The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 153

Evening.

Pics of Jamie and Manda getting up-close and personal were spreading like wildfire across major media platforms. Of course, all the juicy details were blurred out, because, you know, public decency and all that jazz. Even the names in the pics were smudged, leaving only the surnames.

This hot topic was causing a stir in many social groups Cordelia was part of. Some folks were even hunting for unedited, uncensored original pics.

Cordelia wanted to ring up Jamie to offer some comfort. But she knew Jamie must have been feeling pretty crummy right now, so she chose to play dumb.

How could Ronan be so heartless? Just to satisfy his own carnal desires, he struck at others without batting an eye. And what was the other thing he accidentally spilled today?

The more Cordelia thought about it, the colder she felt. She hadn't had any exchanges with Ronan in the past few days.

Everyone at work was feeling like they'd been let out of jail.

On Halloween, Edwin's car pulled up to Cordelia's apartment, with Brooklyn in the passenger seat. Edwin and Brooklyn helped Shelley into the car.

Edwin didn't have deep feelings for Brooklyn, but when he heard it was about Cordelia, he still came. Brooklyn was feeling a bit sour.

As they were nearing Roseville, Shelley patted Cordelia's hand. “Della, when you get to your grandma’s, keep it low-key. You know how Samantha is.”

“I got it.”

“Don’t mention that you work at Lumos Enterprises, just say you're at an average Joe company." Shelley was still thinking about what else they should be careful about while patting Cordelia's hand.

"I know."

Thinking about Samantha sent a chill down Cordelia's spine.

Years back, the first day after Halloween, Cordelia and her mom went to visit her grandma. Back then, Samantha, in her pretty floral dress, asked Cordelia how she did on her English test. Everyone in Millstone had the same test, and English was Samantha's best subject.

"I didn't do well on the essay, lost five points, and scored a total of 95," Cordelia answered.

Samantha's face turned pale as a ghost, and she ripped up her own test paper and started bawling. She scored 90.

Ronald and Sienna thought Cordelia had upset their precious daughter, looking a bit unhappy. That year, it took a gift from Shelley to smooth things over with Samantha.