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"What were you swearing about?" Cordelia asked while glancing subconsciously at Renee. The latter stood by,
clutching her clothes and appearing quite nervous.
Cordelia was not sure if what she was doing was right or if she had frightened Renee.
Perhaps that was just the display of affection from young lovers. After all, she had been young once, and Zephyr
had also made all sorts of promises when they were deeply in love.
It was just that... swearing and making promises was something done willingly, not something forced upon
someone.
Cordelia furrowed her brow. Maybe she was overthinking this, but she did not want to give anyone a chance to
harm her son!
"Toph, an oath is a sacred thing. If you make reckless oaths, God will hear you. Don't think He won't punish you!"
"Mom!" Toph laughed heartily. "Who said I was making reckless oaths? When I swear, it's with a sincere and solemn
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"You..." Cordelia glared at him.
Why was her second son so unruly? If it were Zuko, she would not even need to intervene as he would handle it
himself!
On second thought, there was no way Pammy would ever force Zuko to make an oath like that.
Cordelia looked at Renee again. Upon recalling the things Linda had said, her heart pounded anxiously.
"You silly child." Cordelia forced a smile. "My point is, wouldn't it be better to save these words for the wedding?"
"Well, yeah!" Toph nodded. "You're right!"
The mother and son exchanged smiles.
In Renee's eyes, the scene felt like a thorn piercing her heart. The pain was not intense, but it lingered
uncomfortably. -
After that day, Cordelia deliberately avoided giving Toph and Renee any opportunities to be alone together. No
mother could just brush off the sight of her son swearing an oath to please someone else.
Initially, Zephyr did not understand what was going on. After listening to Cordelia's explanation, his brows furrowed.
"Is Renee... really like that?"
"In your impression, she's a well-behaved and gentle girl, right?" Cordelia looked at him. "That's what she used to
be like in my impression, too. But I disliked the things she said that day.
"Even if I'm being oversensitive, no mother would want to see such a scene. First, she kept asking Toph if he would
marry her, and then she had him swear...
"What was the point of that? Besides, even if Toph does make an oath, it wouldn't stop him from changing his mind
if he wanted to!"
Zephyr frowned, his expression growing serious.
Cordelia let out a sigh. "Whatever it is, Renee suffered a huge blow after Kaitlyn's death, and her mental state isn't
normal. It's understandable. In fact, every one of us is trying our best to help her. Linda found several psychologists
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmfor her, but she rejected them all.
"What I'm most concerned about now is her being fixated on Toph..."
"Agreed." Zephyr nodded, his tone somber. "It seems that now isn't the right time for them to get married. Rushing
into marriage wouldn't be responsible for either of them."
"But Toph is simple-minded, not as meticulous as Zuko. I'm really worried about him..."
"Worrying won't help." Zephyr patted Cordelia's shoulder and pulled her into an embrace. "They have to experience
some things themselves. Others can't do it for them.
"The only thing we can do right now is closely observe their every move, just in case they act impulsively and
register their marriage. That would be a big problem."
"Yeah, you're right."
Zephyr smiled and looked at his worried wife, gently kissing her forehead.
Being parents, no matter how old their children were, they would always worry about them.
"Relax a little," he said, his large hand caressing her back. "If harm can't be avoided, then as parents, our role is to
minimize that harm. Kids need to grow through trial and error, don't they?"
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