“What a joke!” Yelena’s voice was shaky. She pretended to be calm. “She’s not my father’s daughter. Why does she deserve the money?”

“So, Ms. Jenner is unwilling?”

Zephyr raised his voice. The place was silent.

Yelena stepped back in fear.

“My wife deserves those shares,” he said with a deep voice. “But she doesn’t care about this mere money!”

Zephyr held Cordelia as they walked out. He kicked the documents on the floor away.

The majesty of the man seemed to have suppressed the entire lobby. Even after he left, nobody dared to move.

Cordelia sat on the couch after getting home. She was strangely quiet.

That worried Zephyr a little bit.

He poured her a glass of warm water and sat next to her. He placed his arm on her skinny shoulders and pulled her close.

“What are you thinking about, wifey?”

As Cordelia held the glass, the security the man provided made her loosen her tensed body.

She chuckled and mumbled, “How nice it would be if I could hide in your embrace forever.”

“Why not?” He smiled. “Didn’t they say that one will spoil his lady like a kid if he really loves her?

“I’ll spoil you like you’re my daughter!”

Cordelia was stunned. She looked at him, not sure whether to laugh or cry.

“What? Do you want me to call you daddy?”

better.” Zephyr squinted. He stuck his ear close to her and said in his

“I hate you!”

wall, blocking her sturdily. He looked

and happened to see William’s cold stare and a subtle smile at the

leaving the office, Yelena pulled her from behind before she could get out of

“Stop!”

her head, and Yelena’s slap

dodged swiftly, and Yelena missed. As she was attempting to slap

was vicious, but Cordelia did not want to

floor. The blank part where William was supposed to

screamed as if she had

that moment, Cordelia had a

had the same father and different mother, she had been despising him since young, had tried everything to put him in trouble, and eventually found

might be mad about

she was not one of the Jenners.

took a deep breath. She wanted to

her, Yelena suddenly turned around and tossed the

and instinctively wrapped her arms around her

big figure came rushing. He hugged her

crushed

lobby fell into silence suddenly. The employees

her racing heart. She lifted

so cold it was smothering. He stared ferociously

“Let’s go home, hubby.”

head. “Are you

“No.”

and scoffed. “That’s quite a lot of shares.

something, but she dared

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joke!” Yelena’s voice was shaky. She pretended to be calm. “She’s not my father’s daughter.

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