Chapter 676


    Chapter 676


    Cornelia said. “What if something happens? You’re leaving me all this money you really want me to


    spend it with other men?”


    Marcus said “Don’t talk nonsense!”


    Comelia said “You always knew who was after you didn’t you?


    He knew he couldn’t hide anything from her, she was too smart So, he admitted it, “Yeah.”


    Comelia asked, “You can’t tell me?”


    Marcus nodded. “I dont want you to worry”


    Comelia said “You think not telling me will stop me from worrying? If you don’t tell me, Fil just imagine


    the worst. We’re married, and you said that honesty is the most important thing between a husband


    and wife Why can’t you be honest with me?”


    Marcus, after listening to her, slowly but firmly said a name. “Brennen Hartley”


    “So it really is him?” This answer was both unexpected and expected for Comelia


    Brennen- the former head of the Hartley Group, Marcus’s biological father, and the man Marcus


    personally sent to jail twelve years ago


    “Twelve years ago, I wasn’t even of age, and that incapable man was no match for me. Do you think


    he, after spending ten years in prison, could pose any threat to me now? Marcus slowly paced around


    Cornelia andcked the office door with a click


    Cornelia turned around. “What are you locking the door for?”


    Marcus approached her and pulled her into his arms, “Because all I want to do right now is hold you!”


    His grip was so strong, as if he wanted to crush her into his body


    Buried in his chest, Cornelia could hear his frantic heartbeat. “You’re okay now, right?”


    Marcus, being such a mentally strong person, should’ve been able to ovee his ustrophobia


    once he left the confined space.


    “I’m fine now” Marcus wasn’t surprised that Cornelia, being the sharp woman she was, noticed his


    abnormal reaction in the elevator


    What surprised him was that even with other people around, Cornelia didn’t hesitate to throw herself at


    him, clumsily reassuring him that she was there and he didn’t need to be afraid in that moment, the


    confined space made it hard for him to breathe, as if death was just around the corner. But her soft


    voice pulled him back from the brink


    She gave him warmth and showed him the light again.


    Cornelia asked, “Was it ustrophobia?”


    He nodded. “Yeah”


    That tiny “yeah” felt like a bullet piercing Cornelia’s heart, “Is it because of your childhood?”


    He didn’t answer her question Instead, he buried his face in the crook of her neck, nuzzling against her


    It tickled, but Cornelia didn’t pull away.


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    After a while, she heard his hoarse voice, “Comelia.”


    Feeling his unease, she immediately wrapped her arms around his waist, “I’m here. I’ve always been


    here.”


    He said. “I don’t want to talk about the past”


    “If you don’t want to talk about it, then we won’t. It’s okay” Cornelia said. If Marcus didn’t want to talk


    about it, Cornelia wouldn’t push.


    Something so horrible must have happened in his past to affect Marcus, a man with such a strong


    mentality, this way. It was probably much worse than she could ever


    imagine