Hearing this, Cornelia felt a weight lift off her chest, "Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Rivera. Goodbye!"
"Wait a sec," Zavier cut in.
"What else?" Cornelia asked.
"I want to know what you think as a woman. If Marc's wife knew he was messing around with other women, do you think she would mind?" Zavier asked.
"I'm not his wife, how would I know?" Cornelia snapped back.
She was sure he was trying to fish for information, but she was not about to give him the satisfaction.
With that, Cornelia hung up.
After Marcus helped Skyler, Zavier had been searching for months to no avail. Now he was stirring up trouble every day, trying to force Marcus to hand over Skyler. So Cornelia concluded, Zavier's words were not entirely trustworthy.
...
Listening to the dial tone, Zavier cracked a smile.
He wasn't surprised that Cornelia would doubt what had happened that day, so he had his game plan ready.
However, Cornelia only considered that Marcus might have been out of it that day, not realizing the man in bed wasn't Marcus at all. Zavier just needed to plant this seed of doubt between them.
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