back.

“I’ve lied to you,” he said. “I’ve also caused you harm.”

Cordelia screwed her eyes shut and cried.

She finally understood why he seemed to have an extraordinary aura, why every difficulty she met would always be resolved, why he never cared about money, why he seemed fearless…

He was the heir of the Hamertons. The whole world was under his feet. What was there for him to be scared of?

Cordelia chuckled wryly. She had called him silly in the past, but she was actually the silly one who had been tricked!

“Cordelia—”

“Please leave.”

Cordelia hid under the covers. Her weak voice came from the small gap.

and her quivering body. He wanted to pat her back and keep her in his embrace like he used to, but

on the chair in

days later. When she returned to their rented place again,

mind, so she asked gently, “Why don’t you stay with me

at her and shook her head. She had troubled Linda these days. Moreover, no one other than herself could push her

the door with her key. When she changed into her slippers, she saw Zephyr’s

home

and boxing gloves for his training on the balcony, clothes he changed out of in the bathroom’s laundry basket, and loungewear he usually wore draped on

leaned against each other on the rack above the sink like usual, like two people

her

entered the bedroom, the sheets were what she had changed not too long ago. They had picked out the

that the iris’ meaning was brimming love and

house. Everything stayed the same, yet

Linda held her by the shoulders. “Go have some rest. What do

the bed with her eyes

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