Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

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.

ball for booking the return flights and opted for a red–eye. The non–stop flight from Paris to Riverton was a twelve–hour haul. Landing around 6

took off, Cornelia shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy, I’m heading

checked the clock. It was a little past eleven at night in Paris, which made it early

who should’ve been in dreamland got back to her:

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

[I’m still

another reason you’re up? Whatever the reason, you

simply because she was too engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit send, Marcus couldn’t help but chuckle. On the screen, Jeremy replied: [It’s

though she wasn’t face–to–face with Jeremy, Cornelia was so embarrassed that she could feel her face heat up. Jeremy had told her he sometimes had 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

then asked: [So when are you getting back

wanted

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

her a definite answer, only replying: [I’ve been up to my ears in work recently, so I probably won’t be back anytime soon.]