The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 230 - 211. How did the child hide

Chapter 230: 211. How did the child hide

"Mm, I’ve grown tired of acting all these years, I want to take a break!"

Indeed, acting initially was a hobby, but as time went on, the glamour of living under the camera’s lens became a pressure on her life, even her personal privacy became a source of pleasure for others to exploit.

Due to the sudden pregnancy, she was indeed physically and mentally exhausted!

The sudden sadness made Mario Jensen’s heart ache, and he became sad along with her emotions, almost unable to continue asking: "Alright, if you don’t want to act, then don’t. If you’re tired, just rest, I’ll support you!"

"I’ll support you" — these three words that a man would only say to his woman — were spoken so unguardedly and without even a hint of forethought. Mario Jensen immediately felt the woman in his arms tense up, realizing his slip of the tongue, he quickly explained: "You’ve worked hard for the Jensen company for so long and achieved so much. It’s only right for the company to support you!"

He knew that Lina Miller hated the idea of a man supporting a woman. He was afraid that she would misunderstand his intention, so his mood was somewhat tense as he explained himself.

As the words fell, Mario Jensen still felt her relax in his arms, but he didn’t notice the color on her delicate small face had sunk again, carrying a lost emotion.

The low and somber tone of her voice was different from her previous calmness, with a bit of disappointment: "No need, the salary that Jensen has given me all these years is enough to last me for the rest of my life!"

Mario Jensen wanted to say something else, but he found that no matter what he said now, it seemed weak: "It’s getting late, I’ll carry you to bed... to rest!"

The moment the two words "to bed" left his mouth, Mario Jensen felt as if they might be misunderstood, so he quickly changed to "to rest". Then Lina Miller had already been carried into the bedroom, and he helped her fill the tub with hot water before carrying her into the bathroom.

"When you’re done, call out for me. I’ll be waiting for you outside!"

What was originally a simple statement of concern became ambiguous because of the word "waiting". This ambiguous atmosphere made Mario Jensen’s face turn a barely noticeable shade of red as soon as he turned away.

Blushing in front of a woman, this was a first for him!

Even when he was reunited with the princess he had been longing for under the sycamore tree on campus all those years ago, he did not blush but was only shocked and delighted, followed by a crushing blow!

Yet today, just these two simple words ’waiting for you’ made him have wild thoughts. Just as Ethan Stones, that bastard doctor, had said, as long as he was holding a woman, he would have desires. And since she was the only woman he had ever held, so...

Lina Miller stared blankly as the man left the room, then closed the bathroom door, leaving her alone in the bathroom with only the steaming hot water in the bathtub to remind her of the man’s presence!

Mario Jensen was extraordinarily gentle with her tonight, as if he had changed into a different person. This gentleness was like bewitching poison; knowing it was toxic, she still couldn’t help herself from sinking in and falling in love with a man whose heart belonged to someone else. She knew she was seeking solace in poison!

Yet, she still couldn’t control her heart. Lina Miller was naturally calm and good at disguises. She could easily control her emotions, but she couldn’t control her heart that would beat for him at any time!

From the moment she saw him in the ruins, she knew that the man destined to live in her heart had appeared!

At that time, she was pinned under several men, and she had already gathered all her strength to bite down on her tongue. Just a moment away from biting down and saying goodbye to this gloomy world.

It was then that he appeared like a god, Mario Jensen who was barely twenty, wearing the most fashionable white shirt and casual pants for boys at the time, looking so young and naive. Yet when he took action, he was nothing like an under-twenty-year-old, but a true man.

She especially remembered what he said at the time: "Since I’ve encountered this trouble, whether it deserves it or not, I, Mario Jensen, will take it on!"

Such skillful actions and imposing manner deeply etched into her mind like a curse, engraved into her heart, unchanged over the years, and from then on her heart was occupied by a man named Mario Jensen.

Before she could confess her love, she found out that there was a woman who had left him a long time ago in his heart. However, she did not lose hope or grow cold-hearted because of this; instead, she became interested in his story. Later, she became his listener, learning many stories about that girl. The more he loved that girl, the more she loved him!

So when she met Ivy Aretha for the first time, with just a glance, she knew that the woman in his heart had returned, and all she could do was to continue accompanying him quietly, never leaving nor getting too close!

Just like Inara Reynolds in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", her persistent deep love for Linghu Chong and his junior sister drove her mad. Loving a man’s infatuation with another woman was insanity!

However, reality was different from a novel. She was Lina Miller, not Inara Reynolds. She was born as a supporting character, never to be the main character, and now she might not even be able to be a supporting character!

Well, supporting characters are, after all, supporting characters; their exits are bound to happen eventually!

After bathing, Lina Miller realized an awkward fact: she was carried directly into the bathroom by Mario Jensen, so she didn’t even bring any clothes to change into after her bath. Naturally, there wouldn’t be any clothes or anything like that in the bathroom, let alone underwear!

She originally planned to go out wrapped in a bath towel, but found that the only lifesaving bath towel was now lying gloriously in her bathtub. The only thing she could use now was a small towel, but that tiny towel wasn’t even enough to cover a single part of her!

If only she was home alone, she would simply go out like that. But right now, Mario Jensen was just outside the bathroom door, occasionally making very noticeable noises.

Lina Miller felt stifled; what should she do?

Go out wearing a wet bath towel? Or wait in the bathroom for the wet bath towel to dry?

Obviously, neither was possible!

And asking Mario Jensen to help her fetch her underwear was something she really couldn’t bring herself to say, even though they had done more intimate things before. Besides, that was her doing it sneakily!

It could also be said as taking advantage of a crisis!

For a while, Lina Miller didn’t know what to do, so she could only daze around, and soak for a while longer!

Mario Jensen, leaning against her bathroom door, had been standing there for half an hour. There was still no movement from the person inside, which made him worried. Earlier, that woman could barely stand without support, and now she was bathing alone, with no movement at all— could she have drowned in the bathtub?

Although this kind of situation happening to a highly intelligent and high EQ woman like Lina Miller was rare, the situation was different today. Since she was considered a patient, it was not entirely impossible!

Thinking of this, Mario Jensen knocked forcefully on the bathroom door: "Lina, are you done yet?"