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.

slept on, but he would not use her bed in the

told her, “You might as well

glancing at him. “Where will we get the money to feed ourselves and pay rent if I don’t

care about petty money like

chuckled after her initial surprise. “Aren’t you rich? You don’t know how 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

to refer to them as “we” now

before you married me? Why do I keep feeling like

was cutting up some vegetables, nearly cut her own finger as her heart

married now and I have my own family. I’m no longer

closer to look at her. “The rich are still better off than regular people. Even though you got married and are no longer the Jenner bachelorette, your savings must still be more than regular people’s. Oh, and you must

around to look at

we got married? Have I not treated you well? Are

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