The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 101

"Ronan, you…" Deanna was freaking out. She used to live in Ronan's house, and their relationship was all fuzzy. It was like she was Ronan’s girlfriend or something.

But now, he wanted her to stay in the house he shared with Cordelia. What was the deal here? Was she a guest? Or just a freeloader? As a superstar, couldn’t she afford her own place?

Ronan didn’t say anything, and just waited for the housing authority to finish up. Once the property deed was sorted out, he handed it to Deanna. "This is the property deed. You'll need it for a lot of stuff."

"But Ronan…" Deanna was about to say something, but Ronan turned to Cordelia. "If anything unfair happens, tell me. No crying. Let's go!" He grabbed Cordelia's hand and took off.

Leila gently tapped Deanna's arm from behind. "What just went down?"

"How should I know?" Deanna snapped back.

Deanna watched Cordelia and Ronan walk away, a glint of malice in her eyes.

Ronan said Cordelia had suffered some "injustice." Deanna had no idea what tricks Cordelia had been up to!

"Cordelia, you sly fox!" Deanna thought to herself.

Even after they got in the car, Cordelia was still baffled, not knowing what Ronan was up to. She figured Ronan was doing this for Deanna. After all, as a CEO of a public company, having a celebrity live in his house was a surefire way to draw paparazzi. It would make sense for Ronan, being the clever guy he was, to avoid any stock price crash. Plus, with Cordelia around, it could help clear up any misunderstandings.

After all, according to the agreement, Ronan's assets had nothing to do with her. The name on the property deed could include her or not - the interpretation was all his.

Although Cordelia's doubts weren't entirely dispelled, she was touched by Ronan's actions. Eventually, he told Deanna that the house belonged to him and Cordelia, and Deanna was just a guest.

But there was one thing Cordelia didn’t get. Weren’t Ronan and Deanna an item? Why was he treating Deanna like this?

Just as Cordelia was lost in thought, her phone rang. It was a text from the training course she had enrolled in before, telling her she had passed her economics law exam and to pick up her transcript at Horizon Heights.

In an instant, all her worries disappeared. Cordelia couldn’t help but smile. She hadn’t even checked her score yet, and they were already asking her to pick up her transcript. She quickly logged onto the website to check her score – 84 points. A very high score.

“Can you drop me off at Horizon Heights?” Cordelia asked Ronan.

Ronan knew Horizon Heights was where Cordelia had her training. He didn’t seem too interested, “Why?”

“I passed my economics law exam. They want me to pick up my transcript.” Cordelia added, “I scored 84.”

“Is that a high score?” Ronan asked indifferently. He turned the steering wheel at the corner, heading for Horizon Heights.