There was something in his eyes that she could not read. She did not know what it was. She hastily picked up the bowl and finished the soup.

After they finished their dinner, they went for a stroll beside the beach.

Cordelia leaned on his shoulder. After a while, she raised her head to observe the tall man beside her. With the help of the streetlight, his chiseled face was showcased, but she did not know why she had a feeling that he was hiding something from her.

Marcus noticed her gaze, lowered his face, and asked with a smile on his face, “Why are you looking at me like this?”

“Honey…” Cordelia hesitated for a while before asking the question, “You… You’re an ordinary person, right?”

“Why would you ask that?”

“Answer my question first!”

Marcus rubbed her hair and secured her tightly in his arms.

He had always wanted to tell her the truth, but after a bout of hesitation, he said, “Yeah.

“But I’m a thug who only knows about fighting. I’ve been to prison before, so I’m not sure if I can still be counted as an ordinary person or not.”

“Phew! I knew it! I knew my husband was just a normal person,” Cordelia let out a sigh as if a heavy weight had been lifted off her shoulders. “This is great, honey.”

Marcus frowned and chuckled.

you not wish for your

he looked at Cordelia,

“Our own business?”

too!” Cordelia said in a serious manner, “Even a small store or a stall will do. At least, it’s counted as our

kind of business would you invest in if you had the

for a while, looking like a

from me! Hehe! But I think this is impossible, so a more realistic goal is to save money to open a small coffee shop with large floor-to-ceiling windows and a small courtyard full of irises. Then, I’ll sit behind the counter, grinding coffee and baking a few pastries. The entire

“That’s all?”

“Yeah!”

“Alright.” Marcus smiled.

stunned for a moment

was casually replying to her, the serious look on his face suggested that

suddenly recalled the time when Michael and Jesse ambushed her. When she woke up in the hospital, the first thing Marcus had asked her was how she would like to punish these

that he had had this kind of expression on

said that she would

see them anymore when she returned

as a

asked as he put a bowl of

was stunned and nearly knocked over the bowl of soup when she

gently. “It won’t taste good after it becomes cold.” Books Chapters

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