Married a Secret Billionaire

Morpheus could tell Persephone had been awkwardly trying to please him, doing everything to make him happy. He felt sorry for her and deeply guilty, too. He didn't know how to tell her about his past.

Those ugly scars were something he didn't even want to touch himself.

"Morpheus, what's wrong?" Persephone's heart dropped when she noticed his constant distraction.

"Did... Did I say something wrong?"

"No." He gently caressed her face. "It's not you, Sephy. It's me."

"Why would you say something silly like that?"

"It's really my fault."

Persephone tiptoed to run her fingers through his hair when a distant rumble echoed in the sky.

was unpredictable—just moments ago, there were clear skies, and now dark clouds loomed, carrying a damp scent in the

could react, large

his arms and dashed in a

Persephone urgently

is risky!" Morpheus glanced at her. "There's a cave nearby. Let's take shelter there for

she had no

surprise, the direction he mentioned did have a cave. Bushes partly concealed the cave's entrance,

cave leads to the outside. It's connected to a stream, so you can hear the

However, as she was already dressed lightly,

coughed and averted

carry you back down the mountain." "I... I can walk by myself." Persephone's voice was low. She knew Morpheus was avoiding looking at her,