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

Chapter 129: Do You Hate Me?

They used to be very intimate. Now, why was Martina becoming so shy?

Even Martina was a bit disappointed in herself. She shouldn’t react so strongly. It would

be so embarrassing if someone noticed!

She slightly adjusted the blanket, feeling a bit awkward. But even this subtle movement

couldn’t escape Benjamin’s eyes.

Whether it was because of Martina’s slightly disheveled hair or something else,

Benjamin lifted his right hand and gently tucked a stray strand behind her ear.

red.”

His voice softly reached Martina’s ears, “I know you’re not asleep. Your ears are turning

Martina kept her silence, but deep inside, she couldn’t help but complain about Benjamin, believing that he intentionally said those words.

Martina awkwardly and shyly opened her eyes, glaring at Benjamin with dissatisfaction. “I’m too hot, can’t you see?” It seemed like she was showing a bit of “aggression“.

It had been a while since Martina used such vivid expressions to communicate with Benjamin, so this moment unexpectedly stirred something inside Benjamin as well.

Benjamin couldn’t help but curl his lips, fighting back a smile. “Of course, I am not

blind.”

Martina was speechless. The conversation seemed to reach a dead end, didn’t it? After about a half hour, Martina, due to physical reasons, wanted to use the restroom. But as soon as she left the restroom, she collided with a man head–on.

The first–class restroom on the plane was not accessible from the economy class

section.

Startled, Martina awkwardly apologized, “Sorry…”

She raised her eyes and found the person in front of her somewhat familiar–looking.

But the more she looked, the more startled she became.

The person turned out to be Alejandro!!

Martina’s eyes

focused his realized that the person he collided with was

gaze, he

his signature smile on his face.

here?”

expected such a coincidental encounter

to take

behind Martina, seemingly casual, and asked, “Are

shook her head. “No, there are others with

for a moment. “This flight is headed to Carlsbad. Are

on a

that, unsure of how to respond

moment.

really…” Martina stood there in a daze for a while before

further. “Well, what

while, both wearing genuine smiles on their

all, was the older brother of her best friend, and she needed to maintain a proper

idea.

they were engrossed in conversation,

forcefully pulled Martina into

ice–cold, completely different from

to Martina.

he had already suspected that Martina would be here, most likely with

it unexpected at all–it was simply

so soon,” Alejandro said, gesturing politely. “It’s not convenient to chat here.

brows, but in the end, he remained silent and led Martina

to their seats.

seated in the third row behind them, wearing a hat and having boarded the flight earlier, which

away. “If you have something to say,

me along?”

felt that the atmosphere just now was a

in Benjamin’s eyes. Was Martina more

cheerful manner

had no

sense of desolation, as if he were a pitiful soul,

there, unable to utter a word for a long time,

considered that Benjamin might confront her or get angry, but