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.

You don’t have a fully developed

a fist at

Cordelia Jenner’s side, no? What happens now? Even the Jenner heiress thinks that you have something going on with Cordelia. And you think Z’d be happy to hear

failed to

not only could they afford to pay the medical bills now, but the Jenners had upgraded their mother’s hospital ward

pretty nice to mom,” Carter said with a naïve smile. “Alright, I’ll stop here.

don’t forget about my reference book money. I’m

murmured, not understanding the whole situation

William still hold on to his feelings

the Jenners’ attitude toward her when she had gone back to visit, she’d had no hope for the $40,000 wedding gift.

back to the bedroom and carefully put the bangle back in its box. It was lucky that she had

the gold jewelry in the box and talked to herself. “I’ll take good care of you in the

felt

contained a single

Reward you

replied when he was in a good mood. This was the first time Josiah received

up at home while Marcus practiced with the

not get why the man was close to obsessed with this violent activity and insisted on training every day, she had never stopped him.

after cleaning up when her phone

you?! Hooking up with Mr. Bayer… The apple really doesn’t

you spewing this early

all to running into a rabid dog. She was about to hang up when she heard Yelena scowl. “If the Bayers hadn’t intervened, how could dad possibly have lost that plot of land? Do you know what Mr. Bayer told dad? He said that he wondered how dad’s going to scrimp on the business partner when he

we lost that

was $150,000,000! Months of effort

“What…” Cordelia was confused.

Bayer and

my brother, and you’re denying it now and even making up some Mr. Bayer? I don’t even

a sl*t who seduces men! You must’ve slept with countless men in secret, haven’t you?

She had a soft temperament, but that did not mean she was cowardly. She had

where to start. Yelena was

phone was pulled out of her grip from the

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