Nelly froze and turned around.

“Oh, it’s you.” She smiled unnaturally. “Mrs. Hamerton said that she missed a piece of jewelry and asked me to collect it here, but I don’t have the keycard.”

“It’s fine. I have a spare.” The manager smiled and immediately pulled out a keycard to open the door.

Cordelia eyed Helen with a look that asked the latter to hide in the closet. Helen did it instantly. She was petite. Although she was old, her legs were light and agile, so she snuck into the closet swiftly.

The next moment, Nelly entered as anticipated.

It was exactly what she wanted when she saw Cordelia standing there without anyone around.

Cordelia smiled. “Ms. Tanner, you’re here to rest too?”

“Yeah,” Nelly answered nonchalantly.

“But this is Aunt Cloud’s private room,” Cordelia replied coolly. “Shouldn’t you inform her that you want to take a rest here?”

fists and

the word “upstart” but was chased out of the hotel by the latter instead of succeeding. She was useless! Yelena could no longer execute the plan of slapping herself. Naturally, Nelly would be indignant if

poured herself a glass of water at

in differently,” Cordelia said softly. “Aunt Cloud brought me in while

in Nelly’s

took a deep breath. This was not

in the room, and this was Kate’s

to act softer as she

“Can we talk?”

what?” Cordelia furrowed her

there to talk about between us aside from

perfume was a little too strong, and Cordelia stepped back

you’ve always been hostile

and our families made a marriage agreement long ago. Ever since I can remember, I knew that I would marry him in the future. I’ve always seen him as

dimmed a little. She looked more

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