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.

the plane took off, Cornelia shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy, I’m

and Cornelia checked the clock. It was a little past eleven at night in Paris, which made it early morning back home. Jeremy should’ve been out

the next second, the man who should’ve been in dreamland got back to

asked: [Are you still up, or did you wake

replied: [I’m still

midnight oil because of work? Or is there another reason you’re up? Whatever

engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit send, Marcus couldn’t help but chuckle. On the screen, Jeremy

that she could feel her face heat up. Jeremy had told her he sometimes had to travel overseas for work, which would result

then asked: [So when are

wanted to say, but

return to Riverton depended on when he’d pluck up the courage to come clean about his identity. But when he’d come clean also depended on when she’d warm up

to my ears in work recently, so

Cornelia said: [Oh]

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 even get a good look at your face. In fact, I’ve only seen you once on our wedding day.

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