“Linda, you don’t understand,” Cordelia said with a smile. “He’s actually quite nice to me…”

“Nice?” Linda arched a brow, looking skeptical.

Cordelia told her about returning the wedding dress the day after their wedding, getting humiliated by the sales assistant, and then having Marcus buy the most expensive wedding dress in the boutique out of anger before making the sales assistant measure her on her knees.

She had thought that the man was shady, egoistic, materialistic and had anger issues. Most importantly, he was wasting Cordelia’s savings!

“Cordelia, if you think that him standing up for you at the bridal boutique and giving you some family heirloom is considered being nice, you’re too naïve and you have no idea what marriage is!

“A marriage requires effort from both people—not you working your *ss off here while he reaps the fruit you sow, idling away back at home!”

good girl, a little too nice, even. Once someone was the slightest bit good

who had gone to prison, like Marcus, was akin to an innocent little

anything. He only spends

eyes were not

you to say

Linda failed to

him!” Cordelia was sharp-tongued when she wanted to be. “He’s my husband. Shouldn’t I be taking his side and pampering him? I know that he has a lot of weaknesses and they’re all

day. I know what kind

guy at all! He’s a real man too! Besides, I’m the one lying to him in this marriage. He doesn’t even know my identity yet. If I hadn’t married him, the Jenners wouldn’t

of my husband in front of me again. I don’t

a gentle and quiet soul and had not expected her to be as fluent as an elite lawyer when she argued. Her firm, assertive look actually made her look kind of

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