Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

“Oh, nothing.” Xyla’s voice was calm. “Just sighing about how time flies. One should really take care of their health

when they get older.”

“Mom…” Cordelia bit her lips. The question was on the verge of her lips, and she asked in resolution after a long

time, “Have you and Uncle Irwin met?”

Xyla froze before nodding lightly. “Yes.”

“What a coincidence!” Cordelia beamed at her in disbelief. “Do you know that he’s the one I’ve been intending to

introduce to you? Uncle Irwin also has a Siamese cat, and I wanted you to meet him with Ginger the last time!”

Janine coughed while Xyla remained silent. Zephyr kept Cordelia’s hand tightly in his.

Cordelia was baffled for a moment, sharply noticing that these people looked off, but she was unable to tell what

was wrong in particular.

Janine was meticulous. She knew that Cordelia was smart and would connect the dots when she went back and

thought about it. Xyla would not be able to keep it a secret despite her intention. She might as well kill the topic

right now.

She smiled and went up to touch Cordelia’s smiling face. “Cordelia, didn’t your mom fall at home when she was

alone two days ago? I was thinking that you and Carter aren’t usually by her side, and she’s a little lonely, so—”

“So you think Uncle Irwin’s a good match too, right?” Cordelia was delighted.

“Huh?” Janine blinked.

What she wanted to say was that “So you should hire a helper to take care of your mom at home!”

Unfortunately, Cordelia’s innocent and hopeful grin made it hard for her to speak her mind.

Rowan woke up groggily in the hospital ward. His originally good-looking face was so swollen that his eyes were

mere slits. Due to the swelling, he could only make mewls and gurgling sounds when he opened his mouth, unable

to speak a sentence.

Cordelia entered silently. When she saw his state, she felt bad for him but could not help the urge to laugh.

“Uncle Irwin.” She sat by the bed, her gentle smile like the warm sun that shone right into Rowan’s heart.

The others came in as well.

When Rowan saw them, he did his best to open his eyes bigger. No matter what he did, his eyes remained narrow.

The only difference was that they were thin lines when he did not attempt to widen them, while they were thick

lines when he did.

“Uncle Irwin, are you feeling okay?” Cordelia looked at him in concern. “Why did you still go to the cafe when you’re

allergic to coffee? It’s no wonder you didn’t come when I asked you the last time. I didn’t know you couldn’t have

coffee!”

“Woo… wo…” Rowan could only make indecipherable sounds like this.

The moment Rowan saw Zephyr, he suddenly thought of what Liam had said and recalled that Zephyr was going to

abandon Cordelia to marry someone else. He could not help getting furious and struggled to sit up and point at

Zephyr.

“Woo— Urgh!”

“Uncle Irwin, what are you saying?”

Rowan was in distress. “Woo-woo-woo!”

Zephyr looked at him nonchalantly.

The old geezer looked even more like Ginger with these sounds.

Zephyr snorted and threw him a mocking gaze.

“I know. Uncle Irwin must want to say that he wants to rest now, and we shouldn’t be disturbing him!”

“Woo!” Rowan’s face was red.

At the same time, Zephyr put his hand on Cordelia’s waist.

Rowan kept crying out and flailing his hands. Cordelia looked around and could not understand what was going on.

While this all went on, Xyla suddenly growled, “Stop whining!”

Rowan froze and quieted down instantly.

Xyla rolled her eyes at him in dominance while the man on the bed hung his head and lay back down carefully,

even covering his head with the blanket.

The hospital ward became pin-drop silent at that moment.

Janine took in a deep breath and was the first to react. She tugged Xyla’s sleeve to give her a look, then turned to

Cordelia, who was bewildered. “Uh… you and Zephyr head home first. Your mom and I will stay here and take care

of him!”

Cordelia furrowed her brows with questions in her mind. Her mother’s attitude toward Rowan did not feel like they

were meeting for the first time!

“Mom?” She wanted to ask something, but there was a knock on the door.

“Sir, Ms. Cordelia.” It was Clark. After he greeted them and saw Janine, he bowed respectfully. “You’re here too,

Madam Baker.”

“What is it, Uncle Clark?”

Clark smiled. “Elder Mr. Hamerton asks for Mr. Zephyr to have dinner at the manor tonight.”

“Oh.” Cordelia nodded and looked at Zephyr. “Hurry up then!”

“It’s not just him.” Clark looked at her lovingly. “Elder Mr. Hamerton also specifically asks that he must bring you

back, Ms. Cordelia. The car is downstairs. Please come with me.”

Janine breathed in relief, exchanging glances with Zephyr for him to hurry and leave with Cordelia.

Cordelia could only put her doubts aside and go to the manor with Zephyr.

…

The dinner dishes were not plenty in variety, but each of them was made with effort and intention, looking

incredibly intricate and luxurious.

Liam put down his cutlery and wiped his mouth after taking two bites of each dish. He had never had a big appetite.

Zephyr noticed that his grandfather had recovered from his previous eating habits and heard from Clark that he

had stopped taking the tonic recently. Rowan was also there daily to give him acupuncture, and the old man was

doing fine.

It relieved Zephyr.

He sneaked a peek at Cordelia and could not help smirking when he recalled Rowan’s swollen state.

“I heard that Mr. Irwin’s gotten sick?” Liam’s deep voice sounded as he looked up at Zephyr. “What happened?”

“It’s an allergy,” Zephyr answered indifferently as he cut his steak. “It’s nothing serious, but he won’t be able to

come for acupuncture sessions these two days.”

“Mm, it’s more important to take care of his health.” Liam looked at Clark. “Send my regards to Mr. Irwin.”

“Yes, sir.”

Liam deadpanned, “Also, I realized that he looked like a puffer fish when he was here the other day. Does he look

more like one now that he has an allergy reaction?”

Clark did not know what to say and nearly barked a laugh.

The old man always had the ability to mock someone with a deadpan look.

Liam spoke again. “Clark, bring it in!”

Clark nodded and swiftly went out.

Cordelia’s hands holding the cutlery paused. She felt a gaze on her. When she looked up, it was as expected—Liam

was watching her with a complicated look and a cryptic smile.

She jolted, vaguely feeling that what Clark had gone off to take would have something to do with her.