As she felt helpless, her phone was pulled out of her grip from the back. Surprised, Cordelia turned back to see Marcus’ glowering face.

He said into the phone in a deep tone, “I don’t care who you are. Show some respect when you speak to my wife!

“If I hear filth like what you said just now again, you might want to think about the consequences you can bear!”

The savageness in his tone was well-expressed through each word he listening to him was enough to send shudders down one’s spine.

The line went quiet all of a sudden. Yelena had been probably scared into muting herself.

Marcus hung up and gave Cordelia’s phone back to her before he went back outside to punch the punching bag with a straight face.

It took Cordelia a moment, but she was moved. No one had protected her like that before—Marcus was the first.

Marcus took off his boxing gloves and tossed them aside after punching the bag a few times at the front of the house, breathing harshly with a scowl.

A while later, Josiah received a text from him. [What did you tell William Jenner?]

Josiah thought over his words as he replied with caution, [I did what you said, Z. You said to pressure him, right?]

As soon as the reply was sent, Marcus called him with a voice cold as ice.

“I asked you to pressure him. Did I ask you to talk about the wedding gift too? Hmm?”

“Z, but…”

He wanted to vent on his wife’s behalf. What was Josiah supposed to say if he did not mention the wedding gift?

“Josiah Bayer!” Marcus ground the words through his teeth. “It’s nice having a brain, but yours still isn’t f*cking fully developed!”

The man hung up after saying that, leaving a confused Josiah alone. Lucky for him, he had Fredric Constable, who had also just come from Centrolis, with him.

As his childhood friend, Fredric guffawed after listening to Josiah recount the scenario.

about you. You don’t have a fully developed

waved a fist

land from him. Makes it obvious that you’re taking Cordelia Jenner’s side, no? What happens now? Even the Jenner heiress thinks that you have something going on with Cordelia. And

to

of the line and said that not only could they afford to pay the medical bills now, but the Jenners had upgraded their mother’s hospital ward to a VIP ward with

said with a naïve smile. “Alright, I’ll stop here. I need to go to

money. I’m the

not understanding the whole situation even when

finally grown a conscience? Did William still hold on to his feelings for her

gone back to visit, she’d had no hope for the $40,000 wedding gift. It

the bedroom and carefully put the bangle back in its box. It

smile, she ran her dainty fingers over the gold jewelry in the box and talked to herself. “I’ll take good care of you in the future. I won’t sell any of you,

from the door, drinking in the girl’s adorableness. He smiled and felt a gush of warmth spill over his heart. He then looked down at

text contained a

bad. Reward you

was in a good mood. This was the first time

up at home while Marcus practiced with the punching bag at the front

Cordelia listened to the rhythmic punches, she chortled. Although she did not get why the man was close to obsessed with this violent activity and insisted on training every day, she had never stopped him. Instead, she supported it. Punching sandbags at home was better than

to cook after cleaning up when her phone rang. Yelena’s shrill, enraged voice exploded the moment

Mr. Bayer… The apple really doesn’t fall far from

you spewing this

lost that plot of land? Do you

lost that piece of

this project? Its estimated value was $150,000,000! Months of effort gone just like this!

“What…” Cordelia was confused.

Bayer and what

and gave the diamond necklace to my brother, and you’re denying it now and even making up

wh*re! You act like you’re so pure and pitiful, but you’re a sl*t who seduces men! You must’ve slept with countless men

She had taken so much of Yelena’s provocations

even know where to start. Yelena

pulled out of her grip from the back. Surprised, Cordelia turned back

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