Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

"Will you stay here with me?" Maisie asked.

Daniel smiled and gently patted Maisie's head, wrapping her in a tight embrace.

However, Maisie found it difficult to succumb to sleep when the person she loved was beside her. She opened her eyes and gazed at him, savoring every moment and reluctant to let time slip away in slumber.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Daniel asked with a smile.

"I suddenly don't feel like sleeping anymore. Can we talk?" Maisie requested.

He nodded and smiled, extending his hand to pat her head.

"Daniel."

"What is it?"

you love patting my head so much? It's like I'm a kitten or a puppy!" Maisie blurted out unintentionally, noticing a change in his

his fingertips trembling. It seemed like a subconscious habit, triggering a recollection of Maisie saying similar words in the past, albeit with pain

head! Do you think you're playing with a pet? Daniel, when will you treat me like a human?!" Maisie

him to

are you doing?

He released her in

eyes, Maisie

nor a kitten. You're not

Maisie was stunned. "I

pat your head again. Don't you dare call yourself a puppy or a kitten

"Daniel..."

he insisted, shocking

to her senses as he suddenly hugged her. Regret and remorse plagued him, the complex emotions akin to needles

comforting a child. "How have you been lately? You don't look too good, and you've been saying weird things. Is there something going