Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

Just then, Zuko’s phone rang. The slight startle caused him to lighten his kick as he saw the name on the screen he had been the most worried about seeing these past few days—Melissa.

Taking a deep breath, Zuko walked outside the room to answer the call. He greeted Melissa in a relaxed tone, “Ma’am.”

Melissa unconsciously called out “Zeke” but quickly corrected herself, becoming cautious and reserved. “Mr… Mr. Hamerton, hello.”

“Ma’am, no need to be formal with me. Just call me Zeke. Why didn’t you inform me when you left Centrolis a few days ago?”

“Oh…” Melissa forced a smile and said, “We didn’t want to bother you. We can still manage… Well… Lina… Is she doing well?”

She hesitated before finally asking the question.

…

In fact, for the past two days, she had been agonizing over this phone call. The moment she learned that Lina was the only daughter of the Thompsons, a true heiress, she knew that she should gracefully step back.

her own daughter. Upon returning to Jangasas, she repeatedly looked through Lina’s

best not to think about her daughter, but she couldn’t help herself and secretly called Lina, just wanting to hear her voice. However, there was no

surprised because she knew her daughter well and couldn’t fathom why she cut off contact without any cause. The only possibility was… Melissa couldn’t bear

soon as this thought emerged, Melissa’s heart pounded anxiously. Disregarding her ongoing treatment at the hospital,

up with her, panting, and urged her to stop overthinking. After all, Lina was the Thompson heiress, and her biological parents would

negative thoughts. She held them in until today when she couldn’t sit still

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humble tone. “Mr. H-Hamerton, is Lina with you? Can you

could easily fabricate a lie with a poker face if it were someone else. But facing Melissa, who was deeply concerned about her beloved daughter, he suddenly seemed to have lost his ability to

“Mr. Hamerton? Zeke?”

tightened. “Lina… She’s busy

the other end of the line, followed by Melissa’s disappointed

a good education while growing

long as she’s doing well.