Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

Zuko paused and called Jacob. “What happened at home?”

“It’s not your family,” Jacob replied in a low voice. “It’s the Thompsons.”

“The Thompsons?”

“It seems… it’s about the little girl betrothed to you in childhood,” Jacob said hastily. “I couldn’t inquire too much about your family matters. Just make a trip back.”

“Okay, got it,” replied Zuko, agreeing and ending the call.

Lina was walking ahead and did not hear him making the call. The night enveloped her joyful figure as she occasionally turned around and waved at him.

Zuko spent the next two days contemplating how to take a “leave” from the Jenners. After much consideration, he decided to be honest. “My younger brother called and said there’s something going on at home. He wants me to go back for a while. I won’t be away for long, just two or three days, and I’ll definitely rush back.”

After speaking, Zuko looked directly at Jesse and Melissa, who were standing in front of him. They both stared at him intently for a moment before exchanging a smile and nodding.

Zuko was taken aback. In the blink of an eye, the couple swept the shelves clean and packed everything into a large duffle bag.

“Sir, ma’am, you—”

“Zeke!” Jesse looked at him, beaming. “We got nothing much for you to take home, but we run a supermarket. We have plenty to eat and drink!”

“That’s right. You can bring these to the in-laws— Oh no, no, I mean to

Zuko was dumbfounded.

free, filling the bag with staple foods and various snacks—two big bags of them. Even when they could not fit more inside, Melissa still managed to

empty shelves and the couple’s satisfied expressions, feeling both speechless and

don’t need

not?” they

carry these to the train for you if it’s

telling them a private plane was coming to

way, where’s your family

moment and answered softly,

sync for so many years, never mentioning the place “Centrolis” in

did not have memories, they might rush forth like a torrential flood—unstoppable once

of their lives,

not mentioning it did not mean it did not exist. After all, a person from Centrolis was standing before

concerned. Apart from telling Zuko to return quickly, she repeatedly reminded him that there was no need to

is studying intensively. She’s quite nervous, and it

Zuko found it strange, he

for him at the alley entrance early in the morning while the family was still asleep as if