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?”

into fists and kept her eyes

instead of succeeding. She was

a brow and poured herself a glass of water at the bar, “Aren’t you here as

came in differently,” Cordelia said softly.

spare keycard in Nelly’s hand with a cryptic

took a deep breath. This was

no surveillance camera in the room, and this was Kate’s private space. If any commotion happened here, people would rush over

tried to act softer as

“Can we talk?”

what?” Cordelia furrowed her

there to talk about between

was a little too strong, and Cordelia stepped

you’ve always

long ago. Ever since I can remember, I knew that I

dimmed a little. She looked more

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