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.

teased him. “Not scared of the restaurant pulling

food in his mouth. “It’s not like I have much in my account.

Dr. Stafford’s a

chuckled. “You ate more

hit his head with

at each other lovingly as they watched their friends

manager led the servers

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

them took

aroma wafted into the room. The fish was braised well

fish eye

she would give the eyes to her and Carter. Her mother

part should

she looked

someone’s doting on her husband like precious fish eyes. What a match made in

have a fish too! Pick the eyes yourself

them being given

blushed and ducked her

having never felt as triumphant in his

gave Linda the fish eyes in his bowl

“You—”

He looked at her gently.

silent with her head lowered, but a smile bloomed from

…

thought that she would rest in the room

about it. Linda and Seth were not official 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

she stayed back to chat with Linda. Hence, she

Linda heaved a sigh

Cordelia teased her. “Dr. Stafford’s a gentleman. He’d never

want to come back to my room alone and asked you to keep me company. But to avoid Marcus resenting me, I’d better let you

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

I do if your husband comes knocking for

was only saying so for the sake of it as she

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

together and were not talking about boys, they would just like now—Linda “ambushed” Cordelia when the latter turned

she smacked the hand that groped

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