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

Chapter 136: The Golden Canary in the Cage

When they returned from the hospital, Martina couldn’t hide her worry on her face.

Even though Benjamin was the one who got injured, he seemed completely unaffected, appearing as if nothing had happened at all. Right now, his main concern was Martina’s attitude towards him, and nothing else mattered.

In this strange twist of fate, it seemed like Martina had finally shown some glimpses of her past feelings for him, even if it was just a tiny bit.

The two of them returned to their hotel room. Martina had brought back some

medication from the hospital, including bandages for dressing wounds and oral medication mainly for anti–inflammatory and antibacterial purposes.

Martina immediately boiled some hot water for Benjamin and kept on fussing over him.

“Why are you so impulsive? Back then, even without you, I would’ve just had a minor arm scrape, but you got injured in the back,” she scolded, worry evident in her voice.

The doctor said at the time that if Benjamin hadn’t been lucky, he might have punctured his lung, and that would have been much harder to treat. If the lungs get infected, it could lead to a dangerous condition.

Just the thought of that possibility made Martina’s heart broken, and she couldn’t calm down for a long time.

“Please don’t do such impulsive things again. Regardless of the situation, people need to be a bit selfish and consider themselves more. You’ve done well before, right?” she continued. “I don’t want to see anything like this happen again. Please promise me that you won’t do it anymore.”

“For the next few days, maybe you should take a break from work and focus on healing!” she suggested.

Listening to Martina’s words, Benjamin’s smile on his face became even more pronounced. He couldn’t hide the evident sense of care and concern he felt from her words.

knowing the answer but perhaps seeking some reassurance for his own peace of mind, which was why he intentionally posed the

realized that she had exposed her caring demeanor quite clearly. However, she stubbornly refused to

they had already decided to part ways, they were just forced to be together

I’m just worried that if something happened to me, your family wouldn’t forgive me,” Martina

desolation appeared on his face, indicating that

said in a

contact with Benjamin, she found it hard to control her gaze, still involuntarily falling on him. She felt uneasy especially when she thought about the wounds on Benjamin’s

Martina said, deliberately avoiding

stop at all. She directly picked up the not–so–hot water and handed it to Benjamin, saying in a slightly firm tone, “Take your medicine quickly,

how he asked now, it wouldn’t make a difference, so he gradually

illusion or something else, Martina could always clearly

inscrutable in his emotions, and even Martina had to ponder deeply to perceive his feelings. Now, he was unexpectedly exposing

current state was truly heartbreaking, and in the end,

Martina carefully chose her words. “If you act like this, I won’t

was just feeling a little upset, but after hearing Martina’s words, he couldn’t

Martina cared about him now because she still had some feelings for him, even if it was just a tiny bit. But now, with those words, it was clear she wanted to

close to me that badly? I don’t need you to repay any favors not in the past, not at present, and not in the future,” Benjamin said, his gaze firmly staring

his own thoughts every

to say, so she could

softly intertwined with one of Martina’s, creating a su connection between them. In this tender moment, he appeared to have descended fro once unattainable god–like pedestal, now embracing the simplicity of being a mere

“You said you