Facing the Consequences
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Both Cordelia and Marcus were startled.
Marcus gave Cordelia a look, asking her to wait inside the room while he went to open the door.
Outside, Seth looked anxious.
“Marcus, I heard that you beat someone up…” Before Seth could finish his sentence, he saw the bloodstains on Marcus and could not help gasping. “Oh my god, it’s true!”
“It was just a few thugs,” Marcus replied indifferently. “I didn’t hit them too hard. They won’t die.”
“Didn’t hit them too hard?” Seth pulled him aside and whispered harshly, “You crushed their organs! They have to be sent to the hospital now!”
Marcus raised a brow but kept a straight face. They had been asking for it. How dare they tease Cordelia? It would not have been too much even if they had been beaten to death.
“Right, there’s one more man whose leg you broke, right?” Seth was panicking. “Do you know that the guy’s father is—”
“What does his father have to do with me?”
“Bro, they’ll come to get revenge for sure!”
Marcus took off his bloodstained shirt and tossed it aside to change into a clean one. He knew that those guys came from families with some kind of influence. They were the son of the village head, the nephew of the town leader… They were up to no good all the time just because their families were the slightest bit powerful.
He had wanted to teach them a lesson for a long time.
“You know what, why don’t you leave with your wife first? Hide somewhere?” Seth suggested. “These people aren’t easy to handle. Wise men know better than to fight when the odds are against them. Don’t get into a fight with them!”
Marcus found the man noisy. He was about to refuse when he spotted Cordelia, who had been standing by the bedroom door, out of the corner of his eye.
“I think… it’s not necessary for us to hide,” she said softly.
Marcus paused and asked her curiously, “Why?”
“We’re not the ones in the wrong.” Her gaze was firm. “Those guys are the ones who harassed me in broad daylight. They provoked us. We were only defending ourselves!”
Marcus looked at her admiringly, not expecting that she would be independent and tough, as well as not afraid to rock the boat, despite her soft exterior. He smiled.
“I know it’s not your fault!” Seth replied weakly. “But their families have power and influence…”
“I don’t care.” Cordelia smiled. “Besides, they can’t possibly be unreasonable even if they’re influential, right?”
“Well…”
“Hmm, my wife is right.” Marcus took Cordelia’s side. “This is how my woman ought to be.”
Cordelia ducked her head with blushing cheeks.
Seth sighed. “You two…”
“It’s fine. Thank you for your kind warning.” Marcus patted Seth’s shoulder. “Do you want to stay and eat with us?”
Seth quickly waved them goodbye.
Although Marcus was not scared of those men coming to cause them trouble again, he was still considering moving out of the village. After his fight with the thugs today, they must have realized that he was not the Marcus Grist they used to know. The village was filled with gossip, so his identity might be exposed one day. It would be better to leave sooner rather than later.
…
A few days later, Cordelia moved to the city center of Jangasas with Marcus. She was puzzled when Marcus talked to her about moving, but he explained that there were more opportunities in the city, so she said nothing more.
In addition, she would be closer to the hospital by being in the city, and it would be more convenient for her to take care of her mother.
They rented a small place, and despite its size, Cordelia tidied the place up and bought new blinds and sheets.
The dining table was covered with a checkered apple-green tablecloth, and there were a few stalks of tulips in the glass vase by the window.
Marcus looked around and thought of the life he used to have.
The Hamerton mansion, which was tens of thousands of square meters, had been built along the hill. It was lofty as a castle, with luxury oozing from each corner. Each of the meals he had there used to come from the best chefs from different countries.
Nothing about that could compare to this, though. Those things were nothing compared to this clean, warm nest and the meals Cordelia cooked for him.
“What’s up?” Cordelia looked at him with her bright eyes. “Is the food not to your taste?”
Marcus smiled. “It’s alright.”
“Have more then,” she told him. “Oh, Linda got me a job. It’s a sales job at the company she’s currently working at. I can start tomorrow.”
“So fast?” Marcus glanced at her. “Is the company listed? How much is its annual sales volume? Who runs the company?”
The bombarding questions stunned Cordelia. She had not asked so much about the company, as she would be only an entry-level saleswoman who would work on commission. Who cared about the person running the company…
“Uh… I’ll ask when I start work.”
In spite of this, she had never imagined that her superiors would actually be Jesse Ford and Karine Carmichael.
Jesse was her university senior, who had once pursued her fervently, but she had made her rejection clear. Firstly, her mother had still been ill and she had to take care of her family, so she’d hardly had any time. Secondly, Jesse was too calculative. He used to be a snob back in the student council, and Cordelia did not like that.
As for Karine, she was someone Jesse had gotten together with only after failing to pursue Cordelia. That was why Karine had always resented Cordelia.
It was unexpected that they would actually meet in the same company.
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