Chapter 419
Steven was as reliable as a chocolate teapot, and Zavier, who couldn’t even keep his wife around, was even less dependable.
Marcus was left with no choice but to think of Lucas, but their marital situations were as different as night and day.
Lucas and Rosie were pals since diaper days, their families had them betrothed from an early age. So they simply tied the knot when they came of age
After much thought, Marcus’s only option was his one and only female friend, Sallie. Girls knew girls better after all.
He gave Sallie a ring, and her response was no better than Steven’s, “President Hartley, aren’t you supposed to be spooning your wife at this hour? Why are you calling me?”
Marcus kept mum.
me Cornelia doesn’t know you’re her
Marcus muttered, “Hmm.”
“Spill the beans, what do you need my help with this
“Why did you have the hots for me back then? What about
to help you woo your wife. I can swallow that. But now you
barrage, Marcus calmly dropped a bomb, “I just
of the Hartley Group, and you’re telling me you lack confidence? Who would buy that?” Sallie was fuming, but then a thought struck her, “Marc, do you really have a thing for
is my
for her? Or do you not understand what
Marcus in their freshman year, she was smitten with him throughout college. She spent four years getting to know everything about
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