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Chapter 471

Chapter 471

Although Liam looked like he had accepted Cordelia now, Zephyr knew him too well. It was just his delaying tactic. If there was an opportunity, Liam would still look for a fiancee who was easy to control from a family that was influential for him.

If Cordelia had the Irwins behind her, Liam would have something to watch out for.

Zephyr got up and left. He already knew what to do about the matter, but his mother was right about something-the important thing was Cordelia's feelings.

When Zephyr arrived home later, Cordelia was already in bed. He took a shower and got changed quietly before slipping under the blanket and hugging her.

As Cordelia felt his warm hands, she instinctively snuggled closer to him. Zephyr's stretched arms circled her just nicely, and he pushed himself closer to kiss her forehead. Cordelia opened her eyes groggily and smiled when she saw him.

"You're back..."

His voice was deep. "Sorry to wake you up."

"No." Cordelia cuddled him. "I wanted to wait for you and sleep together anyway."

"Cordelia..." Zephyr probed after a pause. "I went to the Bayers today."

"Oh."

"There's a little girl in his family celebrating her birthday, and I went to send a present."

Cordelia was obviously not interested in it, so she listened to him with her eyes closed and a small smile.

"You know, the Bayers start talking early, but this kid started talking late. She could only say papa at 12 months old."

"Hmm... It's not exactly late," Cordelia said with a smile. "Wealthy folks speak late. The child might be very successful in the future!" "Yeah, her father's beaming all the time."

Zephyr licked his lips and said, "Cordelia, the girl looks happy being held in her father's arms."

Cordelia looked up at him and smiled.

"Have you ever thought about... being held by your father when you were younger?"

"Hah, how's that possible?" Cordelia chuckled wryly. "William Jenner wouldn't carry me."

"I mean your birth father."

Cordelia froze and met Zephyr's complicated gaze.

"Have you thought about..." He continued asking, "How would you react if you met your birth father now?"

Cordelia suddenly had a strange feeling. Zephyr was acting unusual tonight. He would not usually say something like this intentionally.

She was not sleepy anymore as she looked at him quietly. "Zephyr, do you... have something to tell me?"

Zephyr was silent for a moment before he shook his head with a smile.

"Then why do you ask these questions?"

"Just chatting," he replied.

Cordelia was skeptical but considered it seriously.

"To be honest... I can't imagine it." She pouted. "But there's a question I want to ask him. Why did he abandon my mom, Carter, and me back then?" Zephyr's gaze dimmed. "Will you forgive him if he tells you the reason?"

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Cordelia's eyes dimmed a little, and a wash of sorrow colored her face. After a stretched moment of silence, she softly uttered, "No."

Zephyr's heart clenched, and he hugged her tighter.

She was supposed to be the little princess born with a silver spoon in the Irwins, yet she had experienced hardships in the first 20 years of her life. She lived under someone's roof, struggled to make ends meet, and had to always overcome the world's hostility to her. She even had to get married in someone else's place...

Zephyr always wondered if he would be able to still meet Cordelia if he had not coincidentally recovered in that village and replaced Marcus.

If Cordelia did marry Marcus and was abused by him... she would probably just put up with it too.

It was just that there would no longer be light in her eyes.

Zephyr felt the lingering fear just thinking about it and could not help tightening his hold around her shoulders.

Cordelia's voice was soft. "Zephyr, why are you suddenly talking about this to me?"

"Oh, nothing, just chatting," he replied in passing,

"Is your fatherly love being spurred because of how cute the child today was?"

Zephyr looked at her with a gentle smile and stroked her hair.

Cordelia snuggled against him like a cat.

She had only worn a thin sleeping gown, and a shoulder was revealed. Her blushing fair face looked like a ripe peach. "Motherly love is a woman's nature." Zephyr smiled. "Fatherly love actually also comes as an instinct to a man."

Cordelia widened her eyes at him. "So, you think my so-called birth father loves me too?"

Zephyr had no answer for that.

He recalled all that Rowan had done. The old geezer's love and concern for Cordelia could never be feigned.

If he put himself in Cordelia's perspective, he thought that someone like that must not be forgiven easily too. However, he thought Rowan was rather pitiful from a man's point of view.

No matter how bad the old geezer was, his feelings for Xyla remained the same. Just for this, Zephyr wanted to say something for him.

He lowered his voice to say as he stroked her long hair, "Cordelia, maybe your father really had a reason he couldn't help. Sometimes, men have a lot of difficulties that are against their will. There's no win-win in a lot of things."

"So, the three of us, mother and kids, have troubled him?" Cordelia's gaze was dim. "We and whatever's on the other side of the scale are both his pains. Why is it us that he gave up on but not the other end?"

"Cordelia-"

"You men are hard to figure out." She looked at him. "What's so difficult that he had to make a decision like this?"

Zephyr was silent.

Cordelia continued to ask, "You're a man too... Will you choose the same as well when you 'can't help it' one day?"

"Huh?" Zephyr was bewildered. How did he get himself involved as they spoke?

He looked up and realized his girl had already pried off his arms, glaring at him.

"No, Cordelia, I-"

"This is not something you'd talk to me about usually!" Cordelia's voice shook a little. "What's gotten into you today? What do you want to tell me, probing like this?

"Are you trying to tell me not to blame you when you 'can't help it' but abandon me in the future because you've given me a heads-up!?"

Alarmed, Zephyr wanted to hug her, but she shoved him off.

Cordelia hopped off the bed, and while she kept the blanket and pillow, her mind did a simple and clear analysis-the man had started talking to her about kids, fatherhood, and fatherly love once he got into bed. He then went on about her birth father, who she had never met, and related it to some men's difficulties that they could not help and were being caught in...

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This was completely different from their usual chats. Zephyr would never ramble about these to her!

Therefore, there were only two possibilities in regard to his unusual behavior.

First, he was indirectly blaming her for not giving him a child. Second, was he having thoughts about... abandoning her?

Cordelia stopped what she was doing abruptly. She had dove right into this train of thought, and her tears welled up right away with the pang she felt.

"Cordelia... Darling!" Zephyr panicked. "I don't mean it like that. You've misunderstood me!"

"Don't touch me!" Cordelia cried and picked up his pillow to throw it outside.

Zephyr put himself in front of her frantically and wanted to use the trick Nicholas had taught him. Before he was able to get on his knees, though, Cordelia had shoved him out of the door alongside a blanket! Zephyr patted the bedroom door and finally understood what the idiom 'a cat on a hot tin roof' meant as well as 'shooting himself in the foot'. Had he turned stupid after just a meal with Josiah? Why was he speaking on Rowan's behalf!?

There was no sound from the bedroom after a long time. It seemed that Cordelia was not going to open the door for him tonight.

Zephyr did not go to the guest room but curled up on the couch, hugging the blanket. The couch was by the window, and he could see Ginger, which was freezing in the cold outside from where he was. He opened a crack in the door, and Ginger scurried inside. Seeing that Zephyr did not chase it out, it hopped onto the couch and snuggled into his blanket.

"Meow!"

Zephyr lay down and gently patted its head.

"Ginger, your mom's got a huge temper," he murmured.

"Meow..."

"I remember that she was really gentle in the past. Why's she getting fiercer now?"

"Meow!"

"Are all women so unreasonable?"

This time, Ginger did not reply but looked toward a particular direction with a ducked head. Zephyr suddenly had a bad feeling about it. He followed where Ginger was looking too...

Cordelia stood at the stairs looking at him coldly with a cashmere blanket in her hands.

The weather forecast said that it would get colder tonight, and while she was angry in their room, she could not bear that Zephyr only had a thin throw blanket. Thus, she got another blanket for him-only to come downstairs and hear what he said...

Cordelia smiled instead of showing her anger, and Zephyr winced. The next second, a blanket flew from the top and covered him right away.

Cordelia went upstairs back to the room and slammed the door shut.

Zephyr's heart dropped all the way down as well, wallowing in regret. His phone rang at the same time.

"Hello, Z. You haven't slept, right?" The voice on the line was excited. "I found another famous social-media restaurant and want to take Kelly there... Come with sis-in-law too?"

Zephyr gnashed his teeth and roared suddenly after a few seconds of silence, "Don't ask me to eat with you from now on!"

He was turning dumb because of it!

Zephyr hung up after the roar, leaving a befuddled Josiah on the other end of the line, wondering if he had offended him again.

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Those few days, Cordelia kept Zephyr at arm's length and was lukewarm to him. She also took a work leave from Imperial Media and went home to take care of Xyla.

After Xyla heard about the reason for their fight, she laughed so hard that she nearly poured the whole bottle of water into her succulents.

"That's it?" She poked Cordelia's head and whined. "You're growing more insensible the older you get!"

"Mom..." Cordelia rubbed her head.

As she calmed down, she also thought she was a little oversensitive this time. It was just that women seemed to have the most accurate sixth sense, and she felt that Zephyr was unlike how he always was tha night. His words seemed to imply something else.

"Zephyr's just expressing his thoughts. Do you have to think so much into it?"

"But he mentioned my father..." Cordelia swallowed the rest of her words studying Xyla's expression.

Xyla looked nonchalant, but there was an almost unnoticeable quiver in her hands that were watering the plants.

She looked at Cordelia affectionately. "Silly girl, Zephyr's, unlike your father."

This was Cordelia's first time hearing her mother bring up her father on her own initiative. She was also immensely curious about him.

She probed carefully, unable to suppress her curiosity, "Mom, back when dad abandoned us... did he really have some kind of difficulty he could not help?"

After a moment, Xyla forced a smile and said, "Yeah." Her expression had dimmed a little.

"Do you hate him?"

"Hate?" Xyla was surprised but shook her head with a smile.

She had probably never hated Rowan. When she found out that he was just using her to take revenge on the Irwins, she was sad and devastated but never hateful. Hatred solved nothing-it would only push someone into an abyss repeatedly.

"Cordelia, can you promise me one thing?"

"What?"

Xyla's gaze was gentle as she told her softly, "If you see him in the future, don't hate him."

Cordelia was taken aback. Why should she not hate him? That man had abandoned them first. To placate her mother, however, she nodded lightly.

"As for Zephyr, your misunderstanding's outrageous." Xyla smiled. "Give him a call and tell him that you're going home for dinner tonight!"

"No!" Cordelia pouted and hugged her mother from the back, pressing her cheek on her mother's back.

"I'm having dinner with you tonight!"

"You've been home for three days!" Xyla purposely put on a straight face. "I'm bored of what you make! Hurry up now, shoo!"

"Mom, ouch! I cook so well, and you're bored of it? Zephyr eats them every day and doesn't think..."

The moment Cordelia said that she met Xyla's smiling gaze. She flushed and took the watering can to water the plants.

"Alright, are you trying to drown my plants!?"

At the same time, Zephyr was rushing to Imperial Media.

Robert drove as he peeked at his boss' expression from the rearview mirror from time to time. The latter's glower was rather frightening, much more than the few times he had interrupted his good times! When Robert accidentally caught Zephyr looking his way, he straightened up immediately and switched between the brake and accelerator incredibly smoothly without any hint of a bump. "S-Sir..." Robert tried calling him.

"Speak!" Zephyr sounded impatient.

Robert licked his lips and tried to sound less shaky. "Uh, Madam Baker called back."

"Cordelia went to work today?"

"No, Madam Baker said that... Ms. Cordelia took her annual leave."

Zephyr almost flipped the car roof off. "Why did she allow it!? Hasn't she always been annoyed by her employees asking her to sign their annual leave applications? Doesn't she scold them over it all the time!?

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Robert smiled dryly. "Well... Maybe Ms. Cordelia's an exception."

Zephyr hit a fist on the car door.

Finally, Robert drove them to Imperial Media with much caution.

As soon as Zephyr entered the lobby, he realized that a certain someone was there with him. He froze before catching up and putting himself in front of that person.

His gaze was cold and deep as he wore a small smirk.

"Mr. Irwin?"

Rowan was surprised as well, not expecting to run into Zephyr here.

Charlie and Robert greeted each other and then turned their eyes to their bosses in unison.

"What brings you here, Mr. Irwin?"

Rowan did not answer and avoided his gaze.

Zephyr snickered. "You must be here for my mother? It's the same telling me if you have anything for her."

"I have something private to talk about to Madam Baker. Excuse me for not being able to disclose it to you, Mr. Zephyr."

Something private? Hah! About reuniting with his family?

Zephyr's gaze darkened, and the smirk he wore grew more mocking.

It was exactly because he had tried saying that Rowan "could not help it" a few days ago that he did not even get to hug his wife until now.

This old geezer wanted to reunite with his daughter? Not so easy!

Zephyr was frustrated upon thinking about this and vented his days of annoyance out on Rowan.

"Don't you know our family rules despite coming from Southeast Aciatic, Mr. Irwin? My mother doesn't meet people easily!"

Rowan paused. The brat was usually a little hostile to him, but it was never this bad like today!

"Zephyr, what are you trying to say?"

Zephyr took a step forward to block him. He was a notch taller than Rowan, so he had a sense of superiority looking down at him.

"Why? Do you not understand the Centrolis dialect or the human language, Mr. Irwin?"

"You..."

"Can you be more above board!?" Zephyr growled, "What man are you hiding and burying away everything!?"

Rowan was flustered, and the corner of his lips twitched in anger. It took him a while before he yelled, "Zephyr Hamerton! You b*stard! How did Janine raise you? Is this how you talk to your elders?" "If an elder doesn't act like how an elder should, they don't deserve respect!"

"You!"

Rowan's hand reached for his needles, and Charlie hurried up to stop him. "Mr. Irwin, calm down! Calm down!"

Zephyr stared at him coldly.

The old geezer wanted to fight? He knew that Rowan was Cordelia's birth father, but Rowan did not know that his son-in-law had already found out about his identity! Zephyr smirked.

With everything still kept under wraps, he could act recklessly. Who knew if he could force Rowan to reunite with Cordelia by forcing him into a corner like this!? "What? You want to hit me?" Zephyr stood before him aggressively. "Go on!"

"-"

"Mr. Irwin, calm down!"

"Sir, don't be like this!"

"You brat! I'm going to educate you on behalf of your mother today!"

"You old geezer, you don't know how many grievances you've caused me! How dare you raise your voice here!?"

"Mr. Irwin..."

"Mr. Z..."

Charlie and Robert did their best to pull these two men back, but the situation was slowly getting out of control.

It was then a sweet voice rang. "What are you all doing?"

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The two of them stopped at the same time. They stared blankly at where the voice came from.

Cordelia stood aside and looked at them in shock, with her eyes widened.

Although Rowan was being held, he was obviously winning. There seemed to be something in his hand...

He instantly snapped back to his senses and hid the needle in his sleeve!

"Cordelia?" Zephyr was stunned. Subsequently, he showcased his acting skills by covering where his aorta was on his neck. He frowned and looked like he was in pain. "What happened!?" Cordelia was shocked. She quickly went over to check on him.

"I'm hurting a little bit..." He looked at her. "And I'm dizzy."

"Sir!?" Robert's face turned pale. "Don't scare me, sir. I was pulling you hard. Mr. Irwin didn't touch you—"

"Ahem!" Zephyr coughed hard and glared fiercely at Robert.

Only then did the latter come to his senses and shut up immediately.

Fortunately, his cough masked what Robert said in the end.

Cordelia became nervous now. She looked left and right at his face and kept asking where he hurt himself. She would turn her head to look at Rowan every now and then. Rage filled his eyes. He had lost the warmth he usually had.

"You b*stard!" Rowan was mad. "Are you putting up an act in front of Cordelia? Sure, act all you want!"

He took out the needle again and lifted it over his head. He pretended to poke him.

Cordelia saw it clearly now. She took a step forward to protect Zephyr behind her.

She stared at Rowan. Her face was serious, and her stance was powerful.

"Cordelia..."

"What are you doing, Mr. Irwin!?"

"Don't believe him. He's lying to you!"

"What are you holding?" Cordelia enunciated. "I heard you're an expert in acupuncture. I can't believe you're using the needle to hurt someone today!"

Rowan widened his eyes. His lips moved, but he could not say a word.

He could only watch her with Zephyr standing together. Her eyes were filled with that man, worried that he would be hurt.

Charlie released a heavy sigh. He was not sure whether to laugh or cry. "Mr. Z's acting skills are even better than Neil's!

"You're too impulsive, sir. If I didn't hold you just now..."

Rowan forced a smile. He was laughing at himself.

Initially, he finally mustered his courage to look for Janine today. He wanted to shamelessly ask for a favor so that he could meet Xyla. He wanted to acknowledge Cordelia as his daughter. Now it seemed unnecessary.

He shook his head and turned to leave.

Zephyr was initially proud, but he suddenly felt a squeeze in his heart when he saw Rowan's sad and slightly hunched back as he staggered out of the building alone.

Cordelia was still checking carefully whether he was hurt.

He grabbed her hand and paused to tell her, "I'm alright."

"What's wrong with Uncle Irwin today? Did you guys fight?"

Zephyr looked at the door. Rowan was long gone.

Now that Cordelia cared for him and leaned in his embrace like a little girl, he was no longer mad.

Instead, he began to pity Rowan.

If he were to put himself in his shoes-if his daughter protected his son-in-law-he would feel terrible too.

"Zen? Zen!" Cordelia was getting worried to see him being absent-minded. "What's wrong? Where did he poke you just now!?"

Zephyr looked at her and said something absurd, "Cordelia, let's not have daughters in the future!"

"Huh?" She was confused.

"Let's not have daughters in the future." His tone was even more determined now.

Cordelia took a deep breath and looked at him a few times, thinking he was ridiculous. She removed her hands from his.

Rowan must have poked the needle in his head!

"You said we shouldn't have sons in the future!" She was clearly annoyed.

Yes, they should not have sons! That boy from his dream was demanding, and he was fighting for his wife with him. Why would he want a monkey like that? Thus, he kept nodding. "Mm-hmm, no sons!"

"So, no sons and no daughters!" Cordelia crossed her arms. "So, in the end, you don't want kids, right?"

What!?

Zephyr had learned his lesson. He would never bring troubles upon himself again. He kept shaking his head to deny it.

Cordelia looked at him. She was quite irritated and turned around to go to her office.

He was chasing after her with a fawning look on his face.

"Wifey..."

"Don't pull me!"

He insisted on locking his fingers with hers shamelessly. "We'd always walk like this!"

"Not today!" Cordelia glared at him.

Although she was still mad, he saw a smile in her eyes.

Her lady was actually easy to console.

Zephyr was soft-heartened. He grabbed her shoulders. After fighting for a little bit, she finally leaned in his arms like a good girl.

His eyes were filled with affection as he whispered into her ear, "Wifey, can I... sleep in the room tonight?"

"I see you're getting comfortable with Ginger on the couch!"

"No!" Zephyr objected. That thing had hair all over. Given that he was a clean freak, he had been close to collapsing the past few days.

"Wifey, why don't I return you the black card... Can I sleep in the room if I pay you?"

Cordelia nodded. "Sure, you'll lose your allowance from now on!"

Zephyr was rendered speechless.

He could sleep on the couch and could tolerate the cat hair, but he was determined to have his allowance!

Cordelia could not help but laugh out loud when she saw his face.

"Okay, I'll stop pulling your leg!" she said. "But stop following me. I'll come down after I make some arrangements in the office. Then we'll go to your place." "My place?" He was stunned. "Did grandpa ask you to go to the manor again?"

"Not him. It was Zennie!"

Zephyr just recalled that Zennie had been discharged from the hospital two days ago.

Aunt Cloud had called yesterday, asking him to bring Cordelia home for a meal.

However, he forgot about it since he was mad at Rowan.

As the brother, he forgot about his sister. That was terrible.

It was fortunate that he had Cordelia...

He looked at her gently and played with her long hair with his fingers.

"Okay, go do your thing. I'll get people to prepare some gifts. Then we'll go home to celebrate Zennie's freedom!"

Cordelia smiled. She returned after turning around and took two steps out. She tipped her toes and kissed between his eyebrows. Zephyr was resurrected instantly. The suppressive fog that was lingering around him the past few days was washed away by that kiss.

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Zephyr and Cordelia came to the manor.

The place where Henry and Kate lived was called Gale Bay. It had the best view in the entire manor.

It was facing a river with mountains behind it. It was scenic. There was everything in the courtyard, just like what nobles had in their mansions in ancient times.

Cordelia did not know where to look as she walked.

It seemed like Liam was biased toward his first son. Although he had nothing and was useless, he still got the best in the entire family.

"Grandpa loves my dad." Zephyr held her hand and said calmly. "That's why my second uncle doesn't like me."

"Would people really have a bias against their own children?"

Cordelia was curious.

Zephyr's father was a quiet, honest man. Even if Liam was biased, he should like Matthew, who was eloquent!

"Grandpa says my dad is his first child." He chuckled. "Perhaps parents always love their firstborn more. Apart from my second uncle, I have two aunts and another uncle. They are doing business overseas and are hardly home."

"Theoretically, the elderly should like people like your second uncle more." Cordelia blinked her big eyes. "It seems your grandpa is still bright. He knows each child's characteristics. He knows what's right and wrong."

"Of course!" Zephyr was proud of his own grandfather.

If Liam had been stupid, the Hamertons would not have achieved what they had today.

He would turn a blind eye sometimes just to balance out the advantages.

They arrived at Gale Bay as they chatted.

"The place you live is called Zen Residence, and the one your cousin lives in is Yale Residence," Cordelia said softly. "Then why does Zennie live here?"

"She's a girl. She doesn't need a place of her own."

She pouted. "So patriarchal!"

"This isn't patriarchal." Zephyr smiled. "This is for the sake of girls to spend more time with their parents before they get married. They won't be home often after they get married."

"Is this your grandpa's idea as well? He sure is thorough!"

Zephyr grabbed her shoulders and walked in.

They heard a bright peal of laughter before they entered the living room.

Cordelia looked around. Apart from Kate, nobody could laugh at such a decibel.

However, it was lively today. She seemed to be hosting VIPs...

"Zen, Cordelia. You're here!"

Kate ran out to welcome them and grabbed Cordelia's hand.

Her style was a lot today. She had curly hair with heavy make-up and wore branded stuff all over.

Her signature red lips showed the most passionate smile.

Cordelia could not help but laugh. She had just seen that the person Kate was entertaining was Seth.

"You guys know each other, so I won't be doing the introduction! We're all family, hahaha..."

Seth stood up and nodded to show his respect.

He was still polite with his golden-frame glasses. There was always a gentle smile on his face.

Zennie ran out with fruits in her hands. Her cheeks flushed, and there was light in her eyes. She was the talkative little princess again. Her smile contained everything good in the world. "Brother, sister!" Zennie handed a cookie to Cordelia. "Try this. I baked it myself!"

Cordelia took a bite. It was buttery and delicious!

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"Sister, can you teach me how to bake cakes next? I want to bake one for my mom!"

Cordelia nodded while smiling. It seemed the little princess had recovered.

Meanwhile, Zennie and Seth looked good when they stood next to each other. They were like the main characters coming out of a romance novel.

Cordelia noticed that Zennie would blush when she talked to Seth.

She signaled Zephyr, and Zephyr replied to her with his eyes.

They moved separately. Cordelia wanted Zennie to pick her wedding dress on her iPad, so they went into her room.

Zephyr used the excuse of needing Seth's help to get him into the courtyard.

"Thank you."

Seth was shy from that serious gratitude.

"We're bros. There's no need to be so polite!"

"I'm sincere in thanking you." Zephyr patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Nobody was willing to help me when I was in trouble. It was you who stayed in my ward that saved my life..." "No, no! It was the medicine from that man that saved you. I was merely feeding you medicine!"

"Even if that's the case, I wouldn't have survived if it weren't you who took care of me." He smiled. "And now you saved my sister. I really don't know what to do to pay you back."

"Don't say that!" Seth scratched his head. "I'm a doctor. Saving lives is my job! If you keep talking about it, you'll make me uncomfortable!"

"Okay." Zephyr did not want him to feel uncomfortable. "I won't talk about this from now on, but I'll always remember your kindness. I'm sure... Zennie will remember too."

Zephyr did not want to beat around the bush, "Seth, what do you think of my sister?"

Seth was stunned. "Oh, she's recovering well! In reality, she wasn't hurt severely. Given that she was willing to go along with the treatment, the healing was naturally efficient. You guys should take care of her mental health. Call me if you notice something!"

"If something is wrong, it'll be too late to call you." Zephyr had a complicated look in his eyes as he said half-jokingly, "It'd be so much easier to contact you if you lived here. She'll have company, someone to take care of her."

"Oh..." Seth took it seriously. He thought for a long time while frowning. "I can live here, Zen. But I have to be at the clinic twice a week. Also, I can't be living at your place for free. I must pay rent!" Zephyr was stunned. "A-Are you being serious?"

"Yes!" Seth nodded. "Although mental issues aren't as obvious as external injuries, it's serious. Just like what you said, it might be too late if you only get the doctors after something happens! "So I think it's better that I stay somewhere nearer to her. It'd be easier for me to take care of her!"

Zephyr could not believe that he had convinced him so easily. He almost could not hold back his smirk. Not bad, not bad!

It must be God who closed one door and opened another one for Zennie to send Seth her way!

Zephyr placed his hand on Seth's shoulder. "Seth, you're so good to my sister."

"Stop being so polite with me." Seth smiled. "We're bros, your sister is my sister! Of course I must take good care of her!"

'Wait, what!?'

Zephyr almost choked.

He only asked after a while, "What did you say... Zennie is to you?"

Seth looked confused. He repeated what he had said, "We're bros, your sister is my sister..."

"What did you say, Seth!?" Zephyr almost yelled that. "She's a sister to you?"

'I treat you as a brother, yet you think of her like your sister?

'Godd*mnit!'

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Seth noticed that something was up with Zephyr judging by his face. However, after thinking for a long time, he could not figure out what was wrong. "Do you really treat him as a sister only?" His face was grim.

Seth inhaled sharply and paused for a couple of seconds.

"What else?" He looked at Zephyr. "W-What else can she be to me?"

"Haven't you thought about anything else?"

Anything else...

Seth was at a loss.

Zephyr was pissed when he saw his stupid face.

One could not make a carving from rotten wood. No wonder he had failed to pursue Linda!

Seth asked carefully, "Zen, w-what are you trying to say?"

Zephyr glared at him. "Nothing! You just keep treating her like your sister, then!"

He turned to leave after he was done speaking.

Seth was stunned for a while, standing where he was. He smiled like an idiot and went after Zephyr.

When they were in Jangasas, he was weird. He would often throw tantrums.

Everyone would stay far away from him, but Seth did not mind it.

Now that they were back in Centrolis and his identity had recovered, his temper remained the same!

Zennie was picking wedding dresses attentively in the room. She would discuss what was special about each wedding dress every now and then. "This is Cece's limited edition. I think the fitting design suits you!

"Look at this one... The fishtail design makes you a queen!

"Wow, let's go for this one! It has crystals all over the chest. It's Vouk's haute couture!"

Cordelia looked at her while smiling. "You're putting more effort into picking the wedding dress than I am. Are you going to pick one for yourself?" Zennie blushed. She looked down shyly.

Cordelia seized the opportunity to say while smiling, "Zennie, can you be my maid-of-honor?"

"Really?" Zennie's eyes lit up.

"Mm-hmm! And I'll get Doctor Stafford to be the best man."

The little girl's cheeks flushed.

"You're so annoying!"

Cordelia grabbed her shoulders while laughing.

Zennie ditched the iPad when Zephyr happened to come in.

"What are you guys discussing so happily?"

Just when Cordelia was going to tell him, she saw Zephyr giving her a signal.

She was stunned and swallowed what she was going to say. She chuckled. "She's picking my wedding dress."

"None of these are good." Zennie smirked.

"I prefer you to wear one with a traditional design." He grabbed her shoulders without hiding the passion and anticipation in his eyes.

Zennie looked at him in confusion. "Why? These dresses are so beautiful!"

"Because the traditional design fits the ritual more," Zephyr said calmly. "Also, we'll go with the entire ceremony. I'll pick you up from your home. That's the wedding I want for you."

"You're so gross, brother!" Although Zennie said that, she was envious. "Oh, we saw a couple of traditional gowns, but I don't like them."

"So, it's better to custom-make one." Zephyr had his eyes fixated on Cordelia when he said that.

She was his treasure. She was worthy of everything best in the world.

Zennie wanted to run away. She did not want to be a third wheel here.

Chapter 480

Chapter 480

When they got downstairs, they suddenly heard a commotion outside.

"Go to the main house, Madam!"

"What's wrong?"

"The old master fainted!"

Zephyr's eyes turned grim. He instantly went downstairs.

Cordelia and Zennie went over too, while Kate and Henry followed behind them.

Many people had arrived at Liam's place. Everything about him was the most important to the Hamertons, let alone he had fainted now.

Henry and Kate had arrived. Clark was guarding the door when Zephyr arrived, and he looked worried.

"How's grandpa?"

"The doctor is in there!"

There was a professional medical team in the manor tending to emergencies.

However, the team had many people. Zephyr did not trust all of them, so he got the team to leave and got Seth there.

He got a conclusion after the preliminary check. "The old master has an embolism."

"Does that mean his blood vessels are blocked?"

"Yes." Seth nodded. "Fortunately, it's not serious, and we found out in time. Your medical team gave him an injection. He should be fine."

Zephyr was relieved. "That's great."

Cordelia frowned and said softly, "An embolism is a rather common illness, but..."

"What?"

Cordelia licked her lips. "The few times I visited, I saw your grandpa taking medicine for it. It proves that he has been taking care of his health. How is it possible that this would happen?"

"There are many possibilities." Seth explained, "One is that he's old, and taking medicine might not work. Secondly, he hasn't been watching his diet. The grease and salty food would clog his blood vessels easily. Even a magic elixir can't help."

Zephyr was in deep thought.

In the Hamertons, controlling one's diet was controlling one's desire. Therefore, all of them had been learning to control their diet since they were young.

His grandfather often taught him that desire would destroy a person. If one could fight their desires instinctively, that would be the right way to live. Therefore, Zephyr remembered that Liam would only taste food no matter how delicious it was. He would definitely not eat more than three bites. However, why did he let go now?

Seth looked at him. "Zen, I suggest that we get your medical team over. I can't handle this on my own. Also, they're experienced. They know what to do." "I don't need them." He remained alert as his voice deepened. "I know someone."

Rowan was sitting at a quiet pub with Charlie when he received Zephyr's call. He had yet to touch the wine before him.

"What?" Rowan frowned. "You want me to come to your manor to treat your grandfather?"

Charlie was stunned too. He had no idea what they were talking about when Rowan suddenly scoffed. He looked as if he had taken revenge!

"Hahahaha! You b*stard, what happened to your instinct to irritate me? What? Are all doctors dead? Am I the only one left who can treat your grandfather?" Tension was growing slowly...

"You wish! In your dreams!" Rowan raised his voice, attracting many stares.

He had no idea that his saliva was splashed into his wine.

"Hah, who do you think you are? Do you think I'd come just because you asked me to? I'm the Southeast Aciatic Medical Association's president! I have my pride!

"I won't come, Zephyr! I won't come even if you pick me up with a fanfare—”

Before he was done, his tone suddenly changed from an erupted volcano to a kind father. "Oh? Cordelia!

"What's up, Cordelia?"