The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan) novel Chapter 51

On Monday, Cordelia hopped off Ronan's car at the entrance of Lumos Enterprises.

She bumped into Brooklyn in the company lobby.

"Looking all smiley today. Had a good time last night?" Brooklyn asked Cordelia.

"Cut the crap." replied Cordelia, glancing back, noticing that Ronan was parking the car and didn't accompany her into the company.

Now, whenever Cordelia couldn't see Ronan, she'd feel a sense of loss.

She knew this marriage would sooner or later come to an end, so she decided to make the most out of the present.

After a busy morning, Cordelia was getting ready for lunch when she heard some noise at the door.

A few people walked into the office, pushing carts full of fancy food bags.

"Hard work pays off, folks. These are from Ms. Deanna." a staff member announced.

Cordelia thought to herself: Ms. Deanna? Deanna?

All eyes turned to Cordelia.

Why are they all looking at me? It's from Deanna, Cordelia wondered.

When a food bag was handed to her, she opened it to find a beautifully prepared Bibimbap.

"Ms. Deanna is so nice to us. So generous."

"Yeah, looks like she treated the whole company. How much did she spend? There are thousands of people in this building."

"Must be a few grand. What's on the food bag?"

They all seemed to purposely praise Deanna, as if to provoke Cordelia.

Cordelia glanced at the bag. It read, "My Dear Dr. Rowland", along with a dramatic photo of Deanna with red lips, looking stunningly beautiful.

It was a promotion for her new show, probably the one shot at the hospital.

Cordelia didn't eat egg yolks, so she picked it out to throw it away. Even though she felt it was wasteful, no one wanted her egg yolk.

Just as she tossed the egg yolk in the trash, she heard someone say, "The official showdown begins."

Cordelia was taken aback, then realized: they thought she threw away the egg yolk as an act of defiance against Deanna.

Ronan slightly frowned, "Really?"

"Oh, I ran into Cordelia at the hospital when I was filming on Saturday." Deanna said, "She seemed to be chatting with a guy outside for quite a while."

"That's her brother."

"Does she have two brothers?" Deanna seemed to understand, "I was wondering why they were holding hands. I was going to tell you to keep a tight leash on your wife."

Ronan's expression became icy.

Cordelia hadn't told him anything about her experience at the hospital, only thanked him for hiring a caregiver for her mother, then went to sleep on his bed.

The two men must have been Adrian and Jamie. Adrian was the Colby family's driver, and it wasn't surprising that he went with Jamie.

Ronan speculated that Adrian, having not achieved a satisfactory result here, might be trying to introduce Cordelia to Jamie again.

"Oh, Ronan, I should go. I have work this afternoon. You didn't like the meal I ordered for you. What a waste of my efforts."

With that, Deanna left.