The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 138

Cordelia was eating in silence. "Leave some food for him," She suggested to Janice.

Cordelia's cheery mood was dampened by Ronan's sudden outburst of anger.

Barney a kept chatting with her to comfort her.

Cordelia tried to keep her emotions in check while talking to her grandpa. After dinner, she received a Messenger message from Brenda. [I sent my resume to Lumos Enterprises' HR Department today, applying for the position of CFO.]

[Really?] Honestly, Cordelia was thrilled about the news. Brenda was totally qualified for the job.

[Yeah. Jamie suggested I apply. I wasn't supposed to agree when he first brought it up, but Lumos Enterprises is worth considering, so I reluctantly agreed.]

There was a laughing emoji attached to the message.

[Great, we could work together then.]

Cordelia was not from the HR Department, so she didn’t know they hadn’t posted the CFO position on job-hunting sites yet. That was to say, the recruitment hadn't officially started, and Brenda had already sent her resume to the HR Department.

Cordelia went upstairs.

Ronan put down his book and looked at Cordelia. "When am I visiting your mum?"

"You're serious? I didn't force you." Cordelia was stunned.

"When?" Ronan was getting a bit impatient.

"Today is Friday, how about tomorrow?"

"Fine."

Ronan agreed, and Cordelia started feeling a bit anxious, thinking about what Ronan would pay attention to when visiting. She leaned on the headboard, thinking carefully.

"By the way, don't ever mention to my mum about our marriage being a contract. I'm afraid she would be heartbroken." Cordelia turned around and tugged at Ronan's arm.

"I won't."

Cordelia nodded, feeling relieved, but she had a feeling that something big was going to happen when Ronan visited!

"Really?" Ronan forced a smile.

"Della, get a chair for Ronan," Shelley instructed.

There was only one chair in the room, which was occupied by Adrian. Just as Cordelia was about to find another chair, Adrian spoke up, "Mum, where are you going to live after you're discharged? Your daughter is so dutiful. Why don't you live with her instead of squeezing with me in my small house. Besides, I have a girlfriend now. It won't be convenient for you to stay with us."

"Adrian," Cordelia scolded Adrian. So that was why he was arguing with Mum earlier, but the apartment they were arguing about was originally under both Mum and Dad's names.

"Cordelia, get him out of here!" Shelley suppressed her anger.

"I won't leave until we settle this." Adrian crossed his legs and sat stubbornly.

Things were about to get ugly.

"It's not difficult. I can buy two four-bedroom apartments, one for Shelley, one for Adrian. Problem solved," Ronan suggested.

His voice was unusually cold. He was supposed to be happy since he had found the person who saved his life and also found an opportunity to repay her, but he just couldn't feel happy.