Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 31

Cordelia was stunned. Confused, she looked at Annie.

Annie sighed and whispered next to her ear, “I’ll just lay it out for you. The news has been spread all over the office, saying that you’re married to a thug who was put behind bars…

“They also said that your husband was the one who beat up Jesse yesterday! The stories were vivid, saying that he was often arrested due to fights. He was imprisoned for years and was only released recently.”

Cordelia was not sure whether to laugh or cry. She momentarily fell silent.

Annie was shocked to see her saying nothing. “Are you really married, Cordelia? Is your husband as they described?”

“Yes, I’m married.” Cordelia was honest. “Also, he indeed doesn’t come from a glorious background.”

Annie stepped back when she heard that, staring at Cordelia in disbelief.

“But he treats me well.” Cordelia’s voice was soft, but each word she said was as clear beads falling onto the ground.

“I never planned to hide my marriage from all of you or not tell anyone. There’s no need to hide. Instead, none of you asked. There’s no rule in the company that says it doesn’t hire married individuals, right?”

Annie frowned. “True, but…”

“No matter what, my husband is a nice person.” Cordelia had a calm face. “Perhaps he was put behind bars for fighting in the past, but ever since we got married, he has never done anything like that again. The past is in the past. Hand in hand, we venture into the present and future together.”

Annie looked at her with a smile. If she were Cordelia, perhaps she would not have the same courage.

“If I can be honest, I admire you.” Annie held her hand, realizing there was nothing on her finger.

“You’re married, but why aren’t you wearing a wedding ring? It makes sense that people would misunderstand!”

Cordelia was stunned and lowered her head to look at her hand.

The marriage was rushed. They had not had the time to buy wedding bands. Furthermore, they had not even had a ring exchange ceremony. She had gotten married muddleheaded. As such, she did not care if she had a ring or not.

However, there seemed to be a ring in the sandalwood box that Marcus gave her, right?

A shrill voice suddenly came as she was deep in thought. “Her husband spent half of his life in jail. How would he have money to buy her a ring?”

Cordelia snapped her head back. She saw Karine coming with a few people with a stare that could eat her alive.

“Say, you guys should learn from Cordelia. Her husband was in fights and in jail, he smokes and drinks, but he’s still a good man! Haha!”

“That’s right.” Someone went along. “I heard he doesn’t even have a proper job. He’s spending his wife’s money!”

“It’s no wonder our dear Cordelia works so hard. She’d sleep with any man just to close sales!”

Karine gnashed her teeth.

She was shocked at first before she was pissed when she heard that Cordelia’s husband had hit Jesse. She knew that if Jesse had not done something out of line, he would not have been beaten up.

After all, that douchebag was a liar!

He was loyal to her on the surface, but he was insatiable in reality. He still had his eyes on Cordelia!

Although she was feeling defeated, she could only swallow all that. She sided with Jesse on the surface, but she was determined to mess with Cordelia!

“Cordelia…” Karine mocked, “Are you working so hard to save up for a diamond ring? Hah. If your husband can’t afford it, you can ask other men! They’d always fall for your trick. It’s a piece of cake for you to close sales. All you’ve got to do is to seduce them!”

“Karine!” growled Cordelia.

The few people who were giggling fell silent instantly.

They looked at her quietly. There was killing intent in her eyes, giving them chills.

It was their first time seeing the gentle and soft Cordelia serving a scary look like that.

They looked at each other. On the other hand, Karine revealed a vicious grin at the corner of her lips. She lifted her head and asked. “What are you trying to do?”

Cordelia shook, her fists clenched tight.

She repeated to herself rationally that she was in the office. There was a surveillance camera above them. She should not stir trouble.

Karine said all these things just to trigger her. If she really took action, she would be falling into her trap!

Cordelia took a few deep breaths, glared fiercely, and enunciated each word. “Karine, you’re a supervisor. Please watch your behavior. As Jesse’s girlfriend, please control your man! My husband made himself clear. If he dares to harass me again, he’ll cripple him!”

“Wow, are you threatening me?”

“It’s not a threat.” Cordelia smiled. “I suddenly realized that having a husband like this is amazing. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect me! Unlike someone who looks all sanctimonious on the surface, his objective of dating his girlfriend is just to get the uncle’s company share!”

“You–”

In reality, Karine had her guess as to why Jesse dated her. However, it was humiliating to have Cordelia spelling out the truth before everyone.