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.

thought that Martina would leave him. Even though she used to

personally found and

be like a little cat seeking

had once owned disappeared completely, emphasizing the sheer absurdity of his current actions, resembling

he impatiently took

number.

me a thorough investigation, as

endlessly as Benjamin remained petrified, showing no signs

reaction.

outside the

action.

of the cups, his expression growing increasingly dark and ominous. Whether it was due to being too absent-minded or for some other reason,

“crash,” the cup plummeted

the shattered cup, broken into several pieces on the floor. Suddenly,

Martina…

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

the shards into the trash

one on the table.

tissue from the table, he wiped the blood off his hand and asked

the side, intending to bandage Benjamin’s

his courage and answered, “Based on the current investigation of surveillance camera records, Miss Martinez left the

time, she left with minimal belongings, carrying only a

used her bank card to purchase two plane tickets. “One ticket was for Miss Martinez herself, and the other one was for Miss Rodriguez.” Benjamin heard the results

in Carlsbad. Miss Martinez seems to have gone on a trip with

on it. He decisively stood up and instructed Simon again, “Buy the earliest plane tickets to Carlsbad. You’re going

time, Simon surely

so careful and fearful of

out to play when she knew the boss would come

unclear whether she intentionally didn’t come back or simply hadn’t finished having fun, hoping

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