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.”
such a big deal. Marcus, who originally planned to turn down Abigail’s invitation, immediately changed his mind: “Actually, I’m not particularly busy today. If Cornelia doesn’t
could she refuse him after he
“I’d be delighted. How could I mind having
isn’t willing to have dinner with you. She’s just forced by her
cut
he would have dealt with them differently, but
Zack’s repeated offenses, Marcus pretended not to hear, “Where do
hearing this, Abigail got excited and said, “Cornelia, since President Hartley is so generous, we should eat something fancy. How about Culinary Crest?”
left Cornelia. When she heard Culinary Crest, her clear eyes lit up, proving she indeed
her to book a restaurant, she chose that one. In the
his wife couldn’t make it, but she
when Marcus thought she would accept the invitation, she refused again, saying, “Let’s forget
much in agreement with Cornelia’s decision: “Yes, let’s forget
“You silly goose, what’s wrong with you? Your boss
word ‘spoiled‘, Cornelia began to stutter, “Spoiled? How could you think that? How can you say
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