Fleeing the Gilded Cage: Don’t Want to be the Billionaire’s Wife
Chapter 153: A Man’s Grief

Chapter 153: A Man’s Grief

Later, Benjamin waved his hand in front of Martina, and a distinct masculine fragrance hit her, finallybringing her back to her senses.

Instinctively, Martina took a step back, replaceing Benjamin dangerously close, as if he might kiss her anysecond.

Feeling a bit overwhelmed, she looked at him warily and said, “What’s up? Why are you so close? Ifyou have something to say, say it without getting touchy!”

Benjamin looked genuinely innocent this time, “I didn’t get touchy at all. I was just trying to talk to you,but you completely ignored me.”

Martina belatedly realized that she was lost in her thoughts earlier, not even paying attention to whatBenjamin was saying.

Her eyelids trembled slightly, and she tried to act nonchalant as she asked, “What did you say justnow? I spaced out and didn’t catch it.”

Benjamin’s gaze shifted, and of course, he wouldn’t repeat himself. He simply turned away and got offthe bed, his voice sounding somewhat muted, “It’s nothing.”

Martina felt a bit strange. She had just casually asked, so why did Benjamin suddenly becomefrustrated? Could it be that what he said earlier was really significant? However, Martina didn’t askfurther.

They got ready to continue their mountain climbing. Simon had prepared some mountaineeringequipment, though it wasn’t clear where he got them from. With these things, climbing the mountainwould be much easier for them.

Actually, sometimes money could be really handy. If Benjamin wanted to, he could effortlessly takethem to the mountaintop with his abilities. But he thought it would appear insincere, so he abandonedthat idea and dragged his injured body, determined to climb the mountain.

Martina couldn’t figure out where Benjamin got this stubborn idea from. There was a perfectly goodway, yet he insisted on making himself tired by climbing the mountain.

However, considering that Benjamin was already climbing despite his injuries, Martina didn’t have abetter solution, so she could only follow along.

After at least an hour of climbing, they finally reached the mountaintop. Thanks to their equipment, itwas much easier for them to climb than it would have been for others, who might have taken at leastthree hours.

Taking in the fresh air at the summit, Martina felt refreshed and delighted. The air up there was reallygood.

Perhaps due to the difficulty of the climb, not many people ventured up here, but those who did wouldreplace the atmosphere to be profoundly uplifting, as if it strengthened their determination.

Benjamin felt the same way.

Directly, his gaze swept around the surroundings, and he quickly noticed a temple about a few hundredmeters ahead!

The temple wasn’t large, only having one entrance, and almost everyone who reached the mountaintop would come and go from there.

Holding Martina’s hand, Benjamin continued walking towards it.

Martina looked much more relaxed compared to the other breathless climbers. The main reason wasthat Benjamin shouldered all the pressure himself, and he even wanted to carry her on his back. If itweren’t for she strongly rejecting the idea, he might have actually done it.

Above the temple, it wrote “Love Temple“.

As for what this temple was for, it was quite evident. Martina didn’t know much about it before, but nowthat she saw it with her own eyes, it became clearer.

At this moment, she finally understood why Benjamin insisted on coming to this place. So, he was hereto pray for a lifetime relationship as well?

A strange feeling washed over her. Was it possible that Benjamin had genuinely developed feelings forher and was now convinced that he wouldn’t change his mind?

Perhaps, at this moment, Benjamin’s possessiveness as a man made him unwilling to let go easily.

But Martina knew that as time passed, such possessiveness would fade away eventually. Why couldn’tBenjamin understand this?

Martina couldn’t bring herself to express her feelings directly, yet she couldn’t stay completelyindifferent either.

“Benjamin, in fact, places like Love Temple, some people believe in them while others don’t, but Ihappen to be one who doesn’t believe.,” she said, slowly. “If I had known you came up the mountain forthis, maybe I would have stopped you from the beginning.”

“Is it because you didn’t want to come here with me?” Benjamin seemed a bit hurt by her words. Theexpression in the man’s eyes appeared very complex. Despite his imposing figure, he seemed to befilled with extreme grievances.

Even though Benjamin was a high–ranking leader, he now appeared to be inferior. It wasn’t that he hada masochistic tendency, It was simply because he didn’t want to lose Martina.

During the month when Martina was away from home, Benjamin didn’t even kno he managed to holdon. Perhaps, he firmly believed that he would eventually replace hef that belief barely got him through.

When Benjamin found Martina, he was overwhelmed with excitement. Despite having so manyquestions to ask, he kept them all hidden in his heart, unable to voice them out. Especially at thatmoment when Martina was so weak and on the verge of losing consciousness, he wondered how muchsuffering she had endured to end up like this? At that moment, the anger in his heart dissipatedcompletely, replaced only by the joy of having her back.

He reminded himself that it didn’t matter, it didn’t matter at all why Martina had left before. The onlything that mattered was that she had returned. One should not be too greedy in life, otherwise, theymight end up losing everything.

That was why later, Benjamin underwent a profound transformation, discarding his old ways, and timeafter time, he challenged the preconceptions in Martina’s heart. It was just because he didn’t want towatch her leave helplessly. away.

Benjamin wouldn’t let anyone who had bullied Martina in the past or threatened her get

He realized that his past actions were indeed wrong. Even though he didn’t physically harm Martina,his indifference was a form of harm in itself. While he didn’t fully grasp the situation back then, heshould have understood if he had paid more attention. Especially when he recalled the words Elenasaid at that time, he still felt heartbroken even now.

Elena used to say, “Benjamin, do you really understand Martina? Do you really know what she thinks?Do you know how much she has sacrificed to be with you? Do you realize that she has given up so

much for you? What gives you the right to demand that she must stay with you? Is it just because ofyour face or your status?”