The man’s strong arms hugged her tightly. Looking into his deep eyes, Cordelia suddenly recalled him saying, “We have to get down to business after you eat!”

Cordelia’s cheeks flushed, and she held her head low. Just like that, she allowed him to hug her like a good girl.

She said shyly, “Hubby, l-let’s wait a little bit.”

Zephyr was stunned. “Wait a little bit?”

“Didn’t you say you wanted to… Ah! Just wait a little bit. I ate too much!”

Zephyr only realized what she was saying after a moment. Holding back his laughter, he said to her with his shaking voice, “I’m taking you out.”

Stunned, Cordelia stared at him with her blinking eyes.

“What…”

Zephyr patted her head.

Was he usually too lewd that she had a conditioned reflex to that? She immediately thought of that when he said they would get down to business…

the one who taught her

to hide the pride

fist and

“Marcus!”

He held her tiny hand in his palm. “The business I meant is

“Where are we going?”

you eat too much?” He chuckled. “I’m taking you somewhere to digest

the business district close to the beach in the

as the city center, the thick artisan atmosphere

place where artsy

local, she hardly

held her on the gravel road beneath the sycamore trees. Soon, they stopped in front of

widened her eyes as if her heart was hit by

“Hubby, what’s this…”

almost exactly the same as what she had imagined—large, transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, and a small sunlit courtyard

her in. The decorations were fresh and simple. There was a coffee machine behind the wooden counter, and coffee beans of all sorts were kept in big, transparent bottles placed neatly on the

She looked at the man next to her blankly as she mumbled,

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