The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 272

"It's me." Ronan replied.

"What are you doing here? I thought you'd returned to Pearl Palms?" Cordelia queried.

"The faucet in the bathroom broke, I didn't have the property management's number and I've never lived here before." He explained.

Cordelia slowly nodded, "Oh, are you leaving tonight?"

She had spent a decent amount of time chatting with Brooklyn and then dropped her home; now it was already past four in the morning.

"Do you want me to leave?" He asked.

"You can make your own decisions; it's not my business. If you're staying, I'll have Janice cook. If you're leaving, then…" Cordelia seemed to realize the expression on her face and quickly masked it.

"If I leave then what?" Ronan asked.

"Then we won't make your dinner." Cordelia retorted.

"I'll stay then." He said.

"Then I'll have Janice make your food." With that, Cordelia started to leave the room to head to the kitchen. But, Ronan stretched out his arm and blocked her path. Cordelia turned her head to look at him in surprise.

"I've already told her." Ronan said.

"Oh. Okay." Cordelia nodded, returning to sit on the bed.

Ronan then went to the bathroom to fix the faucet.

Cordelia's bedroom door remained open. She could hear the clanking sound of metal, the running of water from the faucet, and the sound of him washing his hands. Suddenly, she found these sounds, filled with a strong sense of everyday life, to be very comforting.

"Aren't you having lunch?" He said, stepping out of the bathroom and looking over at Cordelia who was still in the bedroom. He was still wearing that stern, handsome black shirt that was hard to look directly at.

"I ate too much at lunch. I'm not hungry." Cordelia replied.

"Even if you're not hungry, you should drink your milk. Come out." Ronan insisted.

With nothing else to do in the bedroom, Cordelia agreed and went to sit at the dining table. "Go make her milk and prepare a garden salad." Ronan instructed Janice.

"Alright." Janice said.