Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 447

“Hey, don’t touch it!” Xyla swatted the back of Cordelia’s hand.

“There are only two pieces in the box. I’ll have to make them again if you ruin them!”

“Mom…” Cordelia looked at her in puzzlement. “Why am I bringing this to Elder Mr. Hamerton? I haven’t eaten this that much myself!”

“Silly girl!” Xyla said with a smile, “Back where we come from, this is what we use to show our respect for the elders!”

“Back where we come from?” Cordelia looked at her with widened eyes.

Growing up, she had always thought that Jangasas was her hometown.

Xyla’s face fell upon realizing that she had said too much.

“You… You don’t have to bring it if you don’t want to,” she said softly. “The other presents are quite valuable too. The Hamertons won’t look down on you!”

After saying that, she returned to her room, leaving Cordelia to stay dazed in the living room with furrowed brows for some time.

On the day of the meeting…

Janine, who planned to work overtime, canceled two meetings in a row and stepped on the accelerator to rush to Hamerton Manor, not forgetting to call Zephyr and scold him on the way.

“You brat! Why didn’t you let me know that Cordelia’s meeting the old man today?”

Zephyr was confused. “For what, mom? So you can wreck the meeting?”

“Rascal!” Janine sped up and went past the yellow right.

“Don’t you know what kind of person your grandfather is? Don’t you know that he insists you and Nelly get married? Now with what happened to the Tanners, he wants to meet Cordelia… I think there must be some conspiracy!

“Zephyr Hamerton, is your grandfather trying to set up a loaded dinner to threaten Cordelia and then help the Tanners rise back up?”

Zephyr covered his face. He lamented about his mother’s wild imagination and explained with difficulty, “Mom, grandpa’s not a fool. Nelly Tanner has gotten chased out of Centrolis already. How could he possibly—”

“Hah, that old man already had the potential for dementia when he was younger!”

Zephyr fell silent for a moment before he said seriously, “Mom, I’ll keep Cordelia company.”

“I’m still worried!” Janine rebutted right away. “You always listen to your grandfather! What if you switch sides last minute? Our Cordelia will be wronged!”

“Mom, do you not trust your own son?”

“I’m going to be there soon anyway!” Janine insisted. “Come out and open the door for me!”

Zephyr did not get to say anything, and the call ended.

He asked Clark to wait at the door but thought it was too careless to ask the latter to go. Given his mother’s temper, she would want him to open the door himself.

Zephyr sighed, got changed speedily, and hurried off to the door.

He planned on his way there. He would have enough time to appease his mother first, then pick up Cordelia. The point was Janine must not show herself in the main hall. He would just place her in Zen Residence…

It would require five to six minutes of a drive from Zen Residence to the door of the manor.

Janine was already there before Zephyr arrived. She parked and was going to call Zephyr when she heard a sharp braking sound come from behind her.

She turned back and froze, shocked beyond herself.

She watched as a middle-aged man got out of the black Maybach. They had not met for over 20 years, and he had gotten older, but the way he carried himself had never changed. How he looked like a refined scum, especially, was infuriating!

Rowan hurried to the manor only to look up and meet Janine’s icy gaze. He froze as well.