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Janine was glad to be of service. “Sure! What is it?”
Cordelia glanced at Zephyr and giggled. “Can you get my salary card back for me?”
“What?”
“I haven’t even gotten to hold my salary card ever since I started working in the news agency!”
Janine frowned. “Which news agency is it? That’s too much! How dare they delay payment?”
“The agency didn’t delay my payment.” Cordelia met Zephyr’s widened eyes and pointed at him with a chuckle,
“He took it!”
Janine was surprised.
Although she had opinions about Zephyr recently, she still thought her son was a responsible man. ‘W-When did he
develop the awful habit of snatching a woman’s salary card!?’
“Zephyr Hamerton!” she roared.
A lot of people attending the event turned.
Zephyr could not afford to embarrass himself like this and quickly eyed his mother to lower her volume.
Janine did not care. She slapped him again.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“You brat! How dare you snatch Cordelia’s salary card? She works so hard to make money every month, and all of
that goes into your pockets!?”
“No. Mom!” Zephyr had never felt this speechless. “We made a promise back then. Cordelia said that she’d take
care of me forever!”
“Oh, very successful of you now, huh?” Janine was dumbfounded. “You actually don’t mind spending your wife’s
money?”
Zephyr frowned and looked at his mother gloomily. She must not be able to understand that this was how they
flirted and showed love.
Due to his mother’s authority, though, he slowly pulled out the salary card. He always carried it with him, tucked in
the pocket of his shirt where it was the closest to his heart.
Cordelia beamed. Her pretty eyes turned into crescents, brimming with mischief and affection for him.
Zephyr smiled as well and pinched her cheek.
“Just one card?” Janine glared at him.
Zephyr paused. “What else?”
“And all your other cards. Give them all to Cordelia!”
Zephyr was rendered speechless.
“Without Cordelia’s permission, you’re not to spend as you wish, you hear me?”
Zephyr suddenly recalled Nicholas asking him for a cigarette while hiding on the balcony when they were back in
Jangasas.
The current Cordelia was unlike the past Cordelia!
She had been unaware of his identity and felt bad for him, always worrying that he did not have enough money.
Now that his little bunny was going to become a successful career woman with the help of Janine, she would
definitely tighten the leash around him!
Zephyr subconsciously put a hand in his pants pocket. There was only a lighter in it, and he clutched it like he was
hiding a treasure.
…
Nicholas took some time out of his busy schedule to have lunch with Zephyr. Both of them went to a nearby mall
after the meal.
“Are you buying something?” Zephyr looked at him strangely. “Hid some money of your own?”
Nicholas glared at him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZephyr understood and smirked. “Don’t worry. I won’t tell Linda.”
This was a tacit understanding between them.
Nicholas sighed and chuckled wryly.
“Say, do women’s tempers change too when they get pregnant?”
“Why?”
“She picks on me every day!”
Zephyr gloated, “Can’t blame her. It’s not like you’re perfect without anything to pick on!”
Nicholas lifted a hand to punch him. They jostled a bit until Nicholas called it quits and gloated as well.
“I heard that Nelly Tanner is relentless about you?”
“Who told you?” Zephyr scowled.
“It’s everywhere, okay!” Nicholas looked at him. “The land project in the western suburbs you have, the Tanners are
involved too, right?”
Zephyr glowered and nodded.
The companies that had placed a bid for the land were Donmein and Lyan, which were under his name. After the
land was obtained, the development and management rights should be his as the project was also shared among
the Hamerton Group’s subsidiaries, but the Tanners refused to stay in their lane.
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