Chapter 264


    Ronan nced at Cordelia, who seemed to be in a daze. Her cell phone nearly slipped from her grasp.


    Entering her room, he asked, "What''s for lunch?"


    Ronan furrowed his brows, took her phone, and probably read the messages from the group chat and


    the ones sent by Jamie. "What''s happened to your guts? All you do is cry!" After saying this, Ronan


    walked out of the room.


    He strolled around the living room, making a phone call. Cordelia could recognize a few familiar words.


    Will, GreenPeace Enterprises, and many names of the projects that Cordelia got from himst time.


    Cordelia heard them all but couldn''t make sense of anything. She was too overwhelmed to listen to his


    words.


    When Ronan walked into her room again, Cordelia swiftly wiped her tears away.


    "Why are you avenging me? I thought you didn''t want me to work with him?" Cordelia''s voice was filled


    with a pitiful undertone.


    "That''s my business. No one else can interfere!"


    Cordelia didn’t quite understand what he meant. Her mind was clouded, and she didn’t want to think


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    about it.


    "What''s for lunch?" he asked her again.


    "I just had breakfast. I don’t feel like eating." Cordelia shook her head.


    Last year had been hard on Cordelia. She lost her mother, and Barney. Now, she was getting a feeling


    that this year''s fortune wasn''t going to be any better.


    "Let''s go out for lunch," Ronan suggested, taking her hand.


    "I don’t want to. I’m tired." Cordelia slumped onto the bed, lying on her side. Her handsy t beneath


    her temples as she stared nkly at the scenery outside the window.


    "Tired already? You know your nose will grow if you lie." Ronan’s tone was softer now. For some


    reason, the mention of her nose growing made Cordelia''s tears flow even more fiercely. It felt as if their


    rtionship had returned to those rosy times when both her mother and Barney were still alive.


    "What''s wrong?" Ronan sat by her bedside, stroking her hair as he watched her tears streaming down.


    "They won’t get a single project this year."


    It seemed like he was trying tofort her, like offering her a sweet treat.


    "Did you do it?" she asked.


    "Yes. I just notified the whole of Millstone."


    Cordelia nced at him, thinking, “He’s really powerful, notifying the whole of Millstone in such a short


    time.”


    "Did you have something to do with Manda’s issue too? How did she end up being a corporate spy?"


    she asked Ronan again.


    "It''splicated."


    "Is itplicated, or you don’t want to talk about it?" Cordelia asked him.


    "Do you want to join me for lunch?"


    Cordelia was feeling down, cooped up in her room all day with no one else around. She thought, why


    not, let’s go out. She sat in the back seat of the car, watching the once bustling Millstone now sparse


    with vehicles.


    "Why is Millstone so empty all of a sudden?" Even though it was holiday season, the bare winter trees


    coupled with the scant vehicle and pedestrian traffic didn''t give off any festive vibes.


    "People have gone home for the holidays," Ronan said. "How about some Italian for lunch?"


    Cordelia shook her head. "I’m not hungry, I’ll just watch you eat."


    "Are you sure you won''t get hungry?" he teased Cordelia.


    "I’m not in a good mood. I’m really down," Cordelia responded.


    Ronan simply looked at her, not saying anything else. Last year, they were a family. This year, it was


    just the two of them, having been through months of resentment.


    Now, this resentment was gradually fading away.