Helpless, Cordelia could only wrap her arms around his neck and kiss his lips deeply.

Although Zephyr was not quite satisfied, he let her go with a smile.

“You don’t have to make breakfast,” Cordelia said softly. “Aunt Helen’s probably grocery shopping at this hour and will be back soon! She’s speedy and will be done preparing breakfast in a while.

“Right, she said to finish this soup first before breakfast!”

Cordelia stretched her hand for the bowl of soup as she spoke.

A thought flashed in Zephyr’s mind, and he abruptly placed the soup on the side.

It stunned Cordelia, and she stared at him. “You… What’s wrong?”

“Oh, nothing.” He recovered. “The soup’s gone cold. Don’t drink it.”

“Hasn’t Aunt Helen been keeping it warm?”

Zephyr said after a pause, “Cordelia, stop drinking these for the time being. And Aunt Helen’s a little aged. It’s too tiring for her to take care of the house chores and to cook.”

blinked. The man’s sternness

I’ll get the

him about it but could

knew that he might be too paranoid. What could it imply just because the tabby cat refused to drink the soup? Helen’s loyalty to

want to assume the worst… but he would rather wrongly blame a whole lot than miss

“Zephyr, what’s the matter?”

looked up to see Cordelia staring at

look too good. Are you feeling

head with a

been acting weird since this morning,” Cordelia murmured softly, smiling at him and grabbing his face. “Are you upset that I’m

against his face. Were it

a true capitalist. She worked women like men, and men like animals… Why should Cordelia suffer like that? She could just

the hands slipping from his grasp. When he realized it, Cordelia had already stood

She grinned. “Aren’t you going

feel like going.” He got up to her

wait for me

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