Chapter 223
Seeing that Cornelia didn’t want to have dinner with him bummed him out.
In Marcus’s view, he hadn’t done anything to upset Cornelia.
Why was she so against hanging out with him alone?
Marcus thought he’d better get to the bottom of this; otherwise, she’d continue to avoid him like the plague.
Before he could open his mouth, Comelia walked up and said, “Abigail, President Hartley is swamped every day. He has no time to eat
with us.”
him, but she made it sound like such a big deal. Marcus, who originally planned to turn down Abigail’s invitation, immediately changed his mind: “Actually,
she refuse him after
job anymore, “I’d be delighted.
willing to have dinner with you. She’s just forced
telling him to cut the bull. Zack reluctantly closed
was well aware of Zack’s hostility toward him. If it were someone else, he would have dealt with them differently, but since Zack was someone Cornelia cared about, he wouldn’t do anything to
not to hear, “Where do
said, “Cornelia, since President Hartley is so generous, we
her clear eyes lit up, proving she indeed
her to book a restaurant, she chose that one. In the end, he
his wife couldn’t make it, but she
accept the invitation, she refused again, saying,
in agreement with Cornelia’s decision: “Yes, let’s forget about it.”
with you? Your boss invites you
word ‘spoiled‘, Cornelia began to stutter, “Spoiled? How could you think that? How can
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