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!”

in-laws— Oh

Zuko was dumbfounded.

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 squeeze in a few bags of calcium-rich crackers for the

at the empty shelves and the couple’s satisfied expressions,

don’t need

they

when are you leaving? We’ll help carry these to

a private plane was

where’s

for a moment and answered softly,

for so many years, never mentioning the place “Centrolis” in front of Lina. It was because they had stolen their

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

of their

it did not mean it did not exist. After all, a person from

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

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

found it strange, he

and hopped into the car waiting for him at the alley entrance early in