Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

"Why didn't you..." Lena frowned. "Just knock instead of turning the handle?"

Alexander was taken aback.

"That's something you need to learn," Lena said seriously. "No matter where you go, whether it's to the teacher's office or your classmates' dorm, you must knock on the door first instead of opening it right away. It's a matter of courtesy. Do you understand?"

His lips moved, but in the end, he chose to hold back what he was going to say.

It wasn't him who had done that just now.

More than ten minutes ago, he had accidentally found himself in this quiet corridor while trying to escape the noise of the banquet for some fresh air. He had no idea what the room was for, only seeing someone trying to enter it in the dark.

He hadn't seen the person's face, and that person had been on high alert, fleeing after failing to open the door.

He had approached because he became concerned when he heard Lena's voice asking, "Who is it?" from inside. That's why he knocked.

aren't you saying anything again?" Lena asked with concern. "Did

He nodded.

"You—"

before Lena could finish her

was suddenly filled with chaos. Memories of that little boy, with snot dripping from his nose, always wanting her to carry him, would occasionally haunt her. Those painful memories felt like needles pricking

from the village. Despite being Drake's son, the child she had longed for, he couldn't escape the

right to strike his son. Whenever he lost money in a bet or got drunk, he

always shield him. The tools Drake used

couldn't endure such a life any longer. After planning for a long time, she finally took the step of never returning

stop for a moment. It was only after she crossed the mountain that she finally sat by the side of the road,

that moment, she found candies

colorful packaging, two candies glistened like precious stones in

hadn't eaten them. Lena hadn't paid much attention to

sister wanted to leave and that she wouldn't take him with her. He knew he had