Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband novel Chapter 359

Marcus didn't expect Zavier to use these tactics on his own wife. "Threatening Skyler with the Blue family to get her back? Man, you're just pushing her further away."

Zavier retorted, "As long as she stays with me, who cares where her heart is?"

"Doesn't it matter?" Marcus asked.

"Why would I care?" Zavier shot back. "Tell me, if one day Cornelia wanted to leave you, would you use extreme methods to keep her?"

Marcus firmly replied, "That will never happen."

Zavier persisted, "Hypothetically speaking."

"I would never do that," Marcus insisted.

"You sure about that?"

"I'm damn sure," Marcus assured.

If Cornelia still wanted to leave him after knowing his true identity, it would be because he hurt her. If he hurt her, he’d have no reason left to keep her around.

Zavier laughed. "Well, Marc, I hope you walk the talk. Or else, I'll remind you myself."

Marcus didn't respond further. He hung up on Zavier, then dialed another number. "Send more people to protect Skyler. Don't let Zavier's guys get close, and don't let her sense anything fishy. She must live freely."

Granny Rebecca replied, "Jeremy just called us before you did. He's been busy with work like you. Apparently, he's dealing with a very complicated issue, so he couldn't come home."

"Granny," Cornelia's eyes welled up with tears, "I'm sorry. I can't come home for Christmas again."

She couldn't return to Rosenberg before, and she thought she could bring her granny to Riverton for Christmas this year. But work brought her to Paris which was miles away.

Her granny was in poor health and getting older. Cornelia didn't know how many more Christmases she could spend with her.

"Stop being silly and apologizing. You didn't intentionally avoid me. I understand the stress you young people have these days. You need to work, buy a house, repay your mortgage, and I can't help you." Although Granny Rebecca wished to have Cornelia home for the holidays, she didn't show it. Cornelia had been responsible since childhood and had endured a lot. She didn't want to add to her burdens.

Granny Rebecca worried that any additional stress could be the last straw that broke the camel's back for Cornelia.