Married a Secret Billionaire

There was a buzz in Cordelia’s ears as she was stupefied for ten seconds.

$150,000? She clutched the bangle and looked caught in a dilemma.

The price was more than she had expected, and it had not crossed her mind that the piece of jewelry would be worth so much! With $150,000, she would not just pay her mother’s current medical fees but her future ones too. She could even afford to send Carter to a better school…

That said, this was Marcus’ wedding gift to her.

Cordelia frowned slightly. She suddenly recalled how Marcus had looked when he had passed the jewelry box to her.

“This is all I have, and I give it all to you. You’re in charge of the household from now on.”

Biting her lip, she was overwhelmed with guilt. The man had given her everything he had, and this was how she was repaying his sincerity?

“Miss, are you not happy with the price?” the employee asked with a careful smile. “We can negotiate the price. Why don’t I show you our record, and you can consider it before—”

“I’m not selling it!” Cordelia sprang up and shoved the bangle back into her bag swiftly.

“Uh…”

Before the employee could react, she had fled out of the jeweler’s and blended into the bustling street.

“Huh, she didn’t sell it?” A teasing voice came from the upper floor of the jeweler’s.

The employee turned around immediately to bow and greet the man respectfully. “Mr. Bayer!”

The man squinted. There was a playful expression on his handsome face as he sat down on the couch and made a call.

“Z, do you know that your darling came to me to pawn your family heirloom?”

When Marcus opened the door, he was greeted by the sight of Cordelia coming out of the kitchen with two plates.

her face, but she swapped it for a smile the moment she saw him.

sat at the table after washing his hands. He had trained the whole day, so he was famished. The steaming dishes looked very appetizing. He picked up his cutlery and started to

He looked up

but shook her head

her plate. “Will you

of an appetite. Her phone rang with a ding, and it was her brother,

we get mom’s treatment money? The doctor will

she subconsciously looked toward the drawer in the bedroom. She had put the gold jewelry Marcus had given her there. That

A deep voice interrupted her train of thought

broke out of her trance and abruptly met the man’s deep eyes. She could not help jolting. For some reason,

“Nothing…” she answered softly.

down his cutlery, his gaze cryptic. “Do you

on her for a while before chuckling and going back to eating. Since she did not want to tell him, he was not

over and over and thought of countless ways to make money, but nothing would save them in time. It was impossible to go back to the Jenners and

the carved wooden box. The jewelry glittered under the moonlight. She picked

…

jeweler’s said, smiling with a nod. “Miss, your bangle’s design is a bit old, but it’s a classic one and it’s fine quality. It’s rare to find a piece with such good-quality gold and

is it worth then?” Cordelia

to pawn it?” The employee smiled and took her to a room

several professional devices on the table, and the employee left right after asking her to

jeweler’s to be so luxurious. Actually, she had not been exactly hopeful

a surprise that the employee

bangle in her hand, she toyed with it and stood

to Cordelia, each of her moves was

this is the Hamerton family’s heirloom… Do you want me to bring the

was sardonic, and the man leaned back and crossed his legs

if

Josiah Bayer toyed with his lighter and

leaving