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.”
but she was worned that Brennen would use family ties to hurt Marcus. Marcus might seem cold as ice on the surface, but deep down he was actually quite sensitive. When faced with the truly heartless Brennen, even if Marcus came
Ayden, so all she could do was wait in silence,
finally turned around and
ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why are your hands so cold? What did he say to you?”
he say? He’s just trying to get something he
Cornelia didn’t
Cornelia felt there was something off about this place. It gave
head home Marcus led her out, hand in hand, with Ayden following
”
about to step out, Brennen’s voice echoed from behind “Marcus, the Hartley Group is the fruit of the Hartley family’s blood, sweat, and tears over generations, not your personal business empire. You should give your siblings their fair share, or
not even turning around to acknowledge Brennen’s threat.
hand tighter, looking up at him. His face was expressionless, and she couldn’t read his thoughts. She didn’t know what she could do for him, and all she could
they left
Marcus and Cornelia sat in the back.
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