In a panic, Diane shouted, "What is so special about that nobody anyway?"
Marcus's expression hardened.
"Don't talk about her like that."
His voice wasn't loud, but it cut through Diane's shouting.
The moment the words left his mouth, Marcus himself froze.
He had once heard other people call Elena that, and he let them.
At parties, when someone mocked her background, he had merely watched in cold silence.
He had never once defended her.
He had even chosen to help Sophia when she and Elena fell at the same time.
Diane saw his dazed expression and assumed she had gotten through to him.
She hurried to press the advantage.
"If she really cared about you, would she have taken 50 million dollars and run?"
The instant the words left her mouth, she clapped a hand over it.
Her face tur
