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

so all she could do was wait in silence, hoping Marcus could settle the score with Brennen

hour later, Marcus finally turned around and walked toward her.

hand was as cold as ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why are your hands so cold? What did he

else could he say? He’s just trying to

to go into detail, and Cornelia didn’t push it, “Let’s get out of

there was something

home Marcus led her out,

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

turning around to acknowledge

know what she could do for him, and all she could do was hold his hand, giving him some warmth, letting him know she was always there.

left this place.

Cornelia sat in the back.

said to him. She almost opened her mouth a few times, but in the end, she couldn’t bring herself

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