Marcus asked, "Got anything else you wanna tell me?"
Cornelia had something to say, but couldn't find the words, so she just shook her head.
Seeing her restraint, Marcus took the initiative and said, "How about I ask the questions and you just answer, alright?"
Cornelia nodded, "Shoot."
Marcus asked, "Still treating me all formal and stuff?"
Cornelia replied, "Some habits die hard. Besides, you're my boss. It's only right."
Marcus said, "I don't want you to treat me formally anymore. Haven't wanted that for a while. The moment I knew you were my wife, I hoped you'd drop the formalities."
Cornelia asked, "When did you find out I was your wife?"
Marcus answered, "The day we agreed to meet for our divorce certificate."
Turned out, he knew all along, but never told her.
Cornelia asked, "If you knew from the jump, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Marcus fell silent for a moment, then slowly said in his deep, sexy voice, "Because I was scared you'd leave me, scared you wouldn't want me."
Jeremy had expressed his fear of her rejection multiple times on WhatsApp. Every time Cornelia saw these messages, her heart ached. But she couldn't connect Jeremy with Marcus. She never imagined that right here, right now, Marcus would say to her face that he was scared she wouldn't want him.
This was Marcus! The man at the pinnacle of the business world! The man everyone looked up to, and feared!
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