Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

This stumped Aurelia.

“Why… He doesn’t like it?”

“No!” Cordelia hurried to say, “I’m just curious. He’s my cousin and an award-winning actor with many fans in

Centrolis. Why is he an uncle when it comes to you?”

Aurelia looked down slightly with a blush.

She gripped the glass and rubbed it with her finger anxiously, but the corners of her lips were discreetly ticking

upward.

Why was he called an uncle? It was because Neil was a man who was mature, stable, and had a cold hint in her first

impression, just like… the merciless assassins in mystery s.

Back then, she genuinely thought he was an uncle she could not approach.

Later, the term of address became her special way of addressing him. She called everyone else by their names. It

was only different when it came to him.

“Uncle” put distance between them and avoided suspicions from others.

The feeling was strange. She missed him when she did not see him but was afraid when she did see him, worried

that others would see through her, so “uncle” was a way she carefully guarded her meek pride.

Aurelia chuckled.

Cordelia held her hand. She had long seen through everything.

“Oh, yeah.” Cordelia changed the topic. “Did you realize that our names are similar?”

“Huh?” Aurelia jolted.

“There’s a ‘lia’ in both our names. It means gentle!”

“Really?” Aurelia smiled embarrassedly. “I can speak the language but can’t spell, so I don’t know how your name is

spelled!”

“It’s okay if you don’t know my name.” Cordelia pulled a piece of paper over. “You’ve got to remember Neil’s name,

though!”

“Cordelia…”

“There, see!” Cordelia grinned. “Aurelia means the golden one, and Neil means victory or champion. You both are

even more connected!”

Aurelia flushed red instantly. She bit her lips and slipped off to the side.

The doorbell rang then, and the maid went to open the door, but no one came in after a while.

Cordelia was puzzled but heard a vague commotion.

“What are you doing? This is my cousin’s home. I’m here to see my cousin-in-law!”

“Sorry, Ms. Baker. Mr. Hamerton has said that you’re not allowed inside this villa!”

“Stop assuming authority when you have none! Do you not know me?”

“Who’s making so much noise?” Cordelia came out with a hand on her back and snickered when she saw it was

Ava. “Oh, it’s you, Ava. What can I help you with?”

Ava was going to speak when Aurelia, who was beside Cordelia, attracted her gaze.

This was the expert who had changed all the holes in the dresses to embroidered patterns in the blink of an eye!

She clenched her hands, nails piercing her palms, and her gaze turned vicious.

“Hah, Cordelia!” Ava acted. “I’m here to visit you!”

Cordelia scanned what she had brought over.

Those were excellent quality tonics, and the box of vitamins was a rare blend with an even higher price tag.

Ava smiled apologetically. “Cordelia, these are just a token. They’re for you. Please accept them!”

Cordelia smirked. There was no free lunch in this world.

Zephyr had chased Hannah out in front of the whole board of directors. It was a surprise that this mother-daughter

duo was still up to no good!

“Just be honest,” Cordelia said flatly. “You know me, I don’t like unnecessary twists and turns.”

“Um, then… Then I’ll go on.” Ava paused. “Cordelia, please ask Zephyr for a favor and let my mom go back to the

board of directors! She knows she’s wrong and has been crying at home these two days. She’s regretting it so

much…”

“She knows that she’s wrong?” Cordelia scoffed. “Ava, is this all Aunt Hannah’s fault? I think it’s more like she’s the

scapegoat for you!”

“You—”

“I have witnesses and evidence. Do you think I don’t know the truth? Only you’d do something so stupid as to let

others catch you so easily!”

Ava’s eyes widened as she sucked in a cold breath.

“Aunt Hannah’s taking the blame for you, but you wouldn’t do it without her silent approval.” Cordelia was clear

about it. “Go back, Ava. It’s well within reason to be punished for a mistake.”

“Cordelia, are you going to be so impartial?”

Cordelia had a hand on her belly with a cold smirk.

“It’s not a problem for me to say yes. Are you willing to admit that you were the one who did everything in front of

everyone?”

Ava turned pale and could not speak.

Cordelia stared at her for a moment before she let out a snicker. She knew Ava would not possibly shoulder the

responsibility when she was vicious yet cowardly.

Hannah loved her daughter and shouldered everything for her. Ava was actually sighing at her good luck that none

of the incidents implicated her, so how could she possibly admit to everyone that she had done it?

“You don’t even have the courage to admit what you’ve done,” Cordelia said coldly. “Ava, Aunt Hannah’s raised you

in vain. I feel sorry for her!”

Ava froze with trembling shoulders.

People said that the other party would play nice when one started to play nice first, but what was Cordelia doing

today? What she said was a slap—no, a few slaps—to her face!

Did Zephyr no longer care about his uncle? Was the fool… no longer useful in the Bakers?

Ava shuddered.

No, she must not stay under Cordelia’s foot! If her mother had no position on the board of directors anymore, she

would not have it good either. She would not be able to get a single cent of the Bakers’ assets anymore!

“Cordelia, you’re cruel!” Ava gritted her teeth. “Even if you don’t think about my mom and me, consider my dad!

Grandpa dotes on him, and he was just speaking out of anger at the board meeting! I don’t believe he won’t give in

when my dad curries favor with him later!”

“Whatever Uncle Noah wants to do, it’s his freedom.” Cordelia chuckled. “If he could really change grandpa’s mind,

then… you wouldn’t be standing before me right now, would you?”

Ava was rendered speechless by the retort.

“Alright, Zephyr will be back soon.” Cordelia stretched and smirked like a fox. “You’d better leave soon so he doesn’t

see you here. He had the bodyguards chasing Aunt Hannah out the other time… I’m not sure what he’ll do to you

this time.”