Married a Secret Billionaire

Cordelia’s hands went cold.

Zephyr blamed himself. “Cordelia, it’s my fault. I was careless. And I watched Aunt Helen drink the soup without stopping her…”

Cordelia looked at him.

He had his head lowered like a child who had done something wrong in front of her again. He took all the blame because he knew that she liked Helen. The latter doted on her like a mother and took good care of her when he did not have time to keep her company.

He cared a lot about the people she cared about.

It was just that this was not his fault. This was an ambush no one could prevent.

“You can’t be blamed,” Cordelia said softly. “We can’t avoid it when someone wants to harm us.”

Zephyr froze.

Cordelia’s sweet smile lit up his whole world.

“Besides, I know that you did it for me. You’re worried about people harming me, so not even Aunt Helen, who’s so close to us, can do it.

“So why should I blame you?”

Cordelia cuddled him after that, stunning him before he lifted a hand to stroke her smooth hair.

“It’s fortunate that we discovered it early,” Zephyr said seriously. “And so fortunate that Aunt Helen is fine.”

“Mm.”

only ask Aunt Helen how that stuff got into

that, Robert rushed over from the other end of the

much as he could. “Phil Nelson has applied for a long break

She ought

Cordelia gasped. “Food poisoning?”

at her. “Cordelia… I didn’t let you drink the soup

She knew that Zephyr would not suspect someone out of the

soup to you, but Ginger came to the window sill

away

got suspicious that something had been added

now that Cordelia understood why he had looked worried and

saw Helen busying about at home,” said Zephyr. “I was already suspicious of her then and thought I’d wait for her to expose herself, so when she asked

some out and tasted it

turned pale as

the soup, she

someone could come in and out of their house freely and even drop

her spine and the quickening of her heartbeat once she

What kind of poison is

could

doctor. “There’s an additive in the drug that

coronary thrombosis before, so the poisoning played out faster. It’s fortunate that she didn’t consume a lot and wasn’t addicted.”

Cordelia’s hands went cold.

my fault. I was careless. And I watched Aunt Helen