The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 603

Cordelia felt her face flush with embarrassment, thinking, "Where on earth did my hand just wander off to?"

"The time's almost up. Have you made your decision?" he asked.

Cordelia quickly turned around, "No way, that's just your imagination."

"I've actually been thinking about it for quite a while."

"I'm seriously exhausted, I need a couple of months to recover," Cordelia said.

Maybe Ronan found the idea of dealing with "two's company" too draining, just the thought of it seemed boring to him. He fell silent.

Cordelia let out a sigh of relief, thinking to herself that she had dodged a bullet.

Just as she was patting herself on the back, Ronan's phone rang. It was Peter.

"Mr. Evans, you need to get to Birchwood ASAP," Peter's voice was shaky.

"What's going on?"

"Someone jumped from the Edith Hills construction site. It's only two stories high so far, not enough to be fatal, but the woman fell right onto something sharp and got impaled. It's like my worst nightmare coming true. This could ruin me," Peter's voice was breaking, haunted by a past incident with Petra. He dreaded such a day, and now it had arrived.

Ronan's brow furrowed deeply, "Lock down the site, and keep this under wraps! I'm on my way."

"Will do, right away," Peter's voice steadied a bit after hearing Ronan's firm response.

He trusted Ronan wouldn't vanish like his father did years ago after a murder case.

"What's happening?" Cordelia noticed Ronan's furrowed brow.

"I have to go to Birchwood. Keep an eye on the kids!" Ronan said, grabbing his car keys.

Once in the car, he started the engine and called Emerson, "I'm heading to Birchwood. Meet me there."

Adrian stumbled back, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Ronan, for crying out loud, I'm your brother-in-law. I've been framed, and you didn't even check," Adrian protested, clumsily defending himself after receiving Ronan's slap.

"Ronan, think! I didn't kill Daisy. I never even talked to her. I tried to ask her out several times, and she wouldn't give me the time of day. How could I have arranged to meet her?" Adrian tried to clear his name.

Ronan shifted to the side, completely ignoring Adrian's pleas, leaving him to rant alone.

Seeing Ronan's indifference, Adrian said, "Don't believe me? Ask Cordelia from your own household."

That caught Ronan's attention, "Cordelia knows about this?"

"Of course. I ran into her last time on the Millstone College campus. She saw Daisy ignore me completely and walk away. Oh, right, Cordelia even took a blood packet from my hand," Adrian finally remembered a piece of evidence that could work in his favor.

Sure enough, as soon as Cordelia's name came up, Ronan was all ears to Adrian's story.