Jeremy: [You're my wife. If I'm not spending my money on you, then who else should I, right?]
Lots of guys would say this to their wives, but the ones who actually followed through without whining about it were few and far between.
Jeremy didn't just talk the talk, he walked the walk too. Cornelia was so smitten with him: [I'm just worried that you're spending all your money on me and there won't be enough for your business.]
Jeremy: [Don't sweat it. I know what I'm doing when it comes to business. Plus, I'm gonna live in this house too, might as well contribute something. You're not gonna go all Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on me and kick me out, are you?]
Cornelia: [You big goof, you're my husband, why would I kick you out? It's just that I've been so swamped lately and you didn't reach out either. I totally forgot to ask if you're back in Riverton.]
Marcus, reading this message, chuckled to himself. The smile in his eyes was so obvious. He replied: [Soon.]
Leonardo, who was known Marcus since they were kids, saw him smiling for the first time in almost thirty years of friendship. He didn't even need to ask, he knew Marcus was chatting with his wife, "Marc, I'm getting more and more curious about your wife. She's got you wrapped around her finger, doesn't she?"
Marcus, engrossed in his phone, didn't even acknowledge Leonardo. Maybe when he was talking to Cornelia, everything else just became white noise.
Leo was at loss of words.
People always joked that Leo put women before his friends, but he had always valued his friends first. And as for the supposedly woman-averse President Hartley, he was the real ladies' man.
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