The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 550

Victoria and Cordelia were both slumped over the table, fast asleep, leaving only Brooklyn diligently

nibbling on her club sandwich. As she polished off the last bites, she dutifully settled the bill. Muttering

to herself, she grumbled, “A pair of lushes! How's a pregnant lady like me supposed to get you two

home?”

She dialed up Ronan, asking him to come and collect Cordelia, and as for Victoria, well, she could just

snooze there until Ronan showed up to handle it.

Meanwhile, in the opulent Grand Millstone Hotel, a wedding was in full swing. The groom was dashing,

the bride was grace personified, and just as they exchanged their wedding presents, a sudden ripple of

unrest stirred through the crowd.

Up on the stage, Jamie and Marian were oblivious to the commotion, but down below, the guests were

all too aware of the growing disturbance. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

The murmur reached Jamie's mother, Ava’s ears. The source was a rumor, maliciously spread by

Petra, who had recruited a friend to disseminate the juicy bit of gossip as far and wide as possible.

“Did you hear? Back in the day, Thomas had a fling with Alana and even helped her start up a film

production company. Too bad Alana turned out to be a heartbreaker, dumped Thomas, and only then

did he find his current wife.”

Alana had been making a name for herself in Millstone, recognized as a formidable businesswoman far

removed from the typical homemaker.

Ava knew that where there was smoke, there was usually fire. Glancing at her husband, she noticed

Thomas' ashen face and trembling hands, which only served to confirm her suspicions.

Thomas had never uttered a word about Alana in front of her, as if their paths had never crossed. Ava

had always believed Alana to be a stranger to her life.

As a devout Christian, Ava believed in the sanctity of "till death do us part," and Thomas had always

been attentive and faithful. It was this very devotion that now made her feel utterly deceived.

The bastard! Ava clenched her fists tightly.

Thomas cast a sidelong glance at Ava, whose face was a mask of steely resolve, silent.

Ava wanted to know where such rumors originated, and how Thomas and Alana, seemingly worlds

apart, could have ever shared a bed.

Jamie and Marian, now sensing the undercurrent of unrest, nevertheless completed their wedding

vows.

No sooner had they been pronounced man and wife than Marian turned on Jamie, her frustration

boiling over. “What’s going on? Can't your family control their own guests?”

“How should I know?” Jamie shot back, his own patience wearing thin.

Ava didn’t linger at the wedding. She sent people to find out who was spreading the rumors and

learned that Cordelia had unearthed the past between Alana and Thomas upon discovering her own

parentage.

Ava wasn’t concerned with Cordelia’s origins. She was more troubled by the fact that Jamie had invited

Cordelia to stay with him years ago, and Cordelia rejected him when he showed interest. Later,

Cordelia moved back in with the Evans family only to cause a scene now that he was married. What

was her game?

Ava also inquired about Cordelia’s current whereabouts, a name she hadn’t heard in years. Jamie

avoided mentioning Cordelia at all costs, and rumor had it she'd left Millstone.

Today, Ava found out that Cordelia was, indeed, back in Millstone, at the Evans residence.

Ava got into her car and drove straight to Ronan’s house. Thomas might’ve feared Ronan Evans, but

she certainly did not!