The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 226

Cordelia wished she could ignore the noise and continue sleeping, but it was too loud, and she couldn't. She got up, slipped into her robe, and went next door.

Ronan's bedroom door was open, and his phone was ringing over and over, but he wasn't there. He was probably taking a shower in the bathroom. Cordelia rapped on the bathroom door. “Your phone’s ringing.”

There was no response, so he probably didn't hear her. Cordelia knocked louder. "Ronan, your phone's ringing."

He pulled open the bathroom door, appearing in front of Cordelia. At a glance, Cordelia saw the intimate parts of his body. She tried to keep her gaze on his face. They were practically divorced now, and he belonged to another woman. Cordelia shouldn't be looking.

"What's up?" He asked, standing nonchalantly with the door wide open.

"Your phone's been ringing over and over. It's keeping me awake."

"Answer it if it rings again." He said and shut the door.

Cordelia stood outside, a little annoyed and confused.

The phone rang again. Cordelia went over to check it, and it was Deanna. She didn't want to answer at first, but seeing that Deanna had called over a dozen times, she figured something might have been urgent.

"Hello?" Cordelia answered the phone.

"Where's Ronan?" Deanna sounded surprised to hear Cordelia's voice. Her tone also carried a hint of hostility.

"Oh, he's in the shower."

"In the shower?"

"Yes, what's up?"

"Tomorrow night, my current film is wrapping up, and I've invited Ronan to the wrap party. Could you tell him about it later and see if he can come? He should. I've already mentioned it to him. I just wanted to confirm." Deanna's voice had a hint of resistance towards Cordelia, deliberately showing her relationship with Ronan in front of Cordelia.

"Oh, no need to ask, I'll accept on his behalf," Cordelia said.

"Great." Deanna sounded thrilled. She knew that after the incident with Adrian and Cordelia's mother, even if Ronan was interested, Cordelia might not have been.

Indeed, Cordelia was already starting to push Ronan towards someone else.

Cordelia set up her laptop, logged into her school's website, took a short nap, and prepared to pull an all-nighter for class. She started sleeping after dinner and woke up at eleven. It was still early in the States, and she had one more class to attend, so she quickly grabbed a cup to get some water downstairs.

Just as she reached the living room, there was a knock on the door. As Cordelia was getting water from the dispenser, she saw who it was.

Ronan and Deanna came in. Ronan was dressed in a steel-grey shirt, and Deanna in a silvery white mermaid gown.

Cordelia saw them and turned back to get her water.

"Ronan, thank you for attending my wrap party tonight," Deanna said. looking at Cordelia's back.

As Cordelia turned to go upstairs with her water, her peripheral vision caught Deanna kissing Ronan's cheek.

Ronan glanced at Cordelia, who went upstairs without showing any emotion. He immediately put his arm around Deanna's waist. "Call me for these kinds of events in the future."

"Sure." Deanna was absolutely thrilled. It seemed that Ronan and Cordelia's relationship had already broken down. The only reason they hadn't divorced yet was out of consideration for Barney.