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.

doubted Marcus‘ strength, 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 out on top, it could still

this to Ayden, so all she could do was wait in silence, hoping Marcus could

Marcus finally turned around and walked toward

cold as ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why are

just trying to get something he wants

to go into detail, and Cornelia didn’t push it, “Let’s get out of here.”

in, Cornelia felt there was something

let’s head home Marcus led her out, hand in hand,

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 I won’t hesitate to bring down the whole Hartley Group and leave us all with

kept walking, not even turning around to

his thoughts. She didn’t know what she could do for him, and all she could

left

while Marcus and Cornelia sat in the

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255