The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 237

Ronan's car arrived at the hospital. When he entered Cordelia's room, she was still asleep. In her advanced stage of pregnancy, she could only sleep on her side, her hand cradling her belly. Tears were streaming down her face, her lips silently mouthing the word "Mom."

She must have been missing her mother again.

Ronan wiped away the tears from her cheeks. Just a light touch was enough to wake her up. She shrank back as if avoiding a plague.

"Why are you here? Have you given the files to Brenda?" Cordelia asked Ronan. Her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

"I did. Is the project all you care about?" Ronan asked casually, pulling up a chair to sit down.

"All the people I could care about in this world are gone." Cordelia said mournfully. In other words, Ronan was not on her list of people to care about. Whether he lived or died didn't matter to her.

Being pregnant, Cordelia had to sleep on her side, but she didn't want to be rude to Ronan, who had come to visit her, so she chose to face him. However, she closed her eyes, refusing to engage in conversation with him.

"Cordelia, how are you?" A worried voice came from the door.

Cordelia opened her eyes to see Jamie standing at her bedside.

"How are you?" Jamie instinctively grabbed one of Cordelia's hands. "Why didn't you tell me that something so big happened?"

He had been out of town on a business trip and had rushed to the hospital straight from the airport. Jamie looked petrified.

"I'm fine," Cordelia said with a smile.

"What would I do if something happened to you? And the babies? You shouldn't work anymore. I'll take care of you," Jamie said, looking fretful.

"I don't plan on accepting your billion dollars or the two houses. I haven't touched the money, and I haven't seen the houses, I don't even know where they are," Cordelia said, looking at Ronan with a cold expression, her attitude contrasting greatly with the one she had towards Jamie.

Ronan turned around and left, returning home. Ever since Barney left, his home had become quiet and empty. Before Barney came to Birchwood, his home had always been like this, and he had always lived alone. But having experienced such liveliness and then a sudden return to solitude was a big change.

He called out Della, and the black cat jumped onto his lap. This "Della" was so obedient, not like Cordelia.

A few days later, when Cordelia's health improved, Jamie helped her terminate her lease and she moved into Jamie's house. Jamie's house was also a villa, not as large as Pearl Palms, but it was cozier with more people. There were three maids in the house, as well as Jamie's parents. Jamie had arranged for Cordelia to stay in the largest, sunniest room on the first floor.

On Cordelia's first day, the maids prepared delicious chicken soup for her. Compared to the cold solitude of living alone, this was much warmer.

The person most nervous about her arrival was Jamie's father, Thomas.