"Why do you always bother my brother? Don't you know you're embarrassing him? Just get out of here!"
Cornelia was stunned by the girl's scolding.
Luckily, Marcus quickly stepped in, "Briana Hartley, do you know what you're talking about?! Apologize right now!"
His voice was deep and earnest, full of authority and toughness.
"Bro, you want me to apologize to this shameless woman?" For the first time in her twenty-something years, Briana saw Marcus being so harsh with her. She felt wronged, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. "You've never been angry with me before, but now you're angry with me because of a disloyal woman."
Briana sobbed, "Bro, this woman has already hooked up with other men. Are you just going to pretend nothing happened?"
It was then that Cornelia realized Briana had misunderstood her true identity.
Cornelia laughed self-mockingly and said, "Ms. Hartley, I'm just Marcus' assistant. What does it matter to him who I've been with?"
She was right. She was just an assistant. He had no right to interfere with her relationships.
But Marcus didn't understand why he felt so uncomfortable about it.
Almost instantly, Briana's tearful face broke into a bright smile, as if she hadn't been the one crying just moments before. "Oh, so you're Cornelia, the assistant. I'm so sorry! I wasn't trying to yell at you. Actually, I was talking about my cheating sister-in-law."
Cornelia was puzzled, "You can't even recognize your sister-in-law?"
Briana was about to say something, but Marcus interrupted her. "Why did you come back early?"
Briana said wrongly, " Of course, I come back to celebrate your birthday, but you scolded me."
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