Cordelia tucked Xyla behind her and looked at Janine in alertness. She tried to say as calmly as possible, “Madam, my mother doesn’t feel well. Please don’t talk to her like that!”

Janine looked surprised. “What’s wrong with her?”

“It’s not my place to disclose it.” Cordelia wrapped an arm around Xyla’s shaking shoulders. “I’m going to send her back now!”

“Wait…”

Janine failed to hold them back as Cordelia quickly took Xyla out of the gallery.

Janine’s assistant asked her softly, “Madam Baker, do you need me to check them out?”

“What’s there to look into?” Janine gave him the side eye. “Could I not know her when we grew up together?”

Her assistant shut up and quietly backed away.

Janine looked at Cordelia and Xyla’s fading backs in deep thought. She then looked down and realized that the scarf Xyla had bought had fallen to the floor in their hurry just now.

She picked it up and smiled.

old, and you still like the same thing!

too reliable as one, but… the princess

through the

what she was looking for and waved for her to come over with a chuckle. “Cordelia, forget it… I don’t need to

and looked at her in

“I’m just a bit tired. I’ll be okay after a nap. Go

are you sure you’re

“Yes.”

I’ll write up my article. I’ll be able to help you in

and patted Cordelia’s

lucky she had her daughter all these years. She was the one who

eyes, but it

and she soon saw a young Janine. They were still in school uniforms as they cheered at the bottom of the Elps, motivated each other in the national library, and shone in

will you marry in

know. Our families will

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