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.

pools of spring. Her

a ball of flame churning

chest, powerful heartbeats, and the oozing manliness…

smiled embarrassedly. “I still have

dark glint

Cordelia’s voice was soft and weak. It was a challenge for her to utter that one

on the couch tonight.

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

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

television but still did not see the man coming up. There was only the occasional sound

face heated up, and she went to change into her pajamas. As she sat by the bed

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

hung her head in shame when she felt that her thoughts were too

running water in the bathroom stopped. She jolted and clutched the

could be

thumped with intertwined feet as she was both nervous

like in novels in the past. She used to look forward to these pleasant scenes when she was younger

was no longer her wedding night, it would be her first time with

herself as a blissful smile stretched the corners of her lips. She hoped

it, an urgent knock rang

even more so when she opened the door. Carter stood outside with a busted face and looked horrible, crying

happened?” Cordelia pulled him into the house. “Did you get into a

with reddened eyes and kept sobbing, unable to speak

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

was currently Yelena, and the

younger cousin.” She forced a smile and

his sister married in place of Yelena, so the man still did not know his identity. He must not ruin it for

softly, “Greet your

away. He looked at the man timidly, getting an inexplicable commanding presence from the latter. Did his sister not feel