Marcus’ eye twitched. He felt choked like a rock was lodged in his heart.

“Silly.” He rubbed her head. “You really want to take care of me?”

Cordelia blinked. “Yeah. Why?”

“It’s always men who take care of women. No wife who earns for her husband!

“I’ve been looking for jobs recently too. There should be news soon,” Marcus said softly. “I won’t let you handle everything alone. This home belongs to the two of us. I’ll be responsible for you.”

Cordelia kept a long look at him and smiled sweetly. She peeled another egg and placed it on his plate.

The next day…

Cordelia was off to Centrolis with her coworker, Annie.

Centrolis was unlike Jangasas—it felt richer. If Jangasas were a docile and pretty heiress of a notable family, Centrolis was the royal and noble princess.

Once they landed, Cordelia called Marcus to let him know.

“Darling, I’ve arrived.” She smiled as she looked around. She and Annie were walking on the busy street in the business district of Centrolis, where towering skyscrapers were everywhere, and Annie was busy snapping photos.

Marcus replied without much emotion, “You have someone else with you?”

“Yeah, Annie’s with me,” Cordelia answered softly. “She’s all play and doesn’t want to go back to the hotel, insisting I walk around with her.”

“Mm, you both be careful. Don’t get separated. You aren’t familiar with the area.”

“I know!”

“There are lots of fun places in Centrolis.” Marcus smiled. “I’ll send you a few addresses later. You can visit there with your coworker after work.”

Cordelia was quiet for a moment before she asked him, “Honey… y-you’ve been to Centrolis?”

with a dark look. There was no expression on his cold face but a complex emotion that surged at

realized it. ‘I have been meeting clients and studying client profiles, so he better

definitely won’t betray our marriage. What I

very softly, “If you realized I don’t deserve you being so nice to me one day,

before he chuckled. He did not say anything. Instead, he

chest as she listened to his powerful heartbeats. It gave her a great sense of

so much.” His voice

and wrapped her arms around his waist, closing

incredibly sound to

was used to sleeping alone and did not sleep much through the night. His arm was Cordelia’s to rest her head on, and his entire

an octopus. One of her fair legs was hooked over his hips,

did not look presentable in her sleep, but it was

did not have it in him to disrupt her sweet dream. He very

next to her, her heart dropped, and

kitchen with an apron. “I didn’t wake

It consisted of simple hard-boiled eggs, milk, and toast, but this was a significant improvement compared to the burnt things

as she thought that she had

breakfast. “I’m going on a

Marcus did not look thrilled as he buttered the toast. “Where

“Centrolis.”

an unnoticeable dark

has business

was given the task to venture into Centrolis’ market. If I succeed, they’ll

and her voice soft. “But Jesse and Karine are too much. I can only work hard and climb higher if

The

Cordelia held his hand gently and said with a smile, “We can move into a bigger house and live more comfortably when I make more money. I’ll get a cheap car, and you can drive it around when you’re free. You won’t

up into her beautiful eyes, filled

a house and how luxurious a car, they were as common as the butter

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