Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

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 red–eye. The non–stop flight from Paris to Riverton was a twelve–hour haul. Landing around 6 in the evening local time, she could grab a bite with the long–unseen Zack and Abigail.

plane took off, Cornelia shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy,

message sent, 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 cold, likely

who should’ve been in dreamland got

still up, or did you

[I’m still

you burning the midnight oil because of work? Or is there another reason

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

could feel her 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, but blabbered away.

when are

heading back to Riverton with you.” Marcus wanted to say, but

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

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

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