Chapter 224


    Tonight, Ronan turned into a raging panther, ravishing Cordelia.


    He traced his hand over Cordelia''s smooth and t belly, but there were no signs of any swelling. So, it


    was certain. The child wasn''t his. If it was, she should have been showing by now.


    Midnight, Cordelia was drenched in sweat and exhausted.


    "Mr. Evans, don''t forget about the divorce," Cordelia said with her eyes closed, lying in bed. Despite


    being covered in sweat, her mind was unusually clear.


    He was already dressing. "Tomorrow night, I''ll give you the divorce papers," Ronan said. And with that,


    he stood up and left.


    The room was restored to silence once more. Cordelia remained in bed, panting heavily.


    This unexpected opportunity to get a divorce was a surprise. Ronan wasn''t part of her n when she


    came back. But the appearance of Grant had disrupted Cordelia''s ns.


    She guessed that Grant would tell Ronan about what happened tonight, and he might have even


    thought that she was pregnant.


    Cordelia was afraid of Ronan''s confrontation, so she packed her bags, nning to change hotels. She


    didn''t want to see Ronan, afraid that it would stir up old feelings. While dragging her suitcase down the


    hotel corridor, she passed a maid cleaning. She caught a glimpse of a pregnancy test in the trash bin.


    She thought that she could escape for a while, but not forever. Ronan would always find her. She


    couldn''t stay with the man who killed her mother. It suffocated her and gave her nightmares.


    She grabbed someone else''s pregnancy test, just to be safe. She had to let Ronan think she was


    pregnant.


    Ronan, the renowned man from Millstone, wouldn''t want a woman carrying another man''s child. So,


    divorce was inevitable.


    She''d done it. Ronan must have lost all hope in her by now.


    Her exam was at three in the afternoon. She slept in the hotel all morning. In the afternoon, she


    entered the exam room with full confidence. She knew she would pass the financial cost management


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    exam.


    Back at the hotel, she received a call from Ronan. She usually never picked up his calls, but this time,


    she did.


    "Come home and get the divorce papers. Also, say yourst goodbye to Barney. He misses you," he


    said.


    "Alright," Cordelia replied.


    Cordelia dolled herself up to look calm andposed. She hailed a cab and headed to Pearl Palms.


    Barney had been waiting at the door since he heard Cordelia wasing. The sight of Barney shocked


    Cordelia. His hair was all gone, and he looked much older.


    "Barney... what happened to you?" Cordelia asked, holding Barney''s hand.


    Barney''s hand felt like it was withering away.


    "Life and death are natural, just like the sun rising," Barney told Cordelia. "Now that you''re back, I can


    rest easy."


    "Barney, I''m sorry," Cordelia said.


    "Don''t say that Cordelia," Barney said. "I''m halfway in the grave. I can''t let my condition hold you back.


    That would be selfish. How did your final exam go?"


    "Good. I think I passed," Cordelia said, forcing a smile.


    "Good, our family has another ountant." Barney patted Cordelia''s hand. They continued their


    conversation from the doorway to the living room.


    Ronan was sitting in the living room, reading a book. When he saw Cordelia, he looked up and said,


    "You''re back?"


    "Yes," Cordelia replied.


    They seemed to have an unspoken understanding. Cordelia pretended it was the first time she''d seen


    Ronan since she returned, and Ronan did the same. But the icy rtionship between them was nothing


    like a loving couple.