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

Chapter 137: The Woman Who Said One Thing but Meant Another

Martina seemed to be dec

numbing herself, unable to stay by Benjamin’s side

so purely anymore. Perhaps it was because of her past experiences that truly frightened

her.

“If one day his feelings for you fade away, you’ll still be a golden–caged canary. Do you

really want that day to come?” she talked to herself.

After an unknown amount of time, Martina finally walked out of the room with a calm.

demeanor.

At this moment, Martina saw Benjamin had already taken off his upper clothes, and it was wrapped in layers and layers of gauze, with faint traces of blood seeping through.

Benjamin looked at his wound in the mirror, as if he wanted to change the gauze again. However, because the wound was on his back, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t

quite reach it.

Martina had to step forward and took the initiative to help Benjamin sit down, asking, “Why don’t you let me do it instead?”

She convinced herself in her heart that no matter what, Benjamin was injured because of her, and she couldn’t remain indifferent. She had to take full responsibility.

In reality, Benjamin had the option to seek help from Simon, who would have been more proficient in this matter. However, he deliberately didn’t mention it because he wanted to get closer to Martina.

said you didn’t want to

hint of frustration and grievance in his tone, and at this moment, she was truly at a loss for words. Confronted this version of Benjamin, there was

did I ever

lie down there

because of Martina’s resolute attitude, Benjamin eventually chose to obey. Yet, the evident furrowed brow revealed his prevailing mood, reflecting the

he was still under Martina’s influence.

anything. After all, it was a treatment he had

removed the bandages from Benjamin’s body, followed by applying the medicine. The whole process

movements were incredibly gentle, almost

minimal pain.

would occasionally ask, “How is

a word of

had become like this because of

Martina took a deep breath. “I’m truly sorry. If it weren’t for

endure such trouble.”

wasn’t trouble at all. He was willingly enduring it. However, the current Martina couldn’t listen to such

“Just bear with it for now, and it will be better once

nodded quietly, and then surprisingly fell silent, with his breath fluctuating along with Martina’s

the bandages, Benjamin appeared relatively calm, but Martina seemed to have exhausted all her strength and couldn’t move

tried calling Benjamin’s name twice, but there was no response from him. Her heart couldn’t help but quicken, and

have fallen into a deep slumber. Martina started to ponder about her actions just now and couldn’t come to a conclusion for quite some time. Despite

affected.

the pain? Such a large wound, if not

this thought, Martina instantly panicked and hurriedly moved to the other side of the bed to

tightly shut, seemingly in great discomfort. Even in his unconscious