Chapter 117

Lenora suddenly looked up and stared at her in astonishment. She couldn’t believe that one day her cousin would be so patient and gentle with her. Wasn’t her cousin… very annoyed with her?

Seeing her reaction, Ophelia only felt guilt and heartache. She forced a smile, not caring about the mess on her body, hugged her tightly, and made a promise: “I was wrong before, Nora, please forgive me, it won’t happen again.”

Just this one sentence made Lenora completely unable to hold back, and she cried quietly. When she was a child, she was not in good health, small and thin. The person she admired and liked the most was her cousin, because every time she was bullied, her cousin would appear and beat up those who bullied her until they cried. She stood with her hands on her hips and told those people that no one was allowed to bully her Nora!

However, later on, their aunt was no longer there, and she had fewer opportunities to see her cousin. Eventually, her cousin stopped playing with her. In the end, her cousin even didn’t like her anymore… She had long since given up hope, but unexpectedly, what she had dared not even dream of came true…

Ophelia pressed her lips together tightly and waited until the person in her arms had cried enough before she helped wipe away her tears. Lenora felt embarrassed a bit late, her face quietly flushed, but she did not avoid it and obediently let her cousin wipe her tears.

“Alright, let’s go buy some clothes,” Ophelia said. “Well!” Lenora obediently followed behind her, and the look in her eyes was the same adoring light as when she was a child. She remembered the scene of her cousin facing Hannah; it was really cool!

Ophelia pulled someone out of the school, intending to go to the mall, but when she looked at the time, her expression suddenly changed. “Oh no, how is it already six o’clock?!” She said that she would make dinner for Winford today! Thinking about Lenora, I was caught off guard by how quickly time had passed! Now I could only pray that Winford didn’t care about this matter anymore…

However, fate did not favor her. Just as she thought this, her phone rang, and the caller ID showed Graham. Ophelia felt a darkness before her eyes. Graham usually didn’t call her, and if he did, it was mostly at Winford’s suggestion. The call was connected.

“…Hello?” “…Madam, where were you now?” Graham’s tone was faint. Ophelia’s face was stiff as she said softly, “Ahem, I… I had something to deal with.”

Graham continued in a low tone, “You didn’t forget about the promise you made to cook for Mr. Winford, did you…?” A large drop of cold sweat slid down Ophelia’s forehead, and she hurriedly denied it. “Of course not! How could that be possible! I just got held up by something!”

“By the way, did Mr. Winford have his meal?” Graham was silent. She learned the answer from this silence. “How was Mr. Winford’s mood?” Graham turned around and glanced at the man on the sofa, who was expressionless and emanating a chill. He fell silent once again.

Ophelia: It was over, and it was a disaster! “I would be back soon!!”

The apartment.

Graham, who had received the approval, breathed a sigh of relief. He walked up to the man and said cautiously, “Mr. Winford, there was a temporary issue on the lady’s side that held her up. She said she would be back soon.”

Winford raised his eyes, and on his deep, cold face, a thick layer of biting frost was present. Just a glance from him gave Graham immense pressure. “Where was she?” The tone was light, yet it made Graham’s scalp tense up. “The lady didn’t say, but she said she would be back soon…”

On the other side, Ophelia hung up the phone and dragged her cousin as they ran wildly toward the apartment. “Cousin…?!,” Lenora looked bewildered. “What happened?” Looking back at her still wet clothes, Ophelia said, “There’s a bit of an emergency, so we won’t go to the mall. You can wear my clothes first!”

In order to be a bit faster, she also took a taxi. When Lenora got out of the car, who had been lost in thought, seemed to have understood something. She grabbed Ophelia and said, “Cousin, the Mr. Winford you just mentioned… could it be that one? I heard someone say you married into Sunset Vista. Is it true?”

There were rumors outside that Mr. Winford was capricious, cold-hearted, and extremely frightening. From the reaction of my cousin just now, as if she were facing a great enemy, it was evident that the rumors were mostly true!