The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 33

Ronan made a call to his subordinate, asking him to check up on Cordelia's mom's condition. He also specifically looked into what happened on the day Cordelia and he got married.

His assistant responded, "Cordelia's mom had a lung infection that day, and the medical bills came out to six grand."

Initially, Cordelia had refused to marry him, but then she changed her mind. Ronan finally pieced together the reason, she needed the money.

She had no feelings for him, nor she was leading him on.

Thinking about all this, Ronan couldn't help but feel a bit down in his heart.

But there was one thing Ronan didn’t get it. He had already given her a bunch of money, even excluding that 18 grand he gave her out of spite, it was at least 30 grand. That should be more than enough to cover the 6 grand in medical bills. Plus, he had told her that once the mission was completed, she would get a half a million. Why was she still asking him for a hundred grand? Was she just greedy?

At 3pm, Cordelia came back.

“Was the food at Brooklyn’s mom’s place any good?” Ronan asked, lounging on the couch.

Cordelia had said she was going out to eat at Brooklyn's place today. Brooklyn lived in the suburbs of Millstone and would return every weekend.

“It was delicious.” Cordelia said.

“Oh? What did they make?” Ronan asked.

“Huh?” Cordelia hadn't expected Ronan to care about the details, “Just some standard home-cooked meals.”

Ronan stared at her, saying, “Cordelia, you know Pinocchio, right?”

“Huh? I didn’t lie. I didn’t.” Cordelia’s eyes started to flicker, and her ears turned red. He had seen right through her.

“Going to the hospital to visit your mom isn’t something you need to hide. Why didn’t you just tell me?” Ronan was probably very disappointed in Cordelia, so he went upstairs.

Cordelia stood there, thinking how did he figure it out. Last time she told Jamie that Ronan was her husband, but Jamie wouldn’t know about her mom being in the hospital. Did he ask Adrian?

Thinking of this, Cordelia was taken aback and texted Adrian: [Have you been to my place?]

Cordelia didn't reveal any current information, just sent a probing message. If Adrian hadn't actually contacted Ronan, her actions would seem very strange to him.