Chapter 388
Cordelia smiled and answered directly, “Zephyr Hamerton.”
Neil had long expected this answer, but Cordelia’s frankness surprised him. He did not expect
Zephyr to have such a high status to her that she did not even feign courtesy and blurted it so
straightforwardly.
Shane looked around and stepped up to break the awkwardness with a chuckle.
“Uh… Neil, take a look at the script first. You’ll be the first to audition when Ms. Lulham is here!
“Ms. Cordelia, take a break too! Neil asked me to bring some snacks. Have a try…”
The few of them found somewhere close to the window where the sunlight spilled in, and they
basked in it. The scenery outside was the picturesque fall.
Shane made coffee and brought them over, the room immediately wafting with the aroma. Neil
pulled a pretty lunchbox out of his bag. It was a dark-colored wooden box with intricate and
repeated patterns carved on it…
Cordelia was stunned and nearly doubted if her eyes yed a trick on her. The box that her mother
had given her seemed to have this pattern as well.
“Is it pretty?” Neil chortled. “This pattern ismon in Southeast Aciatic.”
“Oh.” Cordelia nodded in confusion.
“I told you that I’m from Mengasas. It’s close to Southeast Aciatic, so our food and culture are
influenced as well.”
As Neil spoke, he retrieved a small te of cake and ced it in front of Cordelia.
“Have a taste!”
Cordelia snapped out of her reverie.
The small dish of the cake was intricate. Its emerald color and semi-opaque transparency made it
look like a piece of art.
“This is…” Cordelia was delightfully surprised. This was one of the cakes her mother had made her
when she was younger!
“You know this?” Neil asked softly, “This is Ejada, a specialty from Southeast Aciatic.”
“Specialty from Southeast Aciatic?”
Cordelia recalled the time when she took her mother to the art exhibition, and X bought a scarf.
She had said that the embroidery and pattern were rarely seen in Centrolis and were only avable
in Southeast Aciatic.
Her mother was emotional when she saw the painting with fireflies, and the fireflies with double sets
of wings were only found in the forest of Southeast Aciatic too. She also knew how to y Xiroh, a
card game that was unique to Southeast Aciatic.
Southeast Aciatic… Why was everything regarding her mother revolved around this ce? Yet,
X had never told her where her hometown was.
“Cordelia, what’s the matter?” Neil waved a hand in front of her.
“Oh, nothing.” Cordelia smiled. “The cake looks so pretty that I can’t bear to eat it!”
“I’m not good at making it, but it’s decent in taste if you aren’t picky,” Neil said with a smile. “Ejada is
made of mung beans and glutinous rice. Because Southeast Aciatic’s climate is hot and Ejada is
cooling, the locals like it.”
Cordelia nodded and was about to pick a piece up into her mouth when a deep cough sounded.
When Cordelia turned around and saw Zephyr, Neil noticed how her eyes lit up. That man was her
whole world.
“What brings you here!?” Cordelia ran over enthusiastically and hooked arms with him.
It was only then Zephyr was cated. He smiled at her and told her gently, “You can’t have cold
things. Why didn’t you listen?”
Cordelia looked at the cakes on the coffee table. “They aren’t cold. They’re still warm!”
Zephyr patiently uttered, “Mung beans are cooling in nature!”
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Shane’s eyes bulged from the side as he did his best to hold back hisugh.
Zephyr’s gaze at Neil was not exactly friendly, but he maintained surface-level courtesy.
“Mr. Harris, you look…” He scanned him up and down and smirked. “Nice.”
Neil smiled. “Thank you for thepliment.”
“But something small like an audition won’t have to trouble thepany’s senior assistant, right?”
Shane quickly butted in. “Mr. Zephyr, Madam Baker’s the one who asked Ms. Cordelia toe
along…”
Neil coughed and gave Shane a look to ask him to back away.
Zephyr stood next to Cordelia. The man was tall and well-built, handsome and aloof. There was an
innate sense of grace and arrogance within him.