Marcus slowly opened his eyes, seeing Cornelia with her eyes all red and teary. Even her nose was red. He instinctively reached out to touch her face.
However, just as his hand was about to touch her, he quickly withdrew it, "You need to learn to tell who's blowing hot air and who's not."
Cornelia shot back, "Well then, tell me which of your words are full of baloney and which ones are not?"
Marcus replied, "Maybe everything I say is baloney."
Cornelia shouted, "Jeremy!"
Marcus said, "Call me Marcus from now on, don’t call me Jeremy anymore. I don’t like that name. To be more precise, I don’t like the identity of Jeremy because it can't be made public."
Cornelia fell silent. When they got married, he was under the name Jeremy, and now he was telling her he hated the name and the identity. He was a smart cookie, he must have known how much this would hurt her. But he said it anyway, without giving a damn about her feelings.
Cornelia looked at him, holding back her tears, "My husband's name is Jeremy, and that's the only identity I recognize."
Marcus asked, "Do you believe Brennen's words?"
Cornelia fell silent again.
Suddenly, Ayden interrupted their conversation, "President Hartley, we're here!"
Marcus replied, "Alright."
Zavier asked, "Skyler, do you want your parents to come in and see you?"
Skyler wasn't there anymore, unable to answer him. But he insisted on waiting for an answer, "Skyler, tell me. If you don't speak, how do I know whether to let them in to see you or not?"
He knew very well he wouldn't get an answer, but he kept talking to himself, "Skyler, I've told you before. As long as you behave, I can give you anything you want. But now you're being disobedient again. Since you're not answering me, then I'll get someone to invite them for some coffee and wait for a while. Whenever you answer me, I'll let them come see you."
The bodyguard was scared stiff hearing all this, not daring to remind him of anything.
Zavier kept talking to himself, "Skyler, I just thought about it, we've been together for so many years, and it seems like you've never mentioned your parents to me. What's your relationship with them like? Did you not mention them because you hate me, then does it mean you have a good relationship with them?
Why don't you answer me? Hurry up and answer me. If you don't answer me, I'll get mad. And you know the consequences can be severe when I'm mad. Skyler, don't test my patience time and time again, I don't have all day to waste on you."
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Beautiful novel. Can we have a continuation of Zavier and Skyler's story? Them getting back together? Short story.......