Chapter 1009
Marcus was standing with his back to her, tall and straight as a rod
He was probably saying something Brennen was also talking, but she couldn’t hear anything All she could feel was the tension building up around them because of their standoff.
Every second of her wait felt like pure agony. In an attempt to chill out a bit, Cornelia decided to chat up Ayden, “Ayden…
Ayden responded in a calm tone, “What’s up?”
Cornelia asked, “Could you maybe stick with him? He won’t let me be there, but he didn’t say you couldn’t. Could you…?”
Ayden assured her, “President Hartley is a tough cookie. Brennen’s got nothing on him. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”
surface, but deep down he was actually quite sensitive. When
to Ayden, so all she could
anxiously. About half an hour later, Marcus finally turned around and walked toward her. Cornelia rushed
cold as ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why are your hands so cold? What did he say to you?”
“What else could he say? He’s just trying to get something he
didn’t want to go into detail, and Cornelia didn’t push it, “Let’s get out of here.”
stepped in, Cornelia felt there was something off about this place.
head home Marcus led her out, hand in hand, with Ayden
”
generations, not your personal business empire. You should give your siblings their fair share, or I won’t hesitate to bring down the whole Hartley Group
not even turning around to
was expressionless, and she couldn’t read his thoughts. She didn’t know what she could do for him, and all she could do was
they left this
Marcus and Cornelia
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