When he saw Marcus just now, something did seem wrong. They beat him up quite often back when they were in prison, but the authoritative and frosty presence when Marcus saw him just now took him by surprise.

He had even gotten married?

Any woman with a sane mind would avoid him like the plague. Who would dare marry him!?

“Keep your guard up when you investigate. Keep it under the radar.” Nicholas lit a cigarette and puffed a long exhale.

“N, his wife seems close with Ms. Quimby. Do you…”

“Find out about his wife too!” Nicholas’ gaze was ferocious. “Ha, I’d like to know who the girl is and what they’re trying to do!”

Cordelia prepared a bath for Marcus when they came back home at night, making him take it while she massaged him from the side of the bathtub.

“You don’t have to.” Marcus smiled softly. “Go to bed. I’ll go after I’m done.”

him,

want her to massage him was that… her strength could barely be

if her slender fingers had magic. Wherever they landed on him, he

look at her. Cordelia’s face was pink, sweat pearling at the tip of her nose. She had some stray hair that got stuck by the side of her

really wanted to pull

He was going to catch her wrist when Cordelia’s

out of the

playfully and continued

by the bathtub, letting her do whatever she

you only think about

He only thought

of course not.” Despite what he thought, he ought to put up a front. “Men think about a lot of things. That’s only a small

lot of things?” Cordelia looked at him. “Like what? Like how to hurt

mean by that?” Marcus was on his guard instantly.

tone went softer. “You saw it today too. That man… obviously knows her, and she has told me that she had a childhood sweetheart, but they separated due to some reason. I thought he died back then,

eyes.

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