The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 126

When Cordelia returned to the office, she walked through the lobby and noticed some renovation work

going on. It seemed like the marble at the top of one of the lobby pillars had chipped off, and the

workers were hurriedly fixing it. After all, the company's image was at stake. There was also a scaffold

set up next to the pillar for the workers to carry out their work at height.

Cordelia and Brooklyn took a detour and returned to their respective offices.

The Audit Department was at the top floor and no one was loafing around there, so Cordelia had no

idea if Ronan had shown up for work that day until she left for the day.

In the afternoon, Cordelia and Brooklyn planned to go shopping, hoping that Deanna hadn't finished

filming her scenes yet.

They stood at the same spot as before, but there seemed to be no scenes with Deanna that day. They

didn’t see her anywhere. Cordelia couldn't help but feel disappointed, and her heart grew increasingly

anxious.

"Why don't you just shoot him a message and ask him where he is?" Brooklyn suggested, "Why are

you two making things so complicated?"

"I'm not asking." Cordelia said, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes.

They went to the shop again, and Cordelia found out that the sandalwood soap she wanted was sold

out. The shop owner said that new stock was on its way and hadn't arrived yet. Ever since Deanna

used that soap, Cordelia didn't want to use it anymore. She just habitually asked about it this time.

"It seems that Deanna's assistant bought all the sandalwood soap. Deanna is filming on this street."

The shop owner excitedly shared, as if the fact that a celebrity's assistant had patronized his shop

made his shop shine brighter.

"Her?" Cordelia thought to herself, wondering if Deanna got her soap from this shop the last time.

Cordelia sensed a connection, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

When she got home, Ronan was still not there. Cordelia was distracted all night, and when she went to

bed, she felt like the temperature in the bedroom dropped a few degrees because he wasn't there.

It was freezing.

But the next day at noon, Cordelia suddenly spotted Ronan in the company's lobby.

She and Brooklyn were just returning from lunch and had just reached the entrance when they saw

Ronan talking to Jordan near the pillar that was under renovation. Ronan had one hand in his pocket.

He glanced at the entrance and saw Cordelia. Then he turned back to Jordan and resumed their

conversation.

"Mr. Evans, Cordelia from the Finance Department has transferred to the Audit Department. I fired

Manda, and I'm thinking of hiring a few more people. What do you think?" Jordan asked Ronan.

In fact, hiring people for the Finance Department didn't require Ronan's approval. Jordan was just using

this opportunity to tell Ronan that he had fired Manda.

"No rush. Take your time." Ronan said to Jordan, but his gaze was on Cordelia.

"Take our time?" Jordan was trying to figure out what Ronan meant by that.

Usually, Ronan let him make his own decisions regarding hiring. Jordan sensed that something was off.

"You've been looking for your hubby, right? There he is." Brooklyn nudged Cordelia's arm lightly, "Aren't

you going to express your longing?"

"You're such a pain." Cordelia replied and headed straight for the elevator, completely ignoring Ronan's

presence.

Just then, a worker climbed up the scaffold. As he did so, he accidentally kicked it backwards, causing Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

the scaffold to topple over.

Jordan was facing the scaffold and saw it falling but did nothing. Ronan was turned away from the

scaffold and completely unaware of the danger.

Seeing this, Cordelia's heart raced. She shouted, "Watch out!" and instinctively rushed towards Ronan,

pushing him away. But she couldn't dodge in time and was knocked to the ground, the scaffold falling

down on her.

Cordelia's head hit the ground. Just before she blacked out, she looked at Ronan to make sure he was

safe, then she lost consciousness.

"Cordelia!" Ronan called her name.

"Cordelia!" Brooklyn echoed.

Jordan was panicking. He was the one who pulled Ronan aside to discuss things. If Cordelia got hurt

because of that, was he primarily responsible? He dialed for an ambulance, and together with Ronan,

they rushed Cordelia to the hospital. He was restless until Ronan told him to go back.

...

Cordelia woke up at two in the morning, with Ronan by her side. She saw that Ronan was safe and

sound, then she turned her head away, not looking at him again.

Ronan immediately called the doctor to check on Cordelia's condition.

"The patient has a mild concussion and needs to be hospitalized for observation." The doctor said.

"Okay."

After the doctor left, the ward fell silent again.

After a moment of silence, Ronan asked her, "I heard you've been looking for me these past few

days?"