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.

scared of the restaurant pulling

they please!” Seth answered with food in his mouth. “It’s not like I have much in my account. Probably can’t even

Stafford’s a

either!” Seth chuckled. “You ate

almost hit his head

grinned at each other lovingly as

served.” The manager led

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

four of them took

fish was braised well with a hint of romance from the adornment of

fish eye

like that. When her mother was still sober and sane, she would make Cordelia and Carter fish. When it was served, she would give the eyes to her and Carter. Her mother said

the most precious part should be

as she looked

in envy. “Aww, someone’s doting on her husband like precious fish eyes. What a match made in heaven! Ugh, you make

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

them being given by someone

and ducked her

never felt as triumphant in

in his bowl before they

“You—”

looked at her gently.

with her head lowered, but a smile

…

rest in the room with Marcus after dinner, but Linda

feel comfortable spending time alone. Even if they got along well, what if they

She asked Marcus to go ahead while she

was only then Linda heaved a

to be so nervous?” Cordelia teased her.

didn’t 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

not going back tonight.” Cordelia changed into her pajamas and hopped into the bed pulling the

should I do if your husband comes knocking

the sake of it as she snuck into the bed

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

boys, they would just like

and curled herself up before she smacked the hand that groped her, causing

only ended when Cordelia mercilessly