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?”

was flustered. “I’m

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,

by Marcus.

phone and had some fruit with the fork, asking Cordelia casually, “You have something

curiously before she

“Do you

are you

“How do other husbands and wives

bit her lip

we could

the bedroom. His deep voice felt suggestive, and his

looked up into his deep eyes, and it seemed as if there was a firework display in them. She slipped to the side, only for the man to snake

in shock while Marcus’

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 panic about being with a man for the first

rushed into Marcus. He did not want to take her under the

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