“Nothing…” Cordelia forced a smile. “Business hasn’t been good these days, huh?”

It stumped Zephyr. He had never been concerned about whether the business was good since the beginning. The purpose of opening this shop was just to make Cordelia happy. It was just that she would be unhappy if business remained bad.

Zephyr frowned. ‘Goodness, how did I miss this!?’

He would probably have to ask Josiah and Fredric to get more customers over these days. While he thought about it, he heard Cordelia huff. “Someone must be behind this! Business was okay previously. How could it just disappear!?”

“What?” Zephyr paused.

Cordelia whipped out her phone and tapped on a few review apps.

Iris had plenty of reviews, but almost all of them were bad ones.

[I heard that the boss of this cafe is a felon—an inmate!]

[Yeah, don’t go to that shop! What good coffee can a boss who’s gone behind bars make?]

[Even one star is too much! Dodgy shop!]

Cordelia read through them, page after page, her hands shaking.

“Darling, look…” she said, aggrieved. “I only found out today that so many people are calling our shop a fraud!

haven’t offended anyone since we started our business!”

“Could it be people you had grudges with

into thin air. Robert came to Jangasas to secretly deliver the news to him. “Sir, our people have basically flipped Centrolis over, but Marcus can’t be found

gone out of the blue!? Now

Matthew’s already found him first. They’ll definitely find

his eyes,

Zephyr instructed, “Cordelia, though… Get a few reliable men to

“Got it!”

his spine all of a sudden after

it was Matthew, Yale, or other Hamertons considering conspiring, he had never been scared, even if there was a direct confrontation. This time,

the open while they were lurking in the shadows.

together.

sweet voice sounded from the outside of the

Zephyr exchanged a look before he pressed his cap lower and ran out. As Cordelia went past him, she found the person mysterious and wanted to do a double take

“You’re done with work?”

hooked her arms

cafe, and it felt empty. It was currently leisure hours after people went off

cabinet at the back, barely lessened.

and a wash of disappointment flashed in her

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