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.

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

all she could do was wait in

later, Marcus finally turned around and walked toward her. Cornelia rushed up to him,

as ice. She rubbed his hand, “Why are your hands so cold? What did he

else could he say? He’s just trying

to go into detail, and Cornelia didn’t push it,

in, Cornelia felt there was something off about

led her out, hand in hand, with Ayden following behind.

tears over generations, not your personal business empire. You should give your

walking, not even turning around to acknowledge Brennen’s threat.

she could do for him, and all she could do was hold his hand, giving him

they left

while Marcus and Cornelia sat in the back.

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