Married a Secret Billionaire

“I think Seth’s alright. And I can see that he really likes you.”

After a while, Linda’s voice came from the dark weakly. “Cordelia, let’s not talk about him, okay?”

“I don’t understand.” Cordelia turned around and propped herself up to look at Linda. “You both match each other in every aspect! Seth’s seriously courting you too. Why aren’t you giving him a chance?”

“I… I don’t think I’m a good match for him.”

“You’ll only know if you give it a try, right?”

“No need to try it out. There’s no way!”

Linda’s tone was anxious, as if she was troubled.

There was a long pause before Cordelia asked softly, “Linda, is there… something I don’t know about?”

Silence followed her question. She chuckled and lay back down. “It’s okay. You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to. Heh, it’s getting late. We should sleep!”

“Cordelia…”

“Hmm?”

Linda bit her lips and said with much difficulty, “I… had someone memorable in the past.”

Cordelia paused. It felt like something was stuck in her throat as she wanted to say something but could not.

“That person’s like a childhood friend,” Linda said slowly. “We grew up together. He lived just next door. Like all the other boys, he liked bullying me since we were young, and I hated him at first… But the more things were like that, the closer we grew. When we were 18, we…”

“What happened?”

“We separated and never met again.”

Cordelia did not expect an ending like this. She wanted to ask why. Why had they separated, and why had they never met again? However, she heard Linda’s suppressed sobs in the dark.

With the moonlight that spilled in, she saw Linda’s jerking shoulders. Cordelia was shocked. From the first day she knew Linda, she had never seen the latter cry like this.

The reason they separated… Was it life and death?

“Linda…” Cordelia rested a hand on Linda’s shoulder, wanting to console her.

The group sat around the round table. The dishes were aromatic and looked exquisite. Every dish was placed in delicate porcelain, looking incredibly extravagant.

Seth could care less if the food was drugged. He impatiently helped himself with the dishes.

the restaurant

like I have much in my account. Probably can’t even afford this meal!

Dr. Stafford’s a wise

not bad either!” Seth chuckled. “You

hit his head

Marcus grinned at each other lovingly

dishes are served.” The manager led the servers to serve some fish

a fish only available in the river of Splendor Mountain. Its meat is fresh and sweet,

them

fish was braised well with

gave the fish eye to

make Cordelia and Carter fish. When it was served, she would give the eyes to her and Carter. Her mother said that fish eyes were good for one’s eyes

most precious part should be

she

like precious fish eyes. What a match

need to be jealous!” Seth teased her. “You have a fish too! Pick the eyes yourself

same as them being given by someone

blushed and

smiled, having never felt as triumphant in

fish eyes in

“You—”

He looked at her gently.

her head lowered, but a smile bloomed from the corner

…

rest in the room with Marcus

yet, so maybe they did not feel comfortable spending time alone. Even if they got along well, what if they impulsively entered the same room? It

to go ahead while she stayed back to chat

then Linda heaved a sigh of relief

nervous?” Cordelia teased her. “Dr. Stafford’s

giggled. “I just didn’t want to come back to my room alone and asked you to

Cordelia changed into her pajamas and hopped into the bed pulling the sheets away. “Let’s have a sleepover like we did in

Grist! What should I do if

so for the sake of it as she snuck

was as if both girls had gone back to their carefree school days. Back then, they shared the same dorm. Not only did they have endless classes, but they also had endless things to talk about. They shared a bunk bed. Sometimes when they came back together after a night revision, Cordelia would also occupy Linda’s bed when she

they would just like now—Linda “ambushed” Cordelia when the latter

and curled herself up before she smacked the hand that

with each other, and it only ended when Cordelia mercilessly pinned Linda into begging for