“Mm.” Zephyr nodded. Fredric’s opinion was what he thought too. What they could do now was only respond to the changes by staying still.

Josiah smiled and changed the topic. “Right, I think sis-in-law’s bold and resolute like you now! I heard that she resigned from Bowfest.”

“She really did?” Zephyr looked at him, a crack of a smile appearing on his otherwise stern face.

“Why did she resign?” Fredric was puzzled. “Isn’t she already a director there?”

“You’re underestimating our sis-in-law here!” said Josiah. “What does a director count for? I heard Cordelia negotiated with William Jenner and asked for the Jenner Group’s shares and a seat on the board of directors. William actually agreed!”

Fredric widened his eyes in disbelief while Zephyr only smiled. She had really done it. It seemed that what he had taught her that night had not gone to waste.

“Alright, you guys go on. I should head home.” Zephyr got up and stretched before he walked downstairs.

“Z, so early?”

He replied with a low hum and turned around with a chortle. “I should go back and cook for my wife to celebrate joining the board of directors!”

Josiah and Fredric nearly dropped their jaws. Mr. Z Hamerton knew how to cook?

Despite that, Zephyr did not go far when he turned around again and told Josiah, “Actually, ask the kitchen to prepare a few dishes. I’ll have them to-go.”

The two men nearly suffered an internal injury from holding back their peals of laughter.

Zephyr kept a blank face and entered the elevator. As the elevator descended to the lobby on the first floor, he felt a pair of sharp eyes on him from his back. He snapped his head back, but everything was as usual.

He frowned, doubts bubbling in his mind. A shadow flashed before him just as he was about to move forward.

“Hah, looks like you’ve been doing great, huh? You can actually afford to come to a place like this.”

Cordelia’s head was tilted. A wash of indifference flashed across her pretty face.

“My decision is… I refuse to,” she said without any hesitation.

The answer was slightly out of Zephyr’s expectations, but he wanted to know what his wife was thinking.

in an abnormal family.” Cordelia rested against him and said slowly, “Dad’s nothing more than a noun, mom’s never had a clear mind, and I had

contribute to the Jenners either.” Cordelia looked up at him. “I’m already your wife. I’m Mrs. Grist. I’m no longer related to the Jenners. Moreover, my dad’s intention in asking me to go back isn’t pure. I don’t want to be

“I just want the two of us to enjoy our lives without thinking

understood the psychological trauma it would cause a child growing up in an

was not exactly a normal family. It

be aggrieved, but she had to learn to

and told her, “Cordelia, I don’t actually think

“What?”

can’t change the fact that you’re tied to them this

eyes dimmed

thought about

rough fingers stroked her

said that William Jenner forced himself on your mother back then, and that’s how you were born. It also caused your mom’s psychiatric condition, thus her admittance

it’s been too long, and what your mom’s suffered can no longer be accounted for. You having the Jenners’ blood can’t

you can do now is to take back what you’re entitled to… You need to

daze. She wore a complex expression with

about it. She had been living in her joy and sorrow all this while, forgetting what her mother

hid in his embrace. This had become her habit. Whenever she grew emotional, she would snuggle into his arms. The

“Honey, should I… fight against

goal,” Zephyr answered faintly. “Your goal is to teach those

After that, she looked up at him determinedly and nodded. “Mm, I

Zephyr was stunned.

looked at her gently with approval. She was smart, clever, and tough. She had a soft but strong heart, resilient determination,

woman like this had the destiny of an empress—and the man who would stand by the queen in the future had to be him, the heir of the

to the bedroom by her

to meet Zephyr at the rooftop of the Regalia building to tell him about the land west of

As his fingers tensed, he nearly broke the cigar

quickly coughed to

really crazy,” Zephyr snorted.

Zephyr’s maternal grandfather was in Ricos and Melorian. The five top finance institutions in Chaiseland that Zephyr managed were also established with the

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