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 your bank

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

Stafford’s a

bad either!” Seth chuckled. “You ate more

almost hit his head with her

at each other lovingly as they

manager led the servers

in the river of Splendor Mountain. Its meat

them took

wafted into the room. The fish was braised

gave the fish eye to Marcus

it was served, she would give the eyes to her and Carter.

course, the most precious part should be shared with

as she looked

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

her. “You have a fish too!

as them

and ducked her

having never felt as triumphant in

the fish eyes in his bowl before

“You—”

at her gently.

with her head lowered, but a smile bloomed

…

would rest in the room with Marcus after dinner, but Linda tugged her, looking a

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

she stayed back to chat

then Linda heaved

her. “Dr. Stafford’s a gentleman. He’d never take advantage

my room alone and

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

What should I do if your husband comes knocking for

only saying so for the sake of it as she

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

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

before she smacked the hand that groped

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