Chapter 676


    Ava was pale as she stood there trembling. “Fan Lee, you… Stop assuming unwarranted authority!


    What did I do to Cordelia just now? I was kind enough to take her shopping, and this is how you


    nder me!?” “You’re kind?” Fan red at her. “Ava Baker, have some shame! Don’t make me insult


    you!” “You…” “Take this woman back!” Fan told the bodyguards in fluent Chaisene. The bodyguards


    were tall and muscr with big eyes that looked frightening. Zephyr’s men had already cleared the


    mall, and the sales assistants of the lingerie shop stood close to the wall not daring to move. The


    bodyguards were going to grab Ava when Cordelia came out of the changing room dressed. “Mrs.


    Hamerton!” Fan went up to help her. Cordelia’s hands were icy while beads of sweat formed on the tip


    of her nose. Her feet felt leaden as each step was incredibly heavy. “Mrs. Hamerton, are you okay?”


    Fan asked in concern. “I’ll send you back now!” “I’ll leave on my own. Don’t follow me.” Cordelia felt


    weak. It was like she was sucked dry. She held her belly and walked out with great difficulty. When she


    walked past Ava, she red at her. She wanted to say something but could not get any word out. Ava


    had long discovered her weakness and knew how to bruise her ego. Cordelia admitted that she was


    sometimes a perfectionist. Being pregnant for the first time, she endured all sorts of difort and did


    her best to adapt to the mindset changes. She tried her hardest to adapt to growing fat, the freckles on


    her face, and the difficulty to move around. Sheforted herself that all these would get better after


    she delivered the baby.


    However, her fragile state of mind broke down when she saw the worm-like stretch marks on her round


    belly. A pregnant woman’s mood was hard to exin. Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay


    Updated For All Books Updates… She had previously read posts about pregnant people who would


    often cry hard over something small for no reason at all. She could not understand it at that time but


    with months adding up in her pregnancy and how her body changed, she seemed to understand it now.


    A bodyguard asked, “Ms. Lee, do we still take her back?” Cordelia had left, and Fan did not know what


    to do about Ava. “I’ll go after Mrs. Hamerton,” she said. “Send her back to the Bakers first and see what


    Mr. Zephyr wants to do about her!” … Zephyr got up to the bedroom. He pushed the door open softly


    and looked inside to see that Cordelia was seated by the window. He did not know what she wasCopyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    looking at but the woman’s quiet and pretty side profile brimmed with sorrow. She was usually chatty


    like a magpie, yet she was now silent out of the blue. She had even asked to sleep in a different room


    from him. It was until Zephyr got the mall’s surveince recording and heard Fan report the entire


    incident that he understood Cordelia’s unusual behavior. Zephyr wore a grim look and was silent as he


    gripped his fists tightly. There was a wash of menace over his otherwise nk face. Later, Zephyr


    coaxed Cordelia to sleep and pulled the nket away gently. He felt his heart ache upon seeing the


    stretch marks peppered across her belly under the dim light. The marks were ugly, like the ground


    cracking. Yet, she would not have these at all if it were not for him. He bowed to kiss her stomach. The


    baby in her womb seemed to feel something as a small part—either a small hand or a small foot—


    popped up.