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.

message: [Jeremy, I’m heading back tonight. You in

eleven at night in Paris, which made it early morning back home. Jeremy should’ve been out cold, likely

who should’ve been in dreamland got back to her: [Safe travels!]

[Are you still up, or did

[I’m

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

she was too engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit send, Marcus couldn’t help but chuckle. On the screen, Jeremy replied: [It’s

face heat up. Jeremy had told her he sometimes had to travel overseas for work, which would result in a time difference. She hadn’t asked him where he was,

asked: [So when are you getting back

to Riverton with you.” Marcus wanted to say,

identity. But when he’d come clean also depended on

definite answer, only replying: [I’ve been up to my ears in work recently, so I probably won’t be back anytime

Cornelia said: [Oh]

bright 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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255