Chapter 31 Curtis kissed Marceline . Annoyed , she bit down hard on his lip . But even with the taste of blood in his mouth , he didn't let go of her . Marceline turned her head away in disgust . " You haven't brushed your teeth . " Curtis froze for a moment , then buried his head in her neck . " How come you never minded when we used to do it before sunrise when neither of us even brushed our teeth ? " Marceline stiffened , her eyes reddening . She thought he had forgotten all that . Back then , he'd always come home late from business engagements . After showering , he would get into bed and hold her , and every time , she would be woken up by him making love to her . Then , the two of them would sweetly kiss . " Curtis , I used to love you then . But now , I don't anymore . " Curtis slowly turned stiff , and he soon let her go . Without looking at him , Marceline opened the door . As she did so , she heard him say hoarsely , " Even if you don't love me anymore , we're still going to be tangled up like this for the rest of our lives . " you say you're stepping aside for Jenna . But the truth is , you want me to step aside for someone else , don't you ? Well , you can give up on that idea , Marceline . " But Marceline ignored him . How could he have the nerve to say such things when he had so casually handed her work to Jenna and helped elevate her to that position ? He was the one who betrayed their relationship first , yet he stood there acting like the victim . The sheer shamelessness was simply astounding With that , Marceline left without saying anything . Cloudcrest Bay was a villa district , so it wasn't an easy place to catch a ride . Hence , Marceline had no choice but to ask Ken to give her a ride home . She still needed to pick up Shawn and couldn't afford to be late again today . To his credit , Ken didn't refuse . Marceline had neither a particularly good nor bad impression of Ken . Most of the people around Curtis didn't like her , but Ken had always shown her basic respect . Alter dropping her off , Ken returned and saw his boss sitting on the sofa , smoking . Curtis only ever smoked when he was upset . Meanwhile , the household staff had prepared breakfast and seemed unaware that , Marceline had already left . " Mr. Wolle , where's Mrs. Wolfe ? " she softly asked . " Breakfast is ready . We specially made sure to avoid all crab ingredients . " They were told that Marceline was allergic to crab and couldn't come into contact with anything related to it . Curtis stood up and coldly said , " Throw it all out . " The household statt didn't dare say anything else . All the while , Ken remained standing where he was . After all , he was already used to Curtis being like this . Earlier , he had used a different car to take Marceline home . Now , he was driving the one Curtis used most often - the very they had ridden in the night before . The broken laptop was still inside , its screen completely shattered . Irritation rose in Curtis again when he recalled how sad Marceline had looked the night before . He picked up the laptop and started fiddling with it . same rat He was the one who had bought this laptop for her back then . At the time , she had cried so hard she could barely catch her breath . She'd pulled him along , insisting they returned it as it was too expensive She had kept it all these years , so how could her feelings have changed ? Curtis messed with the laptop for a while longer but still couldn't get it to power on , so he set it aside . When the car stopped Wolfe Group , he instructed Ken , " Take the laptop to get it repaired . See it replacing the screen will make it Chapter 31 usable . " " Understood , Mr. Wolfe . " As soon as Curtis stepped onto the top floor , he ran into Zachary . Zachary had several executives following behind him . Both sides gave off a strong presence . Before Curtis had been brought back , Zachary was almost confirmed to be the next successor . But after Curtis returned , the Wolle family acknowledged the hardships he had endured alone and how he had built his success from scratch . So , they split the company in two and had the brothers run it together . As for who would eventually inherit everything - that would depend on which of them performed better . People in their social circles all assumed Zachary wouldn't treat Curtis kindly . After all , no one liked losing something already in their grasp . Especially in powerful families , when faced with such great temptation , things like familial bonds were often just for show . But Zachary treated Curtis well , or at least , that was how it appeared on the surface . Zachary gave a slight nod , his gaze landing on Curtis ' lips as he asked in concern , " What happened to your mouth ? "