The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 103

"Whatever, I'm just venting. I won't bore you with the details," Adrian said, noticing Jamie was about to get duped.

"Which mall are you at? I'm coming over," Jamie replied.

Adrian sent him the location, and Jamie arrived in no time.

Exaggerating the whole situation, Adrian said, "Ronan couldn't care less about Cordelia. He's having her put up a front, yet he won't give her a dime. She has to return all the clothes he bought."

"Which clothes did she return?"

Adrian pointed them out to Jamie one by one.

"Pack up all these clothes. I'll buy her a few more..." Jamie's thoughts wandered to Cordelia's height as he spoke. He had a great eye for fashion, so the clothes he picked for Cordelia were absolutely stunning.

"Also, could you arrange a delivery to her house? Here's the address..." Jamie was typing Cordelia's address on his phone as he spoke. "I'll pay extra for it to be delivered by tomorrow afternoon."

"Whose name should we put on the delivery?" The salesclerk asked, seeing Jamie as a big spender who had just dropped 30 grand in their store.

With a slight frown, Jamie replied, "Just say... say it's from her husband."

Jamie's intention was to embarrass Ronan by claiming he was the one who sent the gifts, even though he clearly wasn't.

Adrian watched the whole thing unfold with great amusement.

The next day, as Cordelia and Ronan were having dinner at home, there was a knock on the door. A woman in a uniform walked in, holding a bunch of clothes from the same brand Cordelia had returned the day before. There were at least a dozen pieces.

Cordelia recognized her as the salesclerk from the store where she'd returned the clothes.

"What's wrong?" Cordelia asked, thinking there might be an issue with the returned items.

"Oh, your husband bought back all the clothes you returned to our store yesterday. Plus, he bought you a few more items. Would you like to take a look?" The clerk explained.

Upon hearing this, Ronan paused his eating, then resumed without a word.

Cordelia looked at Ronan tenderly. Although she didn't like extravagance and thought the clothes were too expensive, she was moved by this gesture from him.

"You really didn't have to," Cordelia said to Ronan. "They're so expensive, and I might not even wear them."

"Don't mention it!" Ronan replied indifferently, wiping his hands with a napkin and tossing it aside. "Keep the ones you like."

With that, he went upstairs.

"At first, I thought they weren't from you," Cordelia hinted.

Ronan glanced at Cordelia and asked, "So, do you have another man in your life? Or are you not satisfied with me?"

"No, I didn't mean that at all," Cordelia quickly clarified.

When they got home, a person who looked like a salesclerk was waiting, claiming to deliver cosmetics and jewelry to Cordelia.

Cordelia looked at Ronan, slightly puzzled. The clerk was also from City Mall. Why had staff from this mall been delivering things to her lately? This made her think the gifts might not have been from Jamie after all.

"Just accept them." Ronan said to Cordelia.

The cosmetics were very expensive, and although Cordelia didn't know much about jewelry, she guessed they wouldn't be cheap either.

After the clerk left, Cordelia asked Ronan, "Why has this mall been sending me stuff lately?"

"Oh, I'm planning to acquire that mall. Here's the proposal," Ronan handed Cordelia the acquisition proposal. "They're probably trying to curry favor with you, hoping I'll up the price."

Cordelia was taken aback. So was Jamie the one lying?