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?”

curled her hands into fists

She was

raised a brow and poured herself a glass of

Cordelia said softly. “Aunt Cloud brought

keycard in

breath. This was not

and this was Kate’s

smiled and tried to act softer

“Can we talk?”

what?” Cordelia furrowed

to talk about

too strong, and Cordelia stepped back

I know that you’ve always been

marriage agreement long ago. Ever since I can remember, I knew

down. The arrogance she always exuded dimmed a little. She looked more like someone devoted, whose love was

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