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.”
want to have dinner with him, but she made it sound like such a big deal. Marcus, who originally planned to turn down
she refuse him after he
be delighted. How could I mind having dinner with
with you. She’s just
gently pushed Zack, telling him to cut
If it were someone else, he would have dealt with them differently,
Zack’s repeated offenses, Marcus pretended not to hear, “Where do you guys want to go? I’ll pick
President Hartley is so generous, we should eat something
gaze never left Cornelia. When she heard Culinary Crest, her clear eyes lit up,
a restaurant, she chose that one. In
it, but
would accept the invitation, she
with Cornelia’s decision: “Yes, let’s forget about
with you? Your boss invites you to dinner, and you turn him down. Are you spoiled or
began to stutter, “Spoiled? How could
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