Chapter 249


    Thendlord called, asking Cordelia if she wanted to continue renting the ce.


    She felt a squeeze in her heart as she had many memories with Zephyr there. Although she was


    mad at him, she did not want to throw those memories away.


    “Say something, Mrs. Grist!” shouted thendlord, “I’ll rent it to someone else if you won’t! The unit


    is selling like hot cake!”


    “You can’t rent it to someone else!” Cordelia slipped. “We signed a one-year contract, and it has not


    expired yet!”


    “It has not, but you’ll have to pay the rent, Mrs. Grist!”


    “Don’t worry. I won’t owe you the rent!” Cordelia pouted. “I’ll transfer it to you soon!


    “Also, please remember that I’m not Mrs. Grist!” She raised her voice and enunciated each word


    clearly to thendlord. “My husband is Mr. Hamerton!”


    “Oh… Okay, Mrs. Hamerton!” Thendlord did not care if it was Grist or Hamerton as long as she


    could get the payment.


    Cordelia sighed helplessly after hanging up the phone.


    X smiled and ced her hand on her daughter’s shoulder. She asked while raising her


    eyebrows, “What did you say?”


    Cordelia was stunned.


    ‘What did I say?


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    ‘I said… my husband was a Hamerton?’


    Her cheeks blushed, and she looked down for a long time. Meanwhile, her heart started pounding.


    “Cordelia,” X looked at her, chuckling. “I know I’m silly sometimes, but I can tell that you still like


    him very much, right?”


    “Mom…”


    “No woman would call out “husband” simply,” X said softly. “If she calls him that, it proves that


    he’s unshakeable to her. It’s the person that she wants to spend her life with.


    “Cordelia, I actually think Zephyr is reliable.”


    Cordeliaid her head low. Sadness shed through her big eyes.


    How would she not know that he was reliable? It was fine before, but his identity was different now,


    and his standpoint was different as well. She was not relying on a regr man now but the


    Hamertons’ heir.


    She only wanted a simple life but was destined to face a storm upon entering his world.


    “Mom, it was just… a slip of the tongue!” Cordelia yed with the corner of her shirt. “About keeping


    the house, I thought that since we’ve already signed the contract, we might have to pay for the


    breach of contract if we cancel it… The rent remains the same, so I thought to keep renting it!”


    X revealed a cryptic smile. Even the light in her eyes becameplicated now.


    Forget it if Cordelia was trying to fool someone else, she thought she could fool her own mother?


    “You fool,” X said gently. “Sometimes, a slip of the tongue is the perfect reflection of what you


    really feel. It was something that you said subconsciously. You can’t get away with that!”


    “Mom!”


    “Are you mad that he lied to you, or are you mad about his identity?”


    Cordelia could not tell.


    X analyzed for her, “If you mind that he lied to you, I think you should just forgive him. He begs


    for your forgiveness daily and seems sincere! Also, who in this world has never lied?


    “If it’s his identity that you mind, then…”


    She pulled her hand and caressed softly. “Don’t mind it, Cordelia. He’s born rich indeed, but you’re


    not bad either!”


    “What?” Cordelia was stunned.


    X did not go on. She merely gave a cryptic smile.


    “No matter what, it’s hard to meet someone that really loves you in life. You should cherish it when


    lovees, or you’ll live in regret.”


    Cordelia always thought her mother would never finish what she said. However, seeing her looking


    like she was in deep thought and blue, she dared not ask further.


    She gave her medicine and helped her to her room. She only left quietly after she fell asleep.


    She looked out the window instinctively. The street beneath the street lights was empty. There was


    nobody.


    Zephyr was not here today…


    She suddenly felt she had lost something and was a little sad.


    At the Hamerton Manor in Centrolis…


    It was quiet in the big study. One’s breath could be heard clearly. There was tension lingering in the


    air.


    Zephyr stood firmly. The cold gleam deep in his eyes gave Liam’s heart a squeeze.


    The baby that he carried in his embrace, the little boy that held his hand, the handsome young man


    that he sent to Walton himself… had be a man that was out of his control.


    He never thought the weapon he trained himself would protect someone else one day!


    “That’s your condition?” Liam was shaking from the rage. “You did so much just to marry that


    woman!?”


    Zephyr remained calm and answered firmly. “Yes.”


    Liam mmed the walnut in his hand onto the table. The cup on the table was crushed.


    “Do you know what you’re saying?” He was furious. “To lose your rationality over a woman, you


    don’t deserve to be the Hamertons’ heir!”


    “Sure.” Zephyr looked at him calmly. “I can release a statement to never inherit any of the


    Hamertons’ assets.”


    “You…”


    Liam thought he would trigger him, so he never thought it would backfire.


    How could the Hamertons flourish without Zephyr? Moreover, Liam did not have another 20 years to


    train another outstanding heir like him.


    “Think about it carefully!” Liam said coldly, “If you cut ties with the Hamertons, that woman will have


    nothing. She will leave you sooner orter!”


    “She won’t.” Zephyr chuckled. “She’d follow me even if I got to the point of being a beggar.”


    “You’re out of your mind!”


    “I’m fully aware of what I’m doing, grandpa.” Zephyr enunciated each word. “I’m running the legal


    process to transfer my threepanies to Cordelia. If you still refuse for her to marry me, she’ll


    leave with the threepanies and thend in the western suburb!”


    Liam looked terrible. He held so tightly to the cane his joints were pale.


    “I’ve said everything I have.” Zephyr nodded and bowed. “Grandpa, Cordelia is an amazing girl. I


    really don’t want to pass her by.


    “I’ve already made a mistake by keeping my identity from her. I’ll do everything I can to make her


    stay this time!”


    He turned around to leave after he was done speaking. He felt much more relieved now.


    He walked in the manor and lifted his head to the sky. He rarely had such aid-back moment since


    he was young.


    He suddenly wondered whether Cordelia was at the window, looking at the night sky like he did.


    He stopped, looked at his phone, and hesitated before making a video call.