The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 149

Cordelia didn't come out for dinner all night, nor did she open the door for Ronan. She was worried that Ronan would notice her mood swings and start asking questions. He was a smart cookie, figuring out the truth wouldn't be hard for him.

If Ronan found out she was upset because of Jamie, who knew what he'd do. He once made Jamie grovel before him, for buying clothes for her, only to humiliate Jamie afterwards.

So when Ronan knocked on the door and said, "Cordelia, if you don't open the door, I'm heading back to the mansion." She responded immediately, "Go ahead!"

His pride took a hit from the curt response of his wife. He gave Shelley an awkward smile.

"Well, I'm off then." Ronan was a man of status. Being led by the nose by a girl was already embarrassing. If he stuck around any longer, it would be even more humiliating. He took his keys and left.

After Ronan left, Shelley knocked on Cordelia's door, asking what was wrong. Cordelia replied, "I'm fine, you should get some sleep."

Shelley reluctantly went to her bedroom. Before leaving, she told Cordelia, "You should try to sweet-talk Ronan tomorrow. Men need to be pampered too."

Cordelia just responded with, "Mmhm."

She absent-mindedly fiddled with her phone, trying to calm her emotions. Sending Jamie a message now would be inappropriate. As for this whole situation, it was best to play dumb.

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Ronan went back to Pearl Palms. His grandpa asked him, "Weren't you staying over at Della's place for the next few days? Why are you back? How's Della's mom?"

"She's fine. I just missed you. That's all," Ronan said as he headed upstairs.

Deanna had to call Cordelia, hinting at a secret affair with Ronan, and then slipped the USB into his personal bag.

Plus, the identity of the project manager was very sensitive. Deanna knew Cordelia's father was a project manager and aimed to make Cordelia empathize and despise him, the capitalist, through this video. If Ronan watched the video, it wouldn't matter much to Deanna. She believed Ronan was still unaware of the cornea transplant and even less likely to know where the "poison" in the video was.

He dialed Deanna, "What's the meaning of sending this video to Cordelia?"

"Huh? You saw it? I was supposed to send the video of you being selected as one of the top ten outstanding youths. Did I send the wrong one?" Deanna responded.

Ronan hung up. He decided to tell Deanna in the most straightforward manner that he was aware of her secret. He wanted her to stop her behind-the-scenes maneuvers.

Ronan completely destroyed the USB.