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.

him. “Not scared of the restaurant

in his mouth. “It’s not like I have much in my account. Probably can’t

Dr. Stafford’s a

bad either!” Seth chuckled. “You ate more

almost hit his head with

Marcus grinned at each other lovingly as they watched

served.” The manager led

meat is fresh

four of them took off the

was braised

fish eye to Marcus out of

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 that fish eyes were good for one’s eyes and were the most precious part of

the most precious part should be shared with the most precious

she

on her husband like precious fish eyes. What a match made in heaven! Ugh,

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

that the same as them being given by

and ducked her

smiled, having never felt

Linda the fish eyes in

“You—”

her gently. “Now you

silent with her head lowered, but a smile

…

the room with Marcus after dinner, but Linda

maybe they did not feel comfortable spending time alone. Even if they got along well, what if they impulsively entered the

twitched. She asked Marcus to go ahead while she stayed back to chat with Linda. Hence,

heaved a sigh

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

talking about?” Linda giggled. “I just didn’t want to come back to my room alone and asked

bed pulling the sheets away. “Let’s have a sleepover like

Grist! What should I do if your husband comes

so for the sake of it as she snuck into the bed as

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

about boys, they

before she smacked the hand that groped her, causing Linda

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