Chapter 697

Looking back now, grandma’s attempt at faking an illness was so bad, and it was obvious. But at the time, he was so concerned about his grandma that he didn’t notice and fell for her trick.

Later, he drove himself to the University of Riverton, parked under the plane tree at the north gate, and called the girl to come and pick. up the stuff

She arrived quickly after the call. The light under the plane tree was dim, and he didn’t fully open his car window. Between meeting and handing over the stuff, he didn’t get a good look at the girl’s face.

He probably wasn’t in the mood to notice the girl’s face, just wanted to complete the lask given by his grandma as soon as possible and spend more time with her.

The inside of the car was even darker, and his window was only slightly open, so he guessed that the girl probably didn’t get a good look at him either.

Years passed and he still remembered this because he thought the girl was incredibly rude. She took her stuff and didn’t even say thank you, just turned and left.

That girl was likely Cornelia. So, his fate with Cornelia might have started years ago.

time he met Cornelia could have been earlier than Roman had met her, meaning he

got Marcus

Marcus‘ inner thoughts, continued talking about his grandma, “Your grandma even told me that she was a big shot in Riverton, and if anyone dared to bully

thought your grandma was just trying to comfort me because I was afraid of being in

your grandma was the boss of the Hartley Group, and

been more confident.”

and suddenly asked, “What

of stuff, food, daily necessities, clothes… I hardly bought anything during university, it was all from her. She even wanted to give me money, but how could I accept

grandma give you everything

her.

him,

his tracks, looking at Cornelia, wanting to

said, “One night at around 10, I had finished washing up and was about to go to bed. Suddenly, I got a call from

in a dark spot. The car window wasn’t even fully open, and as soon as I got close to the car, I felt a chill down

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