Marcus choked and pulled Cordelia into his arms. Her waist easily fitted in his hand, so he tilted her chin up with another hand.

As he looked into her eyes, they were clear like pools of spring. Her cherry lips parted slightly like a soundless temptation.

Marcus felt a ball of flame churning within him.

Cordelia avoided his heated gaze as she blushed and panted. She could feel his unusually warm chest, powerful heartbeats, and the oozing manliness… She felt like melting. Before his kiss came, she pushed him away lightly.

“Don’t.” She smiled embarrassedly. “I still have to cook.”

Marcus stopped, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.

“Tonight…” Cordelia’s voice was soft and weak. It was a challenge for her to utter that one word as she blushed bright red.

“Don’t sleep on the couch tonight. It’s uncomfortable. Sleep in the room.”

Marcus paused in a daze. This was probably the bravest thing she could say. He held back a chuckle and ran his thumb over her red ear, replying hoarsely, “Okay.”

Marcus entered the bathroom right after dinner. He usually took only ten minutes to take a shower, but he had spent nearly an hour this time.

Cordelia had already cut up some fruits and watched television but still did not see the man coming up. There was only the occasional sound of water running.

Her face heated up, and she went to change into her pajamas. As she sat by the bed anxiously, she had no idea where to place her hands.

What was he going to do to her later? He was tall and muscular, so he must be stronger than the average…

head in shame when she felt that

was then the running water in the bathroom stopped. She

be heard coming

heart thumped with intertwined feet as she was both

in novels in the past. She used to look forward to these pleasant scenes when she was younger and to fantasize about marrying the person she loved and having an

longer her wedding night, it would be her

hoped that everything would be like what the novels said and she could reminisce about

an urgent knock rang at the

opened the door. Carter stood outside

happened?” Cordelia pulled him into the house. “Did you

looked at her with reddened eyes and kept sobbing, unable to

was until the latter coughed that she snapped back to reality and slowly turned around to see

the latter

my younger cousin.” She forced a smile and

after a glance at Marcus. This man in front of them was the man his sister married in place of Yelena, so the

said softly,

Cordelia right away. He looked at the man timidly, getting an inexplicable commanding presence from the

without a word. He made

bruised and swollen, and there was a large patch of skin scraped off his leg. His wound was sticking

was still pale and

happened? Who beat you up?” Cordelia

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