Josiah was actually befuddled.

The Bayers were quite influential in Jangasas, but not to the extent that they could dig through small companies. Besides, it would attract attention if he did so by using his status. If it turned out that he had pressured William Jenner and caused a certain someone to misunderstand him again…

Josiah coughed and chuckled awkwardly. “Z, there’s no problem, but let me make it clear now that if someone makes things up in the meantime and claims I’m having some kind of affair with your darling dearest and whatnot, you can’t buy it—Ow!”

Fredric hit his head before he could finish.

Cordelia worked harder during her second month at work. She now had a basic understanding of some workforce survival rules and knew how to avoid Karine picking on her. She also knew how to protect herself from both Jesse’s direct and implicit harassment by avoiding interacting with him in the office.

Unfortunately, this drained her energy so much that she was exhausted every day.

When Cordelia threw herself on the couch after removing her heels at home, she would sometimes sleep until the middle of the night out of fatigue. When she woke up and discovered that she had a thin blanket over her, Marcus was sleeping by using his arm as a pillow on the floor next to her.

he would not use her bed in the bedroom. Cordelia chuckled, feeling bad but

had once told her, “You might as well quit

at him. “Where will we get the money to feed ourselves and

actually care about petty

expensive groceries are because you don’t buy them. My salary is barely enough to sustain us… Sigh, if I don’t close more sales and get the bonus, bad days will be ahead

somehow begun to refer to

kind of special. This had never happened in his life before. He teased her, saying, “Weren’t you Ms. Jenner before you married me? Why do I keep feeling like you’re reluctant to

cutting up some vegetables, nearly cut

“Even though I’m a rich heiress, I’m married now and I have

regular people. Even though you got married and are no longer the Jenner bachelorette,

as she swiveled around to look at

since we got married? Have I

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