Fleeing the Gilded Cage: Don’t Want to be the Billionaire’s Wife

Chapter 36: Martina Used to Cherish Him
Benjamin walked directly step by step, lowering his head to see clearly what was in the box. It turned out to be a collection of broken pieces of paper. Moreover, they were colorful.

Benjamin didn’t think much about it, but his sharp gaze couldn’t be described as gentle. He rubbed his swollen temporal region and realized that this must be done by Martina,

which sparked other thoughts in his mind.

Then, one by one, he took out those pieces of paper from the box and examined them. To his surprise, when he looked at them, even the emotions he had barely suppressed

in his heart surged up again!

What was this?

Why were there so many fragments of portrait drawings here?

If these fragments were pieced together, the person in the portrait was Benjamin, clearly a portrait that Martina personally copied for him before.

Once, Martina cherished these portraits like treasures, and he still remembered what

she said.

“Benjamin, when you’re not at home, all these portraits of you can accompany me. I promise to patiently wait for your return.”

“But… Benjamin, can you spare more time to be with me? Don’t worry, it doe

be too long, even just a few minutes every day would do.”

“Benjamin, what should I do if one day you can’t find me?”

“If you don’t really like me –”

Those words from the past were vivid in Benjamin’s mind. Back then, he didn’t reall take these words to heart.

leave him. Even though she used to

he personally found and

would be like a little cat

disappeared completely, emphasizing the sheer absurdity of his current

he impatiently took out his phone

number.

me a thorough investigation, as

Benjamin remained

reaction.

was the chirping of birds outside the window that gradually spurred the man

action.

yes, it was a creation of Martina’s. He picked up one of the cups, his expression growing increasingly dark and ominous. Whether it was due to being too absent-minded or for some other reason, the next moment, the cup slipped from his

a loud “crash,” the cup plummeted to the

finally brought back as he looked at the shattered cup, broken

Martina…

floor. The fragments were sharp, and in an inadvertent moment, they cut Benjamin’s hand, but he seemed oblivious to it. Instead, he continued to pick

throw the shards into the

one on the table.

tissue from the table, he wiped the blood off his hand and asked Simon, “So, what’s

the side, intending to bandage Benjamin’s hand,

gathered his courage and answered, “Based on the current investigation of surveillance

time, she left with minimal belongings, carrying only

I had our dedicated internal team investigate Miss Martinez’s whereabouts. It was discovered that two days ago, she used her bank card to purchase two plane tickets. “One ticket was for Miss Martinez herself, and the other one was

in Carlsbad. Miss Martinez seems to have gone on

stood up and instructed Simon again,

Simon surely followed

usually so careful and fearful of the

to play when she knew the boss would come to pick her

intentionally didn’t come back or simply hadn’t finished having fun,