Chapter 407

Cornelia was at a loss for words.

Marcus went on, At least, I haven’t encountered such a thing up to now.

Cornelia could understand. After all, he was born into a wealthy family, with more dough than he could ever spend. He was able to do whatever he fancied. It’d be hard for anything to rain on his parade.

The matter with Skyler was temporarily put to bed. In the following days, Cornelia threw herself into work. She was swamped, barely even having time to catch some sleep, let alone chat with Jeremy.

In a blink of an eye, a month had passed and spring was around the corner. All their work in Paris was done and dusted, and the team was gearing up to head back to Riverton.

Cornelia was on the ball for booking the return flights and opted for a redeye. The nonstop flight from Paris to Riverton was a twelvehour haul. Landing around 6 in the evening local time, she could grab a bite with the longunseen Zack and Abigail.

Cornelia shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy, I’m heading

night in Paris, which made it

been in dreamland got back to her:

[Are you still up, or did you wake up already?]

replied: [I’m still up.]

the midnight oil because of work? Or is there another reason you’re up? Whatever the reason, you shouldn’t pull an

in a mouthful, oblivious to Marcus who was right next to her, simply because she was too engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit send, Marcus couldn’t help but

had to travel

when are you

Marcus wanted to say, but he held his

depended on when he’d pluck up the courage to come clean about his identity. But when he’d come clean

he couldn’t give her a definite answer, only replying: [I’ve been up to my ears

Cornelia said: [Oh]

eyes dim significantly first. Only after a few seconds did he see her message. She said: [I just want to see you as soon as possible. We’re legally married, but it feels like we’re dating online. The two times we met, you were sober, but I couldn’t recognize you. I didn’t

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