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.

to leav home every

furious, as long as he personally found and met her, she would

time she saw him, she would be like a little cat seeking comfort

that Benjamin had once owned disappeared completely, emphasizing the sheer absurdity

up, and he impatiently took out his phone and

number.

a thorough investigation, as

to stretch endlessly as Benjamin remained petrified,

reaction.

chirping of birds outside the window that gradually

action.

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

a loud “crash,” the

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

Martina…

an inadvertent moment, they cut Benjamin’s hand, but he seemed oblivious to it.

the shards into the

one on the table.

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

from the side, intending to bandage Benjamin’s hand, but he

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

that time, she left with minimal belongings, carrying only a

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,

“It’s in Carlsbad. Miss Martinez seems to have gone on a

the final result, Benjamin no longer dwelled on it. He decisively stood up and instructed Simon again, “Buy the earliest plane tickets to Carlsbad. You’re going

shocked this time, Simon surely followed

careful and fearful of

dared to defy the boss’s wishes and even went out to play when she knew the boss would

back or simply hadn’t finished having fun, hoping that everything could still