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.”
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, I’m not particularly busy today. If Cornelia doesn’t
him after he
didn’t want her job anymore, “I’d be delighted. How could I mind having dinner with
to have dinner with you. She’s just forced
pushed Zack, telling him to cut
was well aware of Zack’s hostility toward him. If it were someone else, he would have dealt
“Where do
said, “Cornelia, since President Hartley is so generous, we should
her clear eyes lit up, proving she indeed
the last time he asked her to book a restaurant, she chose that one. In the end, he asked
his wife couldn’t make it, but
when Marcus thought she would accept the invitation, she refused again, saying, “Let’s
in agreement with Cornelia’s decision: “Yes,
said, “You silly goose, what’s wrong with you? Your boss invites you to dinner, and you turn him down. Are you spoiled or
word ‘spoiled‘, Cornelia began to stutter, “Spoiled? How could you think that? How can you say
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