Married a Secret Billionaire

“Why didn’t you…” Lena frowned. “Just knock instead of turning the handle?”

Alexander was taken aback.

“That’s something you need to learn,” Lena said seriously. “No matter where you go, whether it’s to the teacher’s office or your classmates’ dorm, you must knock on the door first instead of opening it right away. It’s a matter of courtesy. Do you understand?”

His lips moved, but in the end, he chose to hold back what he was going to say.

It wasn’t him who had done that just now.

More than ten minutes ago, he had accidentally found himself in this quiet corridor while trying to escape the noise of the banquet for some fresh air. He had no idea what the room was for, only seeing someone trying to enter it in the dark.

He hadn’t seen the person’s face, and that person had been on high alert, fleeing after failing to open the door.

He had approached because he became concerned when he heard Lena’s voice asking, “Who is it?” from inside. That’s why he knocked.

“Why aren’t you saying anything again?” Lena asked with concern. “Did you hear what I said?”

He nodded.

“You—”

before Lena could finish her

of that little boy, with snot dripping from his nose, always wanting her to carry him, would occasionally haunt her. Those painful

–

she escaped from the village. Despite being Drake’s son, the

his right to strike his son. Whenever he lost money in a bet or got drunk, he would

to see young Leo being hit, so she would always shield him. The tools Drake used

for a long time, she

after she crossed the mountain that she finally sat by the side of

that moment, she found

glistened like precious stones in the

the day before, and he hadn’t eaten them.

of three. He knew his sister wanted to leave and that she wouldn’t take him with her. He knew he had to rely