Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

Chapter 1009

Marcus was standing with his back to her, tall and straight as a rod

He was probably saying something Brennen was also talking, but she couldn’t hear anything All she could feel was the tension building up around them because of their standoff.

Every second of her wait felt like pure agony. In an attempt to chill out a bit, Cornelia decided to chat up Ayden, “Ayden…

Ayden responded in a calm tone, “What’s up?”

Cornelia asked, “Could you maybe stick with him? He won’t let me be there, but he didn’t say you couldn’t. Could you…?”

Ayden assured her, “President Hartley is a tough cookie. Brennen’s got nothing on him. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

It was not that she doubted Marcus‘ strength, but she was worned that Brennen would use family ties to hurt Marcus. Marcus might seem cold as ice on the surface, but deep down he was actually quite sensitive. When faced with the truly heartless Brennen, even if Marcus came out on top, it could still wound his soul

to express all this to Ayden, so all she could do was wait in silence, hoping Marcus could settle the score

around and walked toward her. Cornelia rushed up

as ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why

could he say? He’s just trying

detail, and Cornelia didn’t

the moment she stepped in, Cornelia felt there was something

head home Marcus led her out,

”

from behind “Marcus, the Hartley Group is the fruit of the Hartley family’s blood, sweat, and tears over generations, not

kept walking, not even turning around to acknowledge Brennen’s threat.

could

they left

drove while Marcus and Cornelia sat in

in the back seat, not even acknowledging Cornelia. She wanted to ask what Brennen had said to him. She almost opened her mouth a few times, but in the end, she couldn’t bring herself to do it.