Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 12

Cordelia cut some fruit after dinner and brought it with her to sit down next to Marcus.

The man had been focused on his phone, prompting Cordelia’s curiosity, so she popped her head over to steal a glance. She had thought that he was gaming, only to see that he was browsing through a foreign language website. The people in the photos were wearing suits and leather shoes, just like successful people.

That stunned Cordelia, and this was when Marcus turned around suddenly. Since she was close to him, she almost came in contact with the tip of his nose.

Both of them stayed there, staring at each other, causing Cordelia’s cheeks to burn and her heart to thump wildly.

“What’s the matter?” Marcus asked in his deep voice.

“N-Nothing…” Cordelia sat aside awkwardly with her hands intertwined in distress. She tried chatting with him. “Are you reading the news?”

“Mm, the finance news.”

“You understand it?”

Marcus turned back to her with vaguely smirking eyes. “What do you think someone who’s been in fights and prison should understand then?”

“I didn’t mean it like that!” Cordelia was flustered. “I’m just surprised that you know so much.”

She went silent, and the atmosphere was soundlessly awkward now. Cordelia was a little nervous, but when she noted Marcus’ nonchalance, she felt like her nerves were uncalled for. They were legally married, yet they were so awkward sitting together that even their conversation fell short.

Cordelia inwardly wondered if she was too awkward for this as she patted her head—the entire scene not going unnoticed by Marcus. A flash of a smile that he did not even realize was there tugged at the corner of his lips.

Marcus put down his phone and had some fruit with the fork, asking Cordelia casually, “You have something to tell me?”

Cordelia hummed curiously before she shook her head. “No.”

“Oh.” He looked at her. “Do you have enough to spend for the household?”

“Why are you suddenly asking?”

“Just chatting,” Marcus replied without much emotion. “How do other husbands and wives talk? Don’t they talk about casual things like this?”