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.

“Not scared of the restaurant pulling your bank password out of you

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

Dr. Stafford’s a wise

not bad either!” Seth chuckled. “You ate more than

his head

Marcus grinned at each other lovingly

The manager led

available in the river of Splendor Mountain. Its meat is fresh and sweet, buttery but not overwhelming. It’s

four of them

into the room. The fish was braised well with a hint of romance from the adornment of

eye to

was served, she would give

should be shared

as she looked at

fish eyes. What a

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

same as them being given by

and

having never felt as triumphant in

in his bowl before they started

“You—”

her gently. “Now you have them

head lowered, but a smile

…

she would rest in the room with Marcus after dinner, but Linda tugged

time alone. Even if they got along well, what if they impulsively entered the same room? It

Cordelia’s lips twitched. She asked Marcus to go ahead while she stayed back to chat with

then Linda heaved a

you have to be so nervous?” Cordelia teased her. “Dr. Stafford’s a gentleman. He’d never take advantage of

back to my room alone and asked you to keep me company. But

and hopped into the bed pulling the sheets away. “Let’s have

Grist! What should I do if your husband comes

the sake of it as she

only did they have endless classes, but they also had endless things to talk about. They shared a bunk bed. Sometimes

about boys, they would just like now—Linda “ambushed” Cordelia when the latter turned

she smacked

other, and it only