Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 13

Cordelia failed to react in time.

Carter was overjoyed on the other end of the line and said that not only could they afford to pay the medical bills now, but the Jenners had upgraded their mother’s hospital ward to a VIP ward with a professional caretaker and the latest imported medication too.

“Sis, your dad’s actually still pretty nice to mom,” Carter said with a naïve smile. “Alright, I’ll stop here. I need to go to my revision session!

“Oh yeah, don’t forget about my reference book money. I’m the only one in class who hasn’t paid yet!”

“Okay…” Cordelia murmured, not understanding the whole situation even when Carter ended the call.

Had Yelena finally grown a conscience? Did William still hold on to his feelings for her mother?

Recalling the Jenners’ attitude toward her when she had gone back to visit, she’d had no hope for the $40,000 wedding gift. It was unexpected that…

Cordelia dashed back to the bedroom and carefully put the bangle back in its box. It was lucky that she had not sold it!

With a smile, she ran her dainty fingers over the gold jewelry in the box and talked to herself. “I’ll take good care of you in the future. I won’t sell any of you, not ever!”

Marcus was looking inside from the door, drinking in the girl’s adorableness. He smiled and felt a gush of warmth spill over his heart. He then looked down at his phone.

Josiah’s text contained a single word—[Done].

[Not bad. Reward you soon.]

Marcus had always been stingy with words and only replied when he was in a good mood. This was the first time Josiah received a wordy reply from him.

…

On the weekend, Cordelia cleaned up at home while Marcus practiced with the punching bag at the front of the house.

As Cordelia listened to the rhythmic punches, she chortled. Although she did not get why the man was close to obsessed with this violent activity and insisted on training every day, she had never stopped him. Instead, she supported it. Punching sandbags at home was better than fighting outside.

Cordelia was about to go into the kitchen to cook after cleaning up when her phone rang. Yelena’s shrill, enraged voice exploded the moment she answered.

“Cordelia, you’re amazing, aren’t you?! Hooking up with Mr. Bayer… The apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree—or the old wh*re!”

“What kind of nonsense are you spewing this early in the morning?!”

Cordelia chalked being scolded for no reason at all to running into a rabid dog. She was about to hang up when she heard Yelena scowl. “If the Bayers hadn’t intervened, how could dad possibly have lost that plot of land? Do you know what Mr. Bayer told dad? He said that he wondered how dad’s going to scrimp on the business partner when he was so stingy with his daughter’s wedding gift!

“So we lost that piece of land! Gone!

“Do you know how much effort dad put into this project? Its estimated value was $150,000,000! Months of effort gone just like this! You sl*t! It’s all your fault!”

“What…” Cordelia was confused.

What Bayer and what land?