Chapter 1017

She was dumbfounded by his sudden outburst Comelia blinked, staring at Marcus with a puppy–dog face.

Seeing her pitiful expression, Marcus felt a tug at his heartstrings, but he didn’t back down, “Just listen to me on this one, okay?”

Cornelia huffed, turning her head away, not wanting to deal with him anymore

Marcus reached out, gently stroking her head, whispering. “Cornelia, I know you can handle your own stuff, but I still want to do something for you. You not letting me do anything makes me feel like I’m useless to you, like whether I’m here or not doesn’t matter.”

So, he had all these worries

Comelia felt the same way She didn’t want to be clingy, didn’t want him to think of her as a burden, so she tried to handle some things on her own.

conversation had come this far, Cornelia decided to open up, “Whether as Jeremy or Marcus, what you’ve done for me

“I got

the pasta will get cold and

Marcus, “Alright.”

Cornelia couldn’t control herself, leaned in, and planted a kiss on his cheek. Realizing what she had just done, she quickly pulled away, standing up to leave, I’m going to sort through my grandma’s stuff.”

her towards him, “You think you can

hard chest, the pain

off, “Cornelia, what’s

go of

“No! I won’t let gol Not in this

today, “I just bumped my

nose was indeed red. He bent down, gently kissing her reddened nose, “Still hurts? I’ll get Dr. Lester

wanting to ask what he and Brennen

before she could ask, there was a knock on the door, followed by Abigail’s voice, “Smelly Nelly, open the

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