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

Chapter 45: Today I Met Him
However, a person should always make progress. How could one remain stuck in the same pattern forever?

Martina had long grown tired of the life that being treated ambiguously and elusively. Now, she was determined to make a change.

“Bzzz-”

“Beep–”

Listening to the continuous sounds emanating from the ship, Martina casually found at seat in the ship’s hall and sat down.

Since they weren’t too far from the shore at the moment, her position allowed her to see the scenery by the dock.

As she inadvertently looked up, the cup in her hand fell to the ground as she saw Benjamin’s figure on the dock.

He appeared like Adonis, no matter where he showed up, always becoming the most eye-catching presence.

Martina’s heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively lowered her head, almost crouching down.

How could he react so quickly?

But as Martina pondered, she suddenly understood.

While she knew Benjamin, he also knew her just as well, if not better.

Benjamin had a firm grasp on her personality. If it weren’t for her stubbornness and the unprecedented choice she had made this time, she would probably have been taken back early on, just like before.

It was only natural for someone as intelligent as Benjamin to detect her actions at the earliest opportunity.

Fortunately, the ship had already set sail and there was no turning back.

hear what Benjamin was saying on

be very angry, and his

was that he no longer had the ability to control her as easily as

anyone or anything getting out of his

even going as far as personally coming there to search for her. It

closer to freedom, and there was no need to

watched people of various kinds passing by from time to

got herself another glass of water, hoping to calm herself down. But unexpectedly, someone approached her

Martina didn’t turn around, she knew exactly who was trying to strike up a conversation with her. Why wouldn’t that guy

out to be

time with his gang of friends to

there were some regulations and rules in some states, it wasn’t easy for them to gamble freely, so they chose

changed his ways and tried

he appeared in such a place, but for safety, she quickly put her hat back on

wrong? Did I look really bad today?

playboys behind him, and they shook their heads, saying, “Impossible! Mr. Paloma is

woman must have no taste! But Adam, you don’t need to give a

just blew a golden opportunity. Who the hell does she think she

and added, “By the way, don’t tell anyone

in agreement, without any doubt about what Adam

thought. “But why do I always feel like I’ve seen that woman somewhere before? Maybe she’s one of my

the woman. She did seem familiar, but she didn’t resemble any of his

take a close look at Martina’s appearance; at most, they

that

keep haunting me? Is this some sort of cosmic clash in our destinies or what?!” Martina thought, rubbing her temples in frustration as a headache. started to