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.

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

sent, and Cornelia checked the clock. It was a little past eleven at night in Paris, which made it early morning

the man who should’ve been in dreamland got back to her: [Safe

or did you

replied: [I’m

reason you’re up? Whatever the reason,

right next to her, simply because 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 not bedtime

so embarrassed that she 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. He must think she was a nag.

her face, then asked: [So when are you

with you.” Marcus wanted to say,

he’d 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 his identity as Marcus.

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

Cornelia said: [Oh]

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.