The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 384 - 363: A real man has the courage to accept responsibility for his actions!

Chapter 384: Chapter 363: A real man has the courage to accept responsibility for his actions!

Huh?

What should she say?

How could she explain something like this?

"I..." Lina wanted to say I do, but when she tried to utter those words, they got stuck in her throat. Thoughts of that night when she had wrapped her arms around him flashed through her mind, causing her already blushing cheeks to turn even redder.

"Lina!"

Although he didn’t get the answer he wanted, Lina’s shyness satisfied him more than any answer could have.

"Mm!"

She was surprisingly obedient. When he called out, she responded earnestly but still avoided looking at him. She yearned to know what was on his mind when he realized that she was the woman from that night!

"I’m asking you if you were willing that night. Were you?"

Mario Jensen didn’t let go. He gently lifted her bowed head, his intense gaze meeting hers, his demanding voice echoed, "Answer me, you must!!"

He added, "Just say yes if it’s yes and no if it’s no. Don’t evade or lie!"

"Then answer me first!"

With his persistent gaze on her, Lina suddenly found her courage, "You answer me first, what were you thinking when you realized it was me? Do you regret drinking so much that night?"

She had initially felt guilty, but since Mario Jensen had pressed her so much, she just went ahead and asked!

And, she wanted to know if what he had said on the operating table — that he loved her — was just because she was about to die and he wanted to give her a will to live!

"Okay!"

Mario Jensen nodded decisively, the next moment, he gently rested his forehead onto hers, their hot breaths intermingling. "I don’t regret it; instead, I’m grateful. I’m grateful that I drank that much and had the chance, and courage, to ravish the National Goddess. But I was a bit worried..."

He didn’t finish his sentence but just silently watched her. Their gaze locked onto each other and suddenly his intense gaze softened into a tender, deep look that seemed to draw her very soul towards him.

A sudden unease filled Lina’s heart, and she instinctively asked along his lines, "Worried about what?"

"Initially, I was worried that you would hate me for taking your innocence. Later..." Mario Jensen paused, staring at her for a moment before continuing, "After you left, I became even more worried, worried that you had someone in your heart and my actions had ruined it, you would never see me again. Lina, do you hate me?"

Lina’s heart pounded in her chest. A swell of emotions she couldn’t put into words washed over her, making her heart leap. Her emotions exploded, "Mario, I don’t hate you. I don’t hate you at all!"

"So, is there someone you like?"

Mario Jensen asked almost instinctively.

"Yes!"

She liked him!

"Who?!"

Mario Jensen’s face fell in an instant. His previously tender eyes instantly darkened!

"Lina, tell me who you like?"

Ever since she knew him, Lina knew that Mario had someone he loved. Of course, she wouldn’t love him. However, she had never shown any signs of liking him!

After knowing her feelings, all he had hoped for was that her heart was empty. Then he would have a chance because he was closest to her and at least there was a likelihood of affection. But now, she suddenly said she liked someone, and the way she had left so decisively before, was it to get away from him?

Just as Mario Jensen looked at her expectantly, the temperature around them seemingly dropping with each passing second, a soft and gentle voice rang in his ears, "I like... you, Mario, I love you!"

One second, two seconds, it seemed as if time had paused completely!

Mario Jensen stared blankly at the person before him, her words, "Mario, I love you!" repeatedly echoing in his mind.

Yes, she said she loved him!

"Lina, say it again, repeat what you just said!"

Mario Jensen, stirred up with excitement, hastily kissed her forehead, eyebrows, and cheeks. Even though he had heard her, he still couldn’t quite believe it - such good fortune had come so quickly!

Lina Miller, always obedient, plus seeing the man’s agitated reaction, was in a mood of complete happiness. So, she obediently opened her mouth to say, "Mario, I love..."

"Aye aye aye, Lina, who are you trying to say you love?"

Before Lina could finish her sentence, the door to the ward was pushed open. Ivy Aretha and Julie Harrison entered with one big and one small in tow. With a mischievous glint in her eyes, Ivy’s gaze bounced between the two, looking ready to disrupt the scene. "Classmate, Lina just gave birth for you yesterday, and today you couldn’t even wait to get out of bed to confess your love, that’s a bit unsporting isn’t it?"

Mario Jensen: "..."

Did he force love?

At these words, Lina’s face turned red embarrassingly again. But mindful that Ivy was a guest, she merely held back and refrained from lowering her head to avoid the embarrassment!

"Ivy, don’t compare me to your husband Mr. Gordon, I’m very democratic, I wouldn’t force love on a woman!"

Ivy Aretha: "..."

But it seems like her Mr. Gordon really does like to force love on women!

"Ahem, Lina, do you believe him?" Ivy enquired while walking over to Lina. Her eyes settled on the already sleeping baby in Lina’s arms. With a cheeky grin, she reached out and picked up the little one from Lina’s arms.

Ivy, having raised Bianca, was clearly more skilled at handling a baby than Lina, a new mom!

As soon as Ivy took the baby, Bianca and Roy Thompson hurried over, their eyes filled with admiration for the baby!

"I believe him!"

The anticipated words from Lina arrived, just as Ivy suspected; she was still a naive, good girl!

"Lina, you’re so naive, you’re going to be completely drained by this cunning wolf in the future, until not even your bones are left!" Ivy said while holding baby Nana and appreciating her, "Your husband is far more conniving than mine. My husband forced me into marriage openly, but yours did it secretly!"

Seeing the indescribable love between these two, Ivy thought it was necessary to confess on behalf of Mario!

"Secretly?"

Mr. Michael Gordon was aboveboard in everything he did. Matters like forcing into marriage were obviously taken by force whether the bride was willing or not. That’s why Mario couldn’t snatch her.

This was Mario forcing into marriage secretly, which she didn’t quite understand. Did Mario use it on Ivy?

Did Ivy reject it, and then get married to Mr. Michael Gordon?

"What do you mean? Ivy, I don’t quite understand!"

"So, how did you get married to Mario?" Ivy asked smilingly back. This girl really trusts her Mario, she’s even put her usually smart brain aside!

"When Mario took me back to the country, the reporters waiting at the airport barricaded us, then..."

"Did you know those reporters?"

Ivy almost instantly asked before she could finish, prompting a scornful glance from Mario in warning.

"Mario, stop warning me. A real man dares to admit what he’s done!"