Marcus chuckled a little bit over the phone.

However, the meaning of it was unclear. Josiah could not figure out why he did that, so he braced himself by asking, “Mr. Z… Why did she come to me? For work?”

Marcus paused. Upon recalling Cordelia had been researching Josiah the entire night, the uneasiness he felt came rushing back.

“Because you’re good-looking!” He hung up the phone after saying that angrily.

Josiah spent the entire day in fear.

In the end, he decided to wait. He would wait to see what Cordelia would do next and would play it by ear then.

Later on, Cordelia waited at the Splendor Dynasty’s entrance on her own.

The building, as magnificent as a castle, was lit bright tonight. It was extraordinarily lively. There were luxury cars parked everywhere on the property. Some people landed their private helicopters on the helipad behind the hotel.

Those who were invited were of high status.

Cordelia’s plain outfit did not fit in the event at all.

She tried her best to hide behind the pillar to avoid the crowd. Nevertheless, she would look around every now and then, worried that she may have missed Josiah.

However, everyone dressed in elegant dazzle here, while all luxury cars looked almost the same. It was rather tough to find someone among them.

She continued to

few familiar faces walking

for her

stepmother, Joanne

face from behind the pillar. She looked awkward as she nodded to

surprised than her. “W-Why are

lip and

take a good look at her and scoffed. “Do you

you not look at yourself in the mirror before you came? Aren’t you embarrassed to be dressed like this for such an event? You want Mr. Z to take a liking

came here to embarrass yourself! Or are you just like your mother, that

insults at Cordelia. They did not want to miss

there was a rock

was well aware that she was an illegitimate daughter. Therefore, she

ever let

deep breath in with her fists clenched.

a frown. “Cordelia, are you really

softly. “I’m here for work. I’m

mockery. “Ahh, I almost forgot my sister is soaring in that Bowfest Foreign Trading. I heard you’re being promoted to

comes fast for you! Sigh. You’re working so hard to feed your useless husband. How many men did you sleep with

Cordelia’s face turned pale. “You’re violating my reputation by making

know the

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