The whole scenario was quite obvious with implications and Ben was slowly piecing together the puzzle.
At that moment, Ben felt like he should be hiding under the dining table.
He glanced at Cornelia, then at Marcus. And when he looked at Marcus, Marcus was looking right back at him.
There seemed to be a warning in Marcus's eyes, telling him not to get too close with Cornelia, almost as if he was staking his claim in front of him.
Ben had been around the block in this industry, he knew about bosses and their inappropriate relationships with their secretaries. He never thought Marcus would be one of them.
Boy, was he naive. He had swallowed those old lines about Marcus being a gay hook, line, and sinker.
Marcus used to lead a simple private life, probably because his assistants were people like him and Helena. It wasn't too hard to understand why the president might have a soft spot for a young and pretty girl like Cornelia.
Poor president's wife though, left at home right after their marriage, and now the president had his eyes on another woman.
"Man," Ben sighed to himself, this was way above his pay grade. He decided to turn a blind eye, pretend he didn't see anything, pretend he didn't know anything.
Cornelia was even more shocked than Ben. Marcus's sudden move made her tense up, so much so that she forgot to dodge it at first.
By the time she came to her senses, Marcus was serving her more food, "What are you daydreaming about? Eat."
Cornelia was speechless.
Why would he do such a thing, and then act like nothing happened?
Was it fair to his wife and Jeremy?
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