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.

yourself smell this nice before you

Marcus

had already been accepted by 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 plane crash, he would be the decision-maker of

in silence in response to

After all, people said that men could hardly forget their first love. He was quite excited when he brought

there was

to tell her, she would not ask

and get another set of sheets

wrong, he grabbed her wrist. “You… Why are you setting the sheets on the couch

wrong with that?” Cordelia turned to

say that

beaten up, and you have the mind to think about that?” Cordelia glared at him. In addition to being angry about “whoever Marcus

tonight for sure. Who’s taking care of him if I don’t

did not know what Cordelia had been thinking about, so he only thought that her shift in attitude was… kind

staying tonight? Is the couch for

me.” Cordelia wore

Marcus widened his eyes. “You’re not asking me

Carter take the room. I’ll just sleep

one bed in the

pillow to him.

retort

the daze, Cordelia had already gotten Carter back from the balcony and asked him to rest in the room after he washed

obliged and went to sleep in the bedroom! Marcus felt his

time sleeping on the bedroom bed since they had gotten married—but the person lying next to

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