After we got home, I noticed Marcus could barely look me in the eyes. Hence, during dinner, I reached out and pressed down on his fork. He looked up, met my gaze, and immediately looked away again.“Marcus, is something wrong?”“No.”All of a sudden, he reminded me of a puppy that knew it had messed up. I couldn’t help laughing.“Just say it.”“I… I’m afraid you’d be mad.”“Mad about what?”He cleared his throat awkwardly. “I hung up your call without asking. And I… I didn’t want you to see Finn yet.”I froze for a moment.Honestly, since marrying Marcus, we actually weren’t that close yet. However, hanging up a phone call wasn’t a big deal, and as for Finn…“I don’t care,” I said calmly. “I didn’t want to see him anyway.”The moment I said that, I noticed Marcus’s eyes redden slightly. He let out a hoarse laugh.“I’m sorry. Maybe I’m just asking for too much. But Ruth, there’s one thing I’d like to know: why did you marry me?”I thought about it and then said, “Because yo
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