Married a Secret Billionaire

Even when Marcus was being gentle, Carter was still pale and sweating from the pain.

“What happened? Who beat you up?” Cordelia cried, “Who did you offend?”

Carter kept his lips pursed without a word. It only distressed Cordelia even more, and she kept asking, but Carter said nothing, no matter how she interrogated him.

Marcus patted her shoulder with a look that asked her to relax before he helped Carter to the balcony. Cordelia watched the two of them close the door, and before long, Carter seemed to be talking to Marcus while wiping his tears.

When Marcus stepped out, Cordelia hurried to him and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“He’s being bullied at school.” Marcus’ expression was cold, with a hint of rage between his brows.

Cordelia felt her heart clench in pain, and the impulse to cry rushed up again.

“It’s a few seniors who think your cousin’s an easy target and encircle him before and after school to ask for money from him. If he doesn’t have any, he’ll get beaten up.” Marcus bit his lips. “They didn’t get any money from him just now, so they slammed his head against the wall, yanking his hair. That’s why the wound on his forehead is quite bad.”

Cordelia sucked in a cold breath. She wanted to check her brother out on the balcony but was stopped by Marcus.

“Don’t go yet,” he whispered in her ear. “Boys this age are prideful. He won’t want you to see him like this. Wait for him to calm down first.”

“Mm.” Cordelia nodded but was suddenly puzzled. Her own brother refused to tell her that he was bullied but was willing to tell his brother-in-law, whom he had only met?

Marcus seemed to read her mind and smiled. “There are things that only men would tell men.”

Cordelia shook her head. “He’s only 16. What kind of a man is that!?”

“Don’t underestimate him.” Marcus chuckled. “When I was 16, I had already—”

He swallowed his words back halfway through his sentence.

Cordelia looked up at him. “Already what?”

Marcus choked and pulled Cordelia into his arms. Her waist easily fitted in his hand, so he tilted her chin up with another hand.

he looked into her eyes, they were clear like pools of spring. Her cherry lips parted slightly like

a ball of flame

could feel his unusually warm chest, powerful heartbeats, and the oozing manliness… She felt like melting. Before his kiss came,

She smiled embarrassedly. “I still have to

glint flashing in

It was a challenge for her

sleep on the couch tonight. It’s

a daze. This was probably the bravest thing she could say. He held back a chuckle and ran his

after dinner. He usually took only ten minutes to take a shower, but he had spent nearly an

cut up some fruits and watched television but still did not see the man coming up. There was only the occasional

up, and she went to change into her pajamas. As she sat by

he going to do to her later? He was tall and muscular, so he must be stronger

head in shame when

the bathroom stopped. She jolted and clutched the

be heard coming

thumped with intertwined feet as she was

used to look forward to these pleasant scenes when she was younger and to fantasize about marrying

was no longer her wedding night,

could not help herself as a blissful smile stretched the corners of her lips. She hoped that everything would be like what the novels said and she could reminisce

spite of it, an urgent knock rang at

even more so when she opened the door. Carter stood outside with

Cordelia pulled him into the

eyes and kept sobbing, unable to speak

latter coughed that she snapped back to reality and slowly turned around to see a confused frowning face. Her

the latter had no

cousin.” She forced a smile and discreetly gave

Marcus. This man in front of them was the man his sister married in place of Yelena, so the

said softly, “Greet

the man timidly, getting an inexplicable commanding presence from the latter. Did his