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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 slander me!?”
“You’re kind?” Fan glared 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 muscular 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.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“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 glared 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 discomfort 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.
She comforted 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 explain.
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!”
…
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZephyr 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 was 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 surveillance 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 blank face.
Later, Zephyr coaxed Cordelia to sleep and pulled the blanket 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.
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