Married a Secret Billionaire

The phone rang for a while without anyone answering, making Zuko even more anxious. His face turned pale, and tiny beads of sweat formed on his nose.

By then, the car had already entered Hamerton Manor.

As expected, Cordelia had fallen asleep in the car. Zephyr made a gesture for everyone to stay quiet and carefully carried her out of the car.

Toph, wearing headphones and whistling, watched his father’s back and almost had “envious” written on his forehead.

“Ah, I wonder when I’ll meet someone I like. Just like dad doting on mom, I want to dote on her forever! Right, bro?”

Zuko did not react.

Toph then noticed that his brother’s face had turned pale with a look of tension.

“What’s wrong?” asked Toph.

Zuko glanced at him indifferently, telling him to go back and rest, then he walked briskly to a secluded corner of the courtyard. He dialed the number repeatedly, but no one answered. With each passing minute, his heart grew more troubled.

Countless possibilities filled his mind.

Perhaps she encountered danger while walking that small path.

Perhaps Violet had plotted something against her.

Perhaps she was already…

Zuko’s heart pounded, and it felt like his blood surged through his body in reverse. He was about to ask the butler to arrange a private plane to rush back to Jangasas when his phone suddenly vibrated in his hand.

“Hello!?”

“What’s gotten into you?” The voice on the other end was soft and carried a hint of laughter. “Why does your voice sound like that? It’s scary!”

Zuko was stunned for a few seconds and gradually calmed down. Not only did Lina find it scary, but he also found it scary.

been mature beyond his years and accustomed to disguising his emotions, what had just happened

to cover up his embarrassment, but his words came out incoherently. “N-Nothing, I-I just, I suddenly remembered that you might be taking a walk by the seaside, and I wanted to call

a while to react. “What are you talking about? It’s

hot,

laughter. “What’s wrong with you? I remember that Jangasas isn’t far from Centrolis! Why does it

wishing he could take back what

Lina spoke softly. “There’s no moon tonight, and I didn’t feel

“No moon?”

it’s overcast in Jangasas, and the fog has

Can you tell

“Huh?”

himself again

he was worried about her safety, which was why he kept calling. He was rambling on because he wanted to hear her voice more and have a conversation with

admit that Lina had unknowingly entered

a startled deer’s as she held her phone. Just moments ago, she had been doing her homework and had put her phone on silent mode. Once she was done and saw over 20 missed calls—all from the same person—her smile became sweeter than honey. She felt like she had the

What happened next?

on with a few sentences and stopped. Now, she could only hear his slightly heavy breathing through the phone. After a moment of silence, Lina finally gathered her courage and asked, “Zeke… w-when are you coming

Then,

that

thinking of him when he was looking at the

her family really could not

sighed, feeling that the last possibility was the

are you even listening?” she

hurriedly answered,

when are you coming

finally coming back

was understanding. “But don’t stay away for too long,

not

Another awkward silence followed.

“Before you come back, send me