The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 185 - 166. The Deepest Love

Chapter 185: 166. The Deepest Love

Mario Jensen stood in front of Lina Miller’s bed, staring at her sleeping face without moving...

Lina was a rare, naturally beautiful person in the entertainment industry, with fair skin, bright features, and a graceful figure. Especially her calm and gentle temperament was enough to make any man drool.

Over the years, many men have taken a liking to her and pursued her, but none caught her eye. Some even teased him, saying that having such a soulmate must be hard to resist, and maintaining the boundary between men and women.

At the time, he just smiled without responding, but he also thought, if it weren’t for Ivy Aretha, would he fall in love with this woman?

After all, falling in love with a woman like Lina, who seemingly has no flaws, is a very easy thing to do!

Unfortunately, his heart already belongs to someone else, and the mark engraved in his heart is too deep, so forgetting is ultimately too difficult. He always thought he would handle it well, but yesterday he actually did that to her!

She must have been terrified last night!

He remembered that she has always been timid. Every time she attended press conferences, being touched by someone would scare her pale, let alone being forcefully taken by himself!

At this thought, Mario Jensen felt an agitated urge to kill himself.

When did he become the despicable beast he hated? Don’t rabbits refrain from eating the grass by their burrows?

How could he have done it to someone close to him?

Perhaps due to the man’s intense gaze, the person on the bed turned in her sleep. Her fair face buried in the pillow, she continued to sleep.

After sleeping for a while, Lina was still groggy but felt something was off. The scorching gaze that had been on her face was now on her back. Was this not an illusion?

After a moment, Lina suddenly opened her eyes. A still-wrapped-in-a-bath-towel Mario Jensen was standing in front of her bed, not moving, his figure etched in her view. It seemed he had just taken a shower, his hair still damp and clinging, his muscular chest and defined abs exuding a wild and stimulating appeal, the lower half of his body wrapped in a bath towel.

She, like the majority of women who admire him, was curious and always wanted to know what the usually silent and abstinent Mario Jensen’s physique was really like. What was the figure under that expensive suit like?

Was it all show and no substance? Or was it as advertised?

However, after experiencing last night, even her curiosity was buried by the shyness of the bedroom!

"Ahem, why did you wake up so early?" Lina asked awkwardly, coughing lightly and gripping the quilt tighter to her chest. "Last night, I asked Xiao Cui to send over a set of men’s clothes in the morning. Has it not arrived yet?"

Mario Jensen looked at her very intently, so intense that she felt slightly guilty. With his gaze on her, Lina’s heart raced, and even a single beat was filled with fear.

"Did you sleep in the..." the words "guest room" were left unsaid as Lina cut him off.

"I slept in my own room last night, the guest room was occupied by you. You were drunk and treated my guest room like your own home, not even letting me in. I’ve never seen you so unreasonable before!"

Lina almost ran out of breath while saying these words, and when she finished the last word, her heart was in her throat. The feeling of waiting for execution was truly unbearable!

After saying these words, Lina hid herself under the quilt, leaving only her head exposed. Even so, she dared not look at him.

Having cooperated with him for so many years, she was well aware of Mario Jensen’s temperament — cold and ruthless, decisive and resolute in handling matters. As a result, not many people dared to provoke him, and those who did usually met a miserable end!

She had always been a bystander in these situations, but now it was her turn. She dared not even imagine what he would do. In his heart, Ivy Aretha was like an obsession, and anyone who violated his commitment would be shown no mercy!

So all she could do was pretend to be innocent. Even though she was the one who suffered, she still felt like she was taking advantage, so she was the one who should feel guilty!

Upon hearing her words, Mario Jensen didn’t say anything. His beautiful eyebrows just furrowed tightly, forming a "chuan" character, while his eyes focused intently on her flushed, fair, and transparent face.

His deep and complicated gaze locked onto her face before he leisurely uttered two ambiguous words, "Really?"

Lina stiffened and tensed up, her entire body sinking into a panic. She didn’t understand if these two words meant that he believed her or not.

"Yes, yes, that’s it!"

No matter if he believed her or not, Lina could only treat what she said as fact. "It’s really scary when a man drinks too much. You don’t even know how terrifying you were. I really regret not taking a picture of you like that. I could use it to threaten you if you don’t increase my pay in the future!"

Mario Jensen: "..."

Acting as if he were exploiting her!

"I remember that your pay has never stopped increasing, right?" Mario Jensen scrutinized her and asked with interest, "Didn’t you say you aren’t short of money now and only want fame, not profit, and want to do more charity work?"

As the pillar of Jensen, Lina received a lot of support from the boss, Mario Jensen. He never treated his employees badly, especially those who joined when he needed them most!

But it seemed Lina wasn’t interested in money. She was already a famous actress, and since she lived alone, there was no one to spend the money she earned. Therefore, she aspired for fame, not profit!

This line of thinking did help relieve some of the pressure on Jensen when they first entered the entertainment industry!

"Ahem, I don’t lack money now, but there will always be a time when I do, right?" Lina didn’t expect Mario Jensen to take her casual remark so seriously. "It’s always better to be prepared in advance to be on the safe side!"

"Fine, if you want a raise, just notify finance. Raise it as much as you want!"

Lina: "..."

So how should she proceed now?

She had already explained everything. So, what did it mean for this man to be standing naked at her bedside and not leaving?

"Ding dong..."

Just as Lina was unsure how to explain things, the sharp sound of the doorbell rang. It must be someone delivering clothes!

"Uh, that should be the person delivering the clothes. You should go get it first, as I haven’t put clothes on yet..."

Before Lina could finish, Mario Jensen vanished like a gust of wind from her bedroom, even closing the door for her along the way.

Looking at the figure that had disappeared before her eyes, Lina’s deep gaze fell on the door that had just been slammed shut, and all sorts of complex emotions welled up in her heart!

Did he find out or not?

He was so drunk last night; he should not have discovered it, right?

Isn’t it said that one’s last act in a drunken stupor is usually forgotten, and after sleeping, everything would be forgotten as if it were a dream? Many people wake up with no trace of their actions!

Sigh!

Lina heaved a long sigh before getting up to dress and wash. In other people’s homes, when a woman encounters such a situation, she usually clings to the man. But when it’s her turn, why did it turn out like this?