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.

off, Cornelia shot Jeremy a message: [Jeremy, I’m heading back tonight.

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 wouldn’t

second, the man who should’ve been in

still up, or did

[I’m still up.]

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

right next to her, simply because she was too engrossed in her chat with Jeremy. When she hit

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

then asked: [So when are you getting back to Riverton?]

Riverton with you.” Marcus wanted to say, but he

pluck up the courage to come clean about his identity.

to

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

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