Chapter 1156: Chapter 1156

Chapter 1156

A couple of them were chatting away, back and forth. When they suddenly noticed that Emily, who was usually quite the chatterbox, hadn’t said a word and looked a bit down in the dumps.

Brian pinched his own face, “What’s up with you?”

Emily replied, “Something just crossed my mind. I think I overheard Grandpa Augustine mentioning that someone might be after Nelly. We can’t let her go

back alone.”

Brian said, “With all the bodyguards that Grandpa Augustine has arranged for Cornelia, it would be impossible for anyone to lay a finger on her” Emily argued, “Cornelia came here in our car, and we didn’t tell the bodyguards she was leaving. What if they don’t know she’s gone, and there’s no one

with her…”

At this, Brian freaked out a bit, “We need to let those bodyguards know right away that Cornelia has left. She’s going to be in her friend’s car, and they need to be aware.”

Meanwhile, Cornelia had already hopped into Ayden’s car.

Ayden was focused on driving. Cornelia, sitting in the backseat, pondered for a moment before asking, “Weren’t you supposed to be on a business trip with Marcus?”

Ayden replied, “My current duty is to stay by your side.”

Cornelia said, “So your brother Jayden went with Marcus instead, right? Can you check where they are now?”

It was past noon at home, and early morning in France. By Marcus‘ schedule, he should’ve been awake, but he hadn’t returned her call yet. Before getting into the car, Cornelia had called Marcus but no one answered.

Ayden said, “I’m sorry! I’m not allowed to contact Jayden privately during a mission.”

Cornelia was speechless.

Ayden could tell Cornelia was on edge and tried to reassure her, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen to Marcus.”

Cornelia had never expressed concern for Marcus, but with Ayden suddenly saying this, it raised her suspicions, “Did something happen to Marcus?”

Ayden was taken aback, “How could that be! Mr. Hartley’s got the luck of the Irish, he’ll be fine.”

Before Cornelia could say anything else, her phone started to ring. It was a call from Marcus.

She picked up immediately, Jeremy, is that you?”

Marcus‘ deep and sexy voice, tinged with a hint of amusement, came through the phone, “Who else could it be?”

After a day and night without hearing from Marcus, Cornelia finally breathed a sigh of relief. She asked softly, “Did you get the message I sent you?”

Marcus replied, “Hmm, I got it.”

Cornelia said, “You got it, but you don’t have anything to say to me?”

Marcus replied, “Stay in the Capital and keep old Augustine company for a few more days. I’ll come get you when I return from France.”

Cornelia said, “Is that what I wanted to talk about?”

Marcus asked, “Then what did you want to say?”

Cornelia replied, “Don’t you miss me at all?”