Chapter 407

Cornelia was at a loss for words.

Marcus went on, “At least, I haven’t encountered such a thing up to now.”

Cornelia could understand. After all, he was born into a wealthy family, with more dough than he could ever spend. He was able to do whatever he fancied. It’d be hard for anything to rain on his parade.

The matter with Skyler was temporarily put to bed. In the following days, Cornelia threw herself into work. She was swamped, barely even having time to catch some sleep, let alone chat with Jeremy.

In a blink of an eye, a month had passed and spring was around the corner. All their work in Paris was done and dusted, and the team was gearing up to head back to Riverton.

was a twelve–hour haul. Landing around 6 in the evening local time, she could grab a bite with the long–unseen Zack and Abigail.

shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy, I’m heading back tonight. You in Riverton now?]

the clock. It was a little past eleven at night in Paris, which made it early morning back home. Jeremy should’ve been out cold, likely wouldn’t

should’ve been in

[Are you still up, or did you wake up already?]

[I’m

reason you’re up? Whatever

too engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit send, Marcus couldn’t help but chuckle. On the screen, Jeremy

to travel overseas for work, which would result in a time difference. She hadn’t asked him where he was, but blabbered away. He must think she was

[So when are

to Riverton with you.” Marcus wanted to say,

Riverton depended on when he’d pluck up the courage to come clean about his identity. But when he’d

replying: [I’ve been up to my ears in work recently, so I

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