Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 408:

Let’s End This Charade with a Divorce

Marissa was certain that no matter how much Connor knew about Clarissa and the Peridot Consortium, he couldn’t surpass Xander in knowledge. Xander had been a high-ranking member of the Peridot Consortium for several years and had a close connection with Clarissa.

Revealing anything about Doomsday Base was out of the question, even to Connor, who was her husband only in name. Thus, Marissa smiled warmly and spoke. “Mr. Daniels, I’m all ears if you choose to share. If not, I’ll respect your silence.”

Connor’s expression darkened immediately after her words. “Why don’t you trust me?”

She responded apologetically, “It’s not about personal trust. This involves the entire organization. I’m bound by duty not to disclose any information.”

Her words seemed to resonate with reason, leaving Connor momentarily at a loss for words.

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After a brief silence, marked by a trace of irritation, he asserted, “I forbid you from meeting Xander again.”

Marissa, puzzled and defiant, asked, “What right do you have to control my actions?”

for my wife to date another man

am not really dating

is off-limits. If you must

must you be so overbearing?” Marissa’s frustration grew. “We are not

me fidelity as long as you carry

end this charade with a divorce, then,” she

often used his grandmother as

had once agreed to a mutually beneficial arrangement: to pretend to be a

was particularly disgraceful that he often used his ninety-year-old

calmly. “Connor, I need to maintain the pretense of a relationship with Xander for a

Peridot Consortium?” Connor inquired thoughtfully. “Are you

simply pursed her lips in

clever and authoritative. Without placating him, her plan to retrieve the chip from the Peridot Consortium might

her tacit

of contemplation, he asked,

nodded. “Yes,

then smiled slyly. “In that case, you don’t need to pretend to be with Xander. You don’t need