The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 129

Shelley was initially surprised, then she smiled with relief and said. "It’s you, isn’t it?"

Her voice was low and raspy, but Ronan caught it all the same. He thought she was going to say more, but then Shelley slowly closed her eyes and turned her head to the side.

Ronan checked, and she was still breathing, so she must had passed out again.

Trina came out with a basin and a warm towel.

"Was she awake before?" Ronan asked Trina.

"Nope, been out like a light for six years straight. Why do you ask, Mr. Evans?"As Trina washed the towels in the basin, she spoke to Ronan.

"Out for six years?" Ronan was taken aback.

"Yup. If she'd woken up, Cordelia would've been over the moon." Trina seemed to be imagining Cordelia's joy. "Well, Cordelia's her daughter. You know her, right?"

"Yeah."

Ronan stayed there for several more hours, but Shelley showed no signs of waking up. He left. He could not understand how Shelley could know him? She'd been bedridden for six whole years.

When he visited Cordelia at the hospital that night, he asked her, "Didn't see your mom this week, how is she?"

Cordelia was much better now. Her headache symptoms had almost disappeared, but she still needed to receive two hours of intravenous therapy daily.

"Brooklyn went to see her for me yesterday. Mom's still the same." Cordelia said with a somewhat melancholic expression. "No news is good news."

"She's been unconscious all these years?"

"Yeah." Cordelia sighed.

Now Ronan was even more confused. Who did Shelley mistake him for? The only far-fetched explanation was, Cordelia kept mentioning his name in front of her mom, so even though she was in a coma, she probably knew him by name. But how did she recognize him at first sight?

"What have you been telling your mom about me?" Ronan asked Cordelia again.

Cordelia looked surprised, "I've never mentioned you in front of my mom."

A few days ago, Deanna had asked Ronan if they could film the commercial at Lumos Enterprises. As they were talking in a small alley in the pedestrian street, Cordelia and Brooklyn appeared in their line of sight.

Cordelia was anxiously looking around, catching Ronan's attention. Ronan was watching Cordelia with an amused smile on his face, which nearly drove Deanna mad.

Ronan readily agreed to Deanna's request. Deanna hoped he could be there during the shoot, but he simply replied, "Too busy."

They were planning to film outside Lumos Enterprises for the whole day.

At noon, Lumos Enterprises' employees started coming down for lunch. Deanna's team finished their morning shoot and planned to continue in the afternoon. Just as Deanna was thinking about how to interact more with Ronan, Adrian suddenly appeared. He stormed into Lumos Enterprises, looking at the people coming out of the company.

Cordelia and Milana also came out of the elevator.

Adrian grabbed the director's megaphone and started, "Cordelia, when does your contract marriage with Ronan end? What's the point of this contract marriage for money? Mr. Colby took Manda to PrimeNumbers Accounting as his assistant to stop her from suing you, and you're here in a contract marriage with Ronan for money, where's your conscience?"

Cordelia was bombarded by Adrian's words, and her head starting to ache. She covered the back of her head with her hand.