This time, Fredric could not help him either.

“Is it because… the recipe you gave him was problematic?”

Josiah slapped his own head. “Was she not insatiable?”

Fredric chuckled wryly. “Maybe it was too much and disrupted Z’s hormones!”

Josiah almost spat the alcohol he drank on the man’s face.

Marcus pulled the balcony door open to go inside, looking up to meet Cordelia’s slightly surprised eyes.

“What?” He looked unfazed.

“You were on the phone?”

“Mm, sn… inmate last time,” Marcus answered. “He asked to borrow some money now that he’s out. I asked him not to contact me anymore.”

“Oh.” Cordelia nodded. “No wonder you shouted so loudly just now. The whole building nearly collapsed! But you did the right thing. Don’t contact those people in the past if you can. After all, you’re married. We ought to live well from now on.”

Despite that, Cordelia’s eyes were still on the screen when she said that. Once he remembered that Josiah’s

and felt her stomach ache again. As she looked around for painkillers, Marcus walked

at him. “What

to read?!” He pulled a

get myself familiar with his

sheets into the bedroom and placing them on the other

face

was still scowling

red. She timidly stood by the bedroom

Her

“Can’t what?” Marcus frowned.

her foot in embarrassment. “Can’t…

he saw how red she was. She misunderstood what he meant by sleeping. With a stretch of his arm, he pulled her over and kept her

on the bed, Marcus hugged Cordelia from the back. She tensed as she felt his hand move

to rub her stomach gently. His palm was warm, and he was hugging her from the back. The heat he gave

heard his husky voice next to her ear. “I know

smile from Cordelia as the sweetness went all

“Feeling better?”

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