Nelly bit her lips and took a deep breath. She had visited Liam a few days ago, and the old man had still expressed that he would support her marrying Zephyr.
Even when Mandy had kept explaining as indirectly as she could that the Tanners and the Hamertons had never really had any promise of any sort and that marriage should be decided by the young ones themselves, Nelly refused to agree.
This was a fight she refused to give up on. She wanted to marry into the Hamertons. She thought that by doing so, Mandy would hold her in higher regard, and no one in the Hamertons would dare look down on her with Zephyr as her support.
By then, she would not have to be scared of people finding out about her birth. It would be a secret forever that she would crush under her foot.
Nelly recomposed herself. “Zephyr, I know that you’re just rushed by impulse now. Ms. Jenner is great, but she isn’t compatible with you.
“Marriage is like building a house. It can only go higher when the foundation’s solid, right?”
Nelly inched closer to him, seeing that he was silent.
The man’s chiseled lines were close to perfect, and his innate finesse and aloofness made every woman go gaga for him. This was also why Nelly must have him.
Zephyr was much better compared to the wealthy playboys.
“Oh, yeah.” Nelly continued to smile through her shamelessness. “Rumor has it that you’re going to reveal the big boss behind the western suburbs’ project in this event… Hah, we’ve been working together for so long, and I go to the Hamerton Group for weekly reports, but I’ve never seen any boss!
“You’re tricking the press, right? Or… is the big boss actually grandpa?”
“You’re thinking too much,” Zephyr said coldly. “It doesn’t mean that there’s no big boss just because you haven’t met one. Patience, you’ll see the boss in a while.”
Nelly forced a smile and passed Zephyr a glass of wine, only for the latter to tell her that he had stopped drinking. It surprised her.
“This is exquisite aged Burgundy. I remember you like wine tasting, no?” She scoffed, “Have you changed your taste too after spending time with Ms. Jenner?”
“Yes, I have.” Zephyr smiled. “Cordelia says that drinking is bad for health. I can only stay disciplined in order to make a healthy baby.”
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