“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.

grew up 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 to take care of my younger brother. I also had to endure Joanne and Yelena’s bullying

looked up at him. “I’m already your wife. I’m Mrs. Grist. I’m

her arms around his waist. “I just want the two of us to enjoy

the psychological trauma it would cause

looked rich and dandy on the outside, but it was not exactly a normal family. It was

Cordelia to be aggrieved, but she had to learn to dance with the wolves. It was the

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

“What?”

you’re tied to them this whole life. It’s a fact that you’re related by blood,

bright eyes dimmed

you thought about

bit her lips. Zephyr’s rough fingers stroked her cheek, his gaze deep and

how you were born. It also caused your mom’s psychiatric condition, thus her admittance

too long, and what your mom’s suffered can no longer be

now is to take back what you’re entitled to…

him in a daze. She wore a complex expression with hints

one had ever told her these, and she had never thought about it. She had been living in her joy and sorrow all this while,

eyes as she hid in his embrace. This had become her habit. Whenever she grew emotional, she would snuggle into his arms. The man’s warm and built chest

“Honey, should I… fight against Yelena

answered faintly. “Your goal is to teach those who’ve hurt

for a bit. After that, she looked up at

Zephyr was stunned.

gently with approval. She was smart, clever, and tough. She had a soft but strong heart, resilient determination, and a kind but clear

a woman like this had the destiny of an empress—and the man who would stand by the queen in the future had

to the bedroom by her hand and

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

tensed, he nearly broke the

quickly coughed to stop Josiah from going

Matthew’s really crazy,” Zephyr snorted. “He dares instigate my

force of Zephyr’s maternal grandfather was in Ricos and Melorian. The five top finance institutions in Chaiseland that Zephyr managed were

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