Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

Cordelia peeled her heavy eyelids open. She felt like her bones were dismantled and reassembled. The pain was unbearable.

She was greeted with white walls and the smell of antiseptic while being bandaged in gauze from head to toe. What was even more exaggerated was that her leg was hung high.

She was stunned when a large hand held hers, and the warmth of it seeped into her heart.

Cordelia turned to meet the man’s deep eyes.

He looked at her quietly with complex emotions running through them. Worry, frustration, concern, affection… and self-blame. He forced a smile and stroked her hair softly, speaking hoarsely. “You’re finally awake.”

Cordelia jostled, her head buzzing. Other than pain, she could not feel anything.

“What happened to me?”

“You don’t remember?” Marcus held her hand in his and rubbed it gently.

Cordelia’s lips were dry, and her throat was so parched—it felt like it was on fire. Her streams of consciousness slowly poured in, and she remembered everything that had happened that night.

Michael and Jesse kept making her drink and pushed her to Josiah. The latter took her into the car. She was unwilling to be taken advantage of, so she took off her bag strap and strangled the driver, then…

Cordelia grew restless and gripped her fists.

“It’s fine now,” Marcus consoled her softly. “Everything’s over. As long as you’re okay.”

“Honey,” she called out softly, looking at him with her arms stretched for a hug.

sat next to her to help her up and carefully

to the familiar heartbeat, her grievance and fear she had been suppressing were finally released,

as he

actually texted me about your situation once you finished work.

Cordelia pressed her lips

hardly be

her teeth, and

serious. Aside from this, it’s scrapes everywhere else. Consider yourself

I won’t get to walk for some time?”

care of you for the

culinary skills. If he were to take care of her, she would have blanched vegetables

hands around

look. After a while of silence,

“Hmm?”

off

deep breath

that time. If I didn’t hear Michael and Jesse’s conversation in advance, I might already…” She bit

out of the car as self-defense was my only choice in that situation. I couldn’t sit around and wait

you know how dangerous it is to strangle the driver from the back and jump out of the car recklessly? What if you fell to

skipped a beat. She looked up at the man. He looked stern and serious, his dark eyes rather frosty. Although he rarely smiled, he was not

Was she wrong to have

“Would you rather some man take me

to stay alive!” Marcus’