Cordelia cut some fruit after dinner and brought it with her to sit down next to Marcus.

The man had been focused on his phone, prompting Cordelia’s curiosity, so she popped her head over to steal a glance. She had thought that he was gaming, only to see that he was browsing through a foreign language website. The people in the photos were wearing suits and leather shoes, just like successful people.

That stunned Cordelia, and this was when Marcus turned around suddenly. Since she was close to him, she almost came in contact with the tip of his nose.

Both of them stayed there, staring at each other, causing Cordelia’s cheeks to burn and her heart to thump wildly.

“What’s the matter?” Marcus asked in his deep voice.

“N-Nothing…” Cordelia sat aside awkwardly with her hands intertwined in distress. She tried chatting with him. “Are you reading the news?”

“Mm, the finance news.”

“You understand it?”

Marcus turned back to her with vaguely smirking eyes. “What do you think someone who’s been in fights and prison should understand then?”

didn’t mean it like that!” Cordelia was flustered. “I’m just

the atmosphere was soundlessly awkward now. Cordelia was a little nervous, but when she noted Marcus’ nonchalance, she felt like her nerves were uncalled for. They were legally married, yet they were so awkward

she was too awkward for this as she patted her head—the entire scene not going unnoticed by Marcus. A flash of a smile that he did not even realize was there tugged at the

the fork, asking Cordelia casually, “You have something to

hummed curiously before she shook

looked at her. “Do you

are you suddenly

“How do other husbands and

bit her lip and

we could talk

toward the bedroom. His deep voice felt suggestive, and his warm breath

eyes, and it seemed as if there was a firework display in them. She slipped to the side, only

frozen in shock while Marcus’ gaze grew more

which was splayed over her waist, tightened without taking further action. Marcus looked at Cordelia. The girl’s eyes were screwed shut, and even though she was doing her best to relax, the tremor that ran through her exposed her

into Marcus. He did not want to take her under the circumstances. Something like this should happen

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