“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?”

the beach, and we kept watch from afar, not daring to go close. She returned later, and it was at the

with

a

Marcus tensed. Was

Ms. Cordelia, but she stared in his direction after he

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

also that time she choked the driver and jumped out of the

like her be frightened

police. Get the surveillance recording of that area and find out

ended in

group had a lot of fun, but they had to go

took two days before she finally completed the accumulated work

one can’t really take a break…” she lamented as she browsed the report. “All the mind thinks about is fun

something interesting to

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