Zephyr smiled. Janine would never tell him whatever good news she had, as she always called Cordelia for it.
To Janine, her daughter-in-law was her own child, while she must have picked up her son from the street.
Zephyr knew his mother well too. Her good news was nothing more than their company stock price rising, their rival's stock price plummeting, or her business empire expanding, her sore thumb of an enemy being eliminated…
In spite of it, Janine's sudden voice swiftly blanked Zephyr's mind for several seconds.
"I have a boyfriend… and I want you to meet him!"
"What!?"
Zephyr shoved himself over immediately. If Cordelia had not been fast with her hands, he would have knocked his head on the phone screen.
"Mom, what did you say? You got a boyfriend? For real?"
Cordelia kept shooting him looks to stop him from behaving so dramatically, but how could she understand his feelings as a son about his mother…
Zephyr was not a pedantic person. Even when his parents' divorce had hurt him to a certain extent when he was younger, he understood as he grew older that some things just could not be forced, especially marriage and fate.
When the fate between both people ended, staying bound together did no one good. Moreover, Janine and Henry had not started off romantically. They had only gotten married for the interests of their families. Their personalities were so different that it was a matter of course they separated.
It was just that… Zephyr still felt weird about it.
"Mom, who did you find? Look at how happy you are!" He wore a scowl, and his questioning tone did not sound like a son being concerned for his mother. It was more like that of a stern father reprimanding his disobedient daughter.
"Mom, open your eyes and look carefully. You can't judge a book by its cover! What if that man has an ulterior motive in approaching you? Don't you get deceived!"
"You brat!" Janine fought back. "You just can't see your mom being happy, is that it?"
"Mom, you're being unreasonable!"
"Try speaking another word!?"
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