“Really?” Cordelia was excited. “They’re promoting their anniversary, but we’re the ones who got lucky!”

“Yeah.” Marcus smiled. He was content as long as she was happy.

“Darling, I realize that my luck’s been great ever since I married you. Everything’s going so unexpectedly smoothly!” Cordelia stood on tiptoe and held Marcus’ face to peck his lips.

“You’re my lucky little charm, baby!”

It caught Marcus by surprise. He swiped her nose and chuckled.

“Go ahead and have breakfast first,” he said in a deep tone. “I’ll go to the washroom and join you later.”

“Oh.” Cordelia did not think much about it. “I’ll go look for Linda and Seth first. Come meet us soon!”

“Sure.”

As Cordelia skipped out of the room, a dark glint flashed across Marcus’ eyes. He picked up the landline and dialed a few digits, asking darkly, “What did she run into this morning?”

from afar, not daring to go close. She returned

Marcus growled with a hint

a

tensed. Was

to Ms. Cordelia, but she stared in his direction after he left, standing there for more than

might have been frightened.’ This was the first thought that went through

thugs that had teased her when they first got married and Cordelia fighting them with a stick. There was also that time she choked the driver and jumped out of the car when she thought that Josiah had an ulterior motive after the business

brave and resilient woman like her be frightened by

“Talk to the police. Get the surveillance recording of

trip ended in the blink of an

had to go back to their daily routines

she finally completed the accumulated

really take a break…” she lamented as she browsed the report. “All the mind thinks about is fun once there’s a break, and there’s no mood

get you something interesting to do

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