Marcus said, "I shouldn't have left Cornelia after we registered our marriage two years ago. If I had another go, I wouldn't let her be hurt like this."
Zavier snorted, "What kind of regret is this? Saying you regret not sleeping with her sooner was more believable than that. You're almost 29, dude. Have you even popped your cherry?"
No matter how Zavier mocked him, or mentioned the guy Marcus couldn't stand. He could bear it. But what he couldn't stand was Zavier making dirty jokes about Cornelia.
His eyes suddenly turned cold, a murderous intent flashed, "Zavier, Cornelia's not someone you can insult."
Zavier said, "Sorry, I overstepped." Even though he apologized, his expression didn't look apologetic, "You're starting to protect people, got someone you want to protect. It seems like you've got human feelings. Congrats, Marc, you're no longer the robot everyone's scared of."
Marcus didn't want to bother with him.
Zavier didn't care about his feelings, and continued, "Having someone you want to protect, feels good, doesn't it? Before this, you didn't give a damn about anything or anyone, must've been pretty lonely then."
Zavier was still jabbering on. Marcus took a cigarette from him, lit it up and took a few drags, "You've been bugging me with all this talk, what do you want?"
Zavier seemed calm, but he was chain-smoking, his unease very obvious, "I just wanted to say, now that you understand feelings. You should understand how important Skyler is to me."
Marcus chuckled, "I'm an emotionless robot, how could I possibly understand?"
Zavier was so angry he almost hit him, "No wonder you haven't even held your wife's hand, you really are an ignorant robot."
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