My Child and I Married a Billionaire novel Chapter 389

Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Too Many Tears

"I have some money. I’ll transfer it to you so you can get a hotel room. It was written clearly on the paper—I can’t stay at their house anymore either. If you follow me, you’ll just be a total embarrassment. And you know Grandma isn’t in good health. Bro, if she finds out you’re here and causing trouble, what if she gets sick from the stress... I really have to go. Let me leave first. As for everything else, we can talk about it later."

Seeing her tone soften, her two brothers thought she had a point and stopped trying to force the issue.

The only problem was that they were still using old-fashioned button phones. They didn’t have WeChat or Alipay, so Amina couldn’t transfer the money to them.

Her eldest brother said, "I found out you were in Veridia from Linden, and we’ve been staying at his place these past few days. We’ve been freeloading off him for a while now, so we really should settle the bill. Come on, you know we don’t know how to handle this stuff. Come with us to pay him back."

Amina was a little surprised.

’No wonder they managed to find their way to Veridia, and even to Zeke Walton’s house. So they had an inside connection.’

Linden was Amina’s elementary school classmate. His parents had left to become migrant workers when he was very young, and he did the same after graduating from middle school.

Everyone in the village said Linden’s family had struck it rich and that’s why they never went back.

’So they’re in Veridia, too.’

Amina’s family wasn’t related to Linden’s, yet her brother had been staying with them for so long.

Feeling awkward about the situation, Amina went with her two brothers.

It turned out Linden’s parents had started out working on construction sites years ago. After saving up some money, they opened a small restaurant near a construction site and had been running it ever since.

Even though they hadn’t seen each other in years, they were very warm and friendly when they saw Amina.

Especially Linden.

His eyes were glued to Amina, who had blossomed like a flower.

Amina didn’t ask why they had taken her brothers in. She just added Linden on WeChat, transferred the money, and left, making the excuse that she had something to do.

Back home, for the first time, she went to sleep in broad daylight.

This sudden upheaval left her feeling completely lost about the future. Drained of all energy, she lay in bed as a jumble of thoughts ran through her mind, replaying everything over and over.

From the first day she met Zeke Walton to their parting this morning, and his mother’s words—giving her just one week to come up with a reasonable excuse to break up with him without causing him pain.

They hadn’t even truly broken up yet, but Amina could already feel sharp pangs of pain seizing her heart.

She couldn’t think of a single good excuse to bring up a breakup.

It was agonizing. She cried and cried in bed until, exhausted, she drifted off to sleep without realizing it.

When she woke up, Zeke Walton was already back.

He had come straight to the bedside to find her. Seeing her sleeping soundly, he wrapped his arms around her from behind, pulling her into his embrace and leaning down to kiss her lips.

Amina loved being held by him like this and desperately wanted to return his kiss.

But the words of Zeke’s mother, and the despicable behavior of her two brothers, were like a repeating curse in her ear, reminding her that she couldn’t be intimate with Zeke Walton anymore.

Amina twisted her head away and buried her face in the pillow. Zeke Walton’s lips met empty air.

"Hey, not even letting me kiss you now? What’s wrong?" he teased. "The housekeeper said you’ve been asleep for a while. It’s time to get up for dinner. If you sleep any longer, you won’t be able to sleep tonight. Get up."

Though he hadn’t gotten his kiss, Zeke Walton wasn’t angry. He spoke as he started to pull her up.

Swallowing the pain in her heart, Amina shook his hand off.

"I’ll go on my own."

Zeke Walton just assumed she was cranky from waking up and didn’t think much of it, leaving the room ahead of her.

During dinner, he chatted with his grandmother and the housekeeper just like always, acting like an ordinary boy next door.

Everyone was so happy and harmonious. Amina thought mournfully, ’I’ll never be part of a scene like this again. Maybe not for the rest of my life.’

’Zeke Walton, thank you for everything you’ve given me.’

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