Although Rowan thought that the Hamertons did not deserve Cordelia, proper social etiquette must still be maintained. At least, the others would have nothing to pick on.
He also thought that, as her father, he should prepare another set of gifts for her if she did not prepare well this time so they could dazzle the Hamerton patriarch to blindness!
Cordelia had no idea that Rowan had already played a thousand scenarios in his mind. She answered him with a chortle, “Of course, I didn’t go empty-handed. My mom’s prepared gifts for me!”
Rowan felt his heart clench abruptly, and even breathing hurt.
“Your… mom?”
“Mm.”
He forced a smile. “What did your mom prepare for you?”
Cordelia mentioned a few things, which were all things that girls would bring to a man’s house the first time they were to visit in Southeast Aciatic.
Rowan felt a pinch in his nose. It seemed that what Xyla had prepared for their daughter would not be inferior.
“Right, there’s one more thing.” Cordelia looked at her. “It’s Ejada. My mom made it herself.”
Rowan felt his eyes getting moist. He had a lot to ask her, but nothing came out of his mouth despite a stretched moment of silence. He could not even ask, “Is your mom doing well?”
What right did he have to ask? Just like what Janine had said, if Cordelia learned what he had done in the past, she might not even be calling him Uncle Irwin.
“Uncle Irwin, what’s the matter?”
Rowan snapped back to himself and lowered his head to explain frantically, “Nothing… The wind blew just now, and my eyes don’t feel well.”
“Ms. Cordelia!” Robert rushed over and greeted Rowan when he saw him. He then looked at Cordelia respectfully. “Mr. Zephyr asked me to send you home first. Please get in the car.”
“No need!” Rowan perked up all of a sudden. “I’ll send her back!”
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