The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 487

Once in the car, Cordelia felt a sense of melancholy, as if her soul had been left behind, but thankfully, the university was not a lonely place, and she had grown quite fond of her job.

When the driver pulled up to the Unity Hall, he got out and personally carried Cordelia's luggage up to her room. Harold and a few students, returning from a game of basketball, offered to lend a hand.

"What's all this?" Harold casually asked, picking up a box.

"Well, it's just some food that he packed for me from Millstone," Cordelia replied.

She emphasized 'he' in front of Harold, intending to make it clear that she and Harold were over, and he should stop pining for her.

"Ronan is much better than me. I can't compete," Harold admitted sincerely. How could he compete with Ronan? His mother worked as a maid at the Evans', which put him at a disadvantage. Cordelia had borne Ronan's child, and the gifts Ronan showered her with were things Harold couldn't afford.

Since Sean and Sally had returned to the university and spread the news through Sally’s gossiping, everyone knew Cordelia was Ronan's wife. According to Sally, they had a big, happy family. Although they didn’t know Cordelia and Ronan were divorced, Harold shouldn’t disrupt this “happiness”, right?

Back home, Cordelia washed a few apples and enjoyed them while relaxing.

A notification from Messenger popped up on her phone. It was from the dean’s office:

[A public class for new professors was to be held next week, with current faculty members grading the performance.]

The notice was sudden, but it was a good opportunity to showcase teachers' abilities.

Cordelia was one of the twenty-plus new professors who had joined the university this year.

She flipped through her textbook, preparing her lecture, and then sent a message to her students on Messenger: [Next Wednesday, we'll be discussing big data and decision analysis in an open class. Please prepare in advance.]

The chat group consisted of all first-year finance students. Upon receiving her message, they responded with a flurry of 'ok' emojis.