Nelly raised her voice. “This is a tacit understanding between the Hamerton and Tanner elders!”

Cordelia smiled and said gently, “Ms. Tanner, I’m rather ignorant. I don’t quite understand things like ‘tacit understanding’.

“I wonder, if the adults of both families approve and understand each other, and Zephyr doesn’t reject it, why is it ‘tacit’? Since it’s not announced, it means that both families still have reservations about this marriage.

“Or perhaps…” Cordelia said, looking Nelly in the eyes, “Zephyr doesn’t even acknowledge it!”

“You—”

Nelly was flustered.

Cordelia raised her hand to run it through her hair. The big emerald jade ring on her ring finger exuded extraordinary loftiness and affection.

It stung Nelly’s eyes. She was resentful but knew she could not show it on her face, no matter how furious she was.

This was the Bayers’ place. If she got into a fight with Cordelia here, she would be ruining the Tanners’ image.

Zephyr was also here. She could not make him think that she was a crazy woman.

her and forced a smile after glaring at

if Zephyr likes them.” She scoffed. “He has the whole Hamerton family behind him. His

stroked the emerald

her and said in a low tone, “But I can see that you like Zephyr a lot, and having someone

her coldly. “What

On the other side…

front like he was threatened—behind him was

turn around because that would make

Hamerton when he was changing? Still, Robert dared not provoke

hundreds of times in his mind and stopped in front of

“He isn’t done yet?”

be out

knocked on the door directly. “Zephyr, stop

seeing his mother

times do you want me

in other than eating when you were younger? It’s all my teachings and training that

“Mom, you—”

come

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