Married a Secret Billionaire by Breaking Wave

Linda and Lina were momentarily stunned, their attention drawn to the door in unison.

Nicholas stood there, wearing a harmless smile. He had been pacing outside his daughter’s room for a while, even

before Linda brought the tray upstairs. He was concerned that his daughter hadn’t eaten and was in a bad mood.

The fear of losing the daughter they had worked so hard to find haunted him.

However, he didn’t know how to approach her. He was a father, a man, and there were certain things that girls

might not want to discuss with a man.

While he had been hesitating, he saw Linda going upstairs, so he quickly hid to the side. After Linda knocked on the

door and entered, he sneaked half of his body out and peeked inside, straining his ears to listen.

But the more he listened, the more something seemed off. Why were these two crying so much?

Anxious, Nicholas knocked on the door and walked over, pretending to be passing by.

“Oh… I was about to go to the study.” He smiled. “I just happened to pass by here and heard you two crying… Hey,

Linda, are you bullying my precious daughter?”

Nicholas kept exchanging glances with Linda as he spoke, hoping she would play along. However, his attempt at

humor fell flat and only made his wife burst into laughter.

“It’s not funny at all,” Linda said, her lips curling up as she looked at Lina. “Don’t mind your father. He’s naturally

lacking in humor. When he was young, he used to cause trouble at Uncle Zephyr and Aunt Cordelia’s cafe, scaring

away customers with his grin!”

“Are you remembering it wrong?” Nicholas widened his eyes and retorted, “Zephyr is clearly the one with a poker

face!”

“Then what kind of face do you have?” Linda laughed. “A kidney bean face?”

Nicholas admitted defeat, and the three of them burst into laughter.

Lina held onto her father with one hand and her mother with the other, just as she used to hold hands with Jesse

and Melissa when she was little. She treasured moments of happiness like this.

“Good girl, there’s no need to be troubled,” Nicholas said, patting Lina’s head. “I know about your adoptive

mother… To be honest, your mother and I blame those two. We blame them for not sending you back after saving

you, causing us to suffer for 20 years. But…

“But I’ve always told your mother, and I’ve been consoling myself. The past cannot be undone. The only thing we

can do is cherish the present.

“Now that you’re back, we won’t hold it against them anymore… Besides, they’ve also sacrificed a lot for you in

these 20 years. They raised you, and you should repay their kindness.”

“Dad…”

“Your adoptive mother needs you now,” Nicholas said, his eyes brimming with tender love as he held her hand. “You

need to take care of her, but not at that hospital.”

“What?”

“What’s with the confusion?” Nicholas became haughty. “Isn’t it time for that brat Zuko to show up? His family has a

joint hospital established by his grandfather. Didn’t he tell you!?

“If that brat doesn’t help with this favor, he can forget about marrying my daughter!”

“You’re getting senile, aren’t you? Saying such things!” Linda scolded him with a hard pinch. “Go to bed. Don’t

disturb our daughter’s rest!”

“Hey, sweetheart, I’m serious!”

Nicholas was pushed out by his wife, assuming the stance of an authoritative father-in-law.

“I need to test that brat properly! If he can’t pass my test, he can forget about marrying my precious daughter!”

“Now you call him a brat? You treated him like your own son before!”

“Well… that was before!” Nicholas refused to accept it. “Besides, Zephyr kicked me in the back! I have to seek

revenge on his son for that!”

“Nicholas! Don’t forget that you kicked him too!” Linda pulled out her secret weapon. She twisted Nicholas’ ear,

causing him to yelp in pain. “You old man, go to bed! Don’t make me bring out the washboard!”

“Alright, alright… Sweetheart, be gentle!”

Lina watched the loving, bickering backs of her parents and couldn’t help but laugh. She returned to her room and

lay down on the bed, feeling relaxed.

As expected, Zuko called to bid her goodnight.

The first words that came out of his deep and husky voice were: “Miss me?”

Lina simply smiled and didn’t answer.

Zuko didn’t tease her either and spoke seriously. “I’ve already arranged for your mother’s hospital transfer.”

“So fast?”

“If I’m not fast, Uncle Nicholas might never let me marry you, right?”

Lina was taken aback. She really suspected that Zuko had planted a bug in her house.

“Don’t be surprised.” Zuko chuckled. “Actually, I could tell from the way Uncle Nicholas looked at me last time when

I dropped you home… My dad said that all fathers-in-law in the world have the same look in their eyes when they

see their sons-in-law. My grandfather didn’t like him at all back then!”

“He didn’t like him?” Lina chuckled mischievously. “Then why does he keep sending him Ult-Alpha?”

“You…”

Realization hit Zuko. She knew everything and deliberately wanted to see him flustered that night! Her laughter

over the phone was like a kitten’s pawing at his heart, making him restless.

While Lina laughed, she turned over and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her waist. She couldn’t help but let out a soft

gasp.

Zuko was alarmed. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s nothing.” Lina rubbed her waist. “Zuko, the ointments you got last time don’t seem to work well. They don’t

have much effect on the pain in my waist.”

Zuko’s expression fell as a thought crossed his mind.

Those medications from Southeast Aciatic were meant for external injuries, providing relief to surface symptoms

but not addressing the root cause. Perhaps her real injury was internal.

Zuko spoke seriously. “Lina, while Aunt Melissa is transferring hospitals, get yourself checked at the joint hospital

too!”

Lina paused and asked softly after a while, “Do you think it’s serious? But the pain only comes and goes. It’s not

usually painful.”

“That’s precisely why it’s concerning.” Zuko sighed softly. “Let’s get it checked, so I can be at ease.”

“Okay,” Lina replied softly with a smile. “I’ll listen to you!”