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They answered simultaneously, “Who’s here with him(her)!?”
Zephyr was puzzled. They looked like they had just had a big fight. He also vaguely saw two people conversing when
he walked over, now realizing that it was them.
Zephyr was thoughtful, not knowing what the grudge was between them.
“Hey!” Rowan widened his eyes when he saw Zephyr. “Why are you still here? Aren’t you taking your girlfriend to
meet your elder today?”
“I’m going to pick her up.”
“Then hurry up!” Rowan wanted nothing more than to kick Zephyr’s bottom.
“Mr. Irwin.” Zephyr frowned. “You—”
“A ghost covered my eyes, and I took the wrong way!” Rowan rolled his eyes and slipped into his car.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtZephyr looked at his mother in confusion when he drove off. Before he could ask about it, she exclaimed, “Ugh,
unlucky!”
“Mom, what’s going on?”
“I saw a ghost in broad daylight!”
Zephyr was exasperated. “Mom, you know Rowan Irwin?”
Janine fell silent with a glum expression. It only made Zephyr more certain in assuming that there was an unknown
past between them.
“Mom?” Realization struck Zephyr, and he was horrified. “He’s not… the reason for your divorce back then, is he?”
Janine glared at him and slapped him right off the bat.
“Do you think your mother’s blind!? Even if I cheated, I wouldn’t look for someone like him!”
“Then how did you know each other?”
“We…”
Janine was hesitant to speak. She abruptly recalled that Xyla had told her not to mention the past, nor did she want
the kids to find out. She just wanted to live the rest of her life in peace.
She coughed and waved a hand.
“Nothing. Some petty grudge in the past… No need to play nice with him when you meet him in the future
anyway!”
Zephyr was even more bewildered and winced.
If he had not confirmed that Rowan had nothing to do with the plane crash he was in, he would have really thought
that his mother was acting this way about Rowan because of him.
“Hey, don’t just stand here!” Janine looked at him in annoyance. “Aren’t you picking Cordelia up? What time is it
now? Hurry up!
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“If she’s late, the old man’s going to pick on her…”
She spoke while she walked in resolutely.
Zephyr stopped her. “Mom, where are you going?”
“To greet your grandfather!”
Zephyr was rendered speechless. “Be honest!”
Janine paused. “I’m really going to greet him! And… remind him that Cordelia’s not for him to bully!
Zephyr smiled. He knew that his mother would give her all for him and Cordelia.
Shortly, Zephyr arrived at Hamerton Manor with Cordelia.
This was Cordelia’s first time here. The last time she saw this place, it was through Zephyr’s video call. He sat in the
front yard back then, and the night was starry. The dim light fell on him, and at his back was a unique building with
a stretch of mountains.
Now that she was here, it felt like a dream.
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