Chapter 240


    It felt like there was a loud explosion in Cordelia’s heart.


    Zephyr’s extended hand paused in the air before he slowly pulled it back.


    “I’ve lied to you,” he said. “I’ve also caused you harm.”


    Cordelia screwed her eyes shut and cried.


    She finally understood why he seemed to have an extraordinary aura, why every difficulty she met


    would always be resolved, why he never cared about money, why he seemed fearless…


    He was the heir of the Hamertons. The whole world was under his feet. What was there for him to


    be scared of?


    Cordelia chuckled wryly. She had called him silly in the past, but she was actually the silly one who


    had been tricked!


    “Cordelia—”


    “Please leave.”


    Cordelia hid under the covers. Her weak voice came from the small gap.


    Zephyr could only see her disheveled hair and her quivering body. He wanted to pat her back and


    keep her in his embrace like he used to, but he could not do it now.


    He quietly left the ward and sat on the chair in the hallway, never once leaving.


    …


    Cordelia was discharged a few dayster. When she returned to their rented ce again, she


    suddenly stopped at the door, not daring to enter.


    Linda could read her mind, so she asked gently, “Why don’t you stay with me first?”


    Cordelia looked at her and shook her head. She had troubled Linda these days. Moreover, no one


    other than herself could push her over this challenge.


    Cordelia opened the door with her key. When she changed into her slippers, she saw Zephyr’s


    leather shoes in the shoe cab and froze.


    Everything at home remained the same.


    There were punching bags and boxing gloves for his training on the balcony, clothes he changed


    out of in the bathroom’sundry basket, and loungewear he usually wore draped on the back of the


    couch.


    Their toothbrushes leaned against each other on the rack above the sink like usual, like two people


    hugging and kissing.


    Cordelia felt a pinch on her nose, and her eyes grew wet.


    As she entered the bedroom, the sheets were what she had changed not too long ago. They had


    picked out the iris design together.


    She had once told him seriously that the iris'' meaning was brimming love and happiness. She just


    did not know that the iris had a hidden symbol—hopeless love.


    Cordelia scanned the house. Everything stayed the same, yet everything was different.Ccontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    “Cordelia.” Linda held her by the shoulders. “Go have some rest. What do you want for dinner? I’ll


    go buy the ingredients now!”


    Cordelia sat by the bed with her eyes lowered and said nothing.


    Linda was worried. Cordelia had been acting this way since she was in the hospital. She was quiet


    and dared not meet anyone’s eyes. She was quiet in the day and often startled awake by


    nightmares at night.


    Linda squatted in front of her in slight distress.


    After what happened to Cordelia, she threw a tantrum outside of the emergency ward. To her, things


    had turned a new page after that. She would have to carry on with life.


    When she calmed down and thought about it, Cordelia was so deeply in love with the man. It was


    imaginable how hurtful a breakup would be to her. Besides, Zephyr did not seem as unforgivable


    since he had only kept his identity secret.


    Linda’s phone buzzed. Nichs texted her to say that he and Zephyr were already downstairs.


    Linda stole a peek through the window.


    Both men stood downstairs, looking cautious. It was like they had done something wrong and dared


    not even enter the building.


    What was strange, however, was that Nichs came with his men. There were numerous


    underlings behind him, and all looked serious with their sunsses on.


    The passersby of the residence could not help looking in curiosity too.


    Linda pursed her lips and found it funny.