“They move pretty fast.” Zephyr sneered. “They’re going to ask for money in Chaiseland on my behalf!”

“Yeah.”

“It’s fine. I contacted my mom,” replied Zephyr. “I told her she’ll have a for money very soon and that she must be prepared for it.”

“Auntie?” Josiah was worried. “Can she handle it? I heard that Matthew has recently. They must have conspired a long time ago!”

“Don’t worry.” Zephyr turned back to look at them. “You know my mom. The thing she does best in life? Strong and aggressive!”

The men exchanged looks and chuckled.

Zephyr’s mother, the eldest daughter in her family, had gotten used to being dominant her whole life. The stronger her opponent was, the better she fought.

Zephyr completely inherited her superior genes in this.

“So there’s only one way out for Marcus when he arrives in Chaiseland.” Josiah laughed. “Caught alive by auntie!”

Frederic nodded. “A good amount of issues can be settled when he’s caught!”

Josiah said, “Oh, yeah, Z, Aunt Cloud and Zennie have been staying in Regalia. My uncle’s there to keep an eye out. Everything’s okay!”

“Thanks for going through the trouble.”

“Are we bros or not?” Josiah cackled, and his expression slowly grew serious. “But… Z, is Zennie dating? There’s a man by her side…”

Zephyr scowled.

Josiah pulled out some surveillance recordings from his phone. “This guy. I remember his name is Phil Nelson, a longtime employee in your family.”

deep. “Is

stay around Zennie all day.” Josiah scratched his head. “I just find him rather odd. I met him two days ago, and he didn’t speak a word. If Zennie didn’t introduce

“But…”

roll off Zennie’s tongue, but she could not

brother explaining it to Cordelia

pinched Zennie’s nose lightly. “What’s gotten into you today? Is it because you haven’t

a smile and got the cookies out of

wind chime rang at the door each time customers patronized the

busy day. This day was like every other day—sunlight filled the porch while the interior wafted with the aroma of coffee. Patrons chatted and

of fall now, but the irises were

filled with happiness. As Zennie watched her smile in contentment, she hoped she could stay

along the river very slowly and rarely made

allowed on it. Hence, the two men in the backseat looked hopeless as they stared at the back of Zephyr’s head like they had seen a ghost and sighed

so careful with this car, costing less than $15,000, and treated it like a gem while he pushed down on the pedal of those million-dollar luxury sports cars in the past, not at

but they had

fall asleep

reflected through the rearview mirror as he slowly

want to. You drool

and straightened

with a chuckle, “Uh, Z,

you spill it?” Zephyr glared at

silent and held

tell you.” Josiah decided to act fast to save himself from the trouble.

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