He let out a long breath. The one-hour-plus he had spent in the bathroom was wasted!

Carter heard Marcus tossing and turning. Since he was unable to sleep anytime soon, he sat up to chat with the latter.

“Bro, don’t you think I’m kind of useless? I keep getting bullied.”

Carter was kind and excelled in his studies. He was simply too innocent and had always had low esteem due to his family. He was scared the first time he saw Marcus, but when the latter called him to the balcony and patiently talked to him, even intending to avenge him, he suddenly thought this cold- and stern-looking man was actually dependable.

“You’re right, Marcus,” he said softly. “One should be independent and strong, men especially. I’m going to learn from you, so I can protect Cordelia and my family well in the future.”

Marcus kept his back against him without a word.

“Marcus, why aren’t you saying anything?” Carter took a closer look at him. “Are you not used to it because my sister isn’t beside you?”

Duh!

Marcus harrumphed inwardly but forced a “No” out of his lips.

“Oh, that’s good then.” Carter chortled. “I’m really sorry for disturbing you both tonight… I didn’t want to come to my cousin, but I was in a bad mood after getting beaten. I don’t know who else I could go to aside from her.

“You won’t blame me, right?”

“No.” Marcus squeezed his eyes shut and prayed that his brother-in-law would stop talking.

“Marcus.” Carter sniffed. “What did you apply? Why does it smell so good?”

Marcus did not respond.

you always make yourself smell this nice before

Marcus growled,

Walton, the top of the world’s three best business schools. He was also the heir of the Hamertons. If he had not conspired against and encountered the

only smile in silence in response to Cordelia’s

girl pouted and wondered if Marcus had met some girl he did not end up together with when he was 16. After all, people said that men could hardly forget their

there was no

tell her, she would not ask either. Despite that, the matter left a

quietly went back to the bedroom to change new sheets and get another set of sheets for the couch in the living

he grabbed her wrist.

that?” Cordelia turned

say that

have the mind to think about that?” Cordelia glared at him. In addition to being angry

able to go home tonight for sure. Who’s taking care of

so he only thought

Is the couch

wore

say?” Marcus widened his

and Carter take the room. I’ll just sleep on the

only one bed in the

will fit.” Cordelia pushed the pillow to him. “You can even talk about ‘things that only men

was rendered speechless by the retort and took

Carter back from the balcony and

obliged and went to sleep in the bedroom!

into the room and lay down on the other side of the bed. Speaking of which, this was his first time sleeping on the bedroom bed since they had gotten married—but the person lying next to him was a man! Books

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