Billionaire's Sweetheart

Chapter 869

Inexplicably, when Mary Ann asked this question, before Leo William could even give her an answer, her beautiful eyes immediately turned red. It was as if no matter how Leo replied, she wanted to cry.

Leo originally wanted to blurt out words, but after seeing the moisture in the depths of her eyes, he also froze.

Only then did he carefully think about how to answer so that she wouldn't feel sad.

"Mary, I am not worried about what will happen to myself. I am only worried about you. This matter will definitely affect your reputation." The man's voice was deep and filled with doting affection. His complicated gaze focused on her face, filled with an expression of sympathy.

Mary Ann suddenly threw herself into his embrace, her two slender and small hands, like octopus, firmly hugged onto the man's sturdy body, her fair and tender face stuck to his chest, and sniffed: "I don't care, I'm not afraid either!"

The expression in Leo's eyes stiffened. He lowered his head again and saw the resolute expression on her beautiful face.

As a dignified man, he actually didn't have the courage of his little girl. He was truly ashamed.

"Mary, what you need to do is to keep silent and let me handle it. I don't want to hear anything. I don't want to hear any words of advice or words of comfort," Said Leo.

"Leo, I'm tired and just let me have a rest in your embrace. " said Mary. She was as vulnerable as a child and also like a wounded person. At this moment, all she wanted to do was to quietly lean into the

embrace of the man closest to her and close her eyes.

Leo knew that she was very emotional, and was an unreasonable person.

He was already used to it, but seeing her at this moment, she was like an obedient child, quietly with his eyes closed, filled with love.

His firm long arms hugged her even more tightly. She didn't like to hear it, so he didn't say a word.

The hotel was small, with a small garden in front of the door. All kinds of plants were cultivated in the garden, and although it was winter, it was green and fresh, giving people a feeling of prosperity.

Leo whispered into Mary Ann's ear: "We're already in our hotel, let's go in!"

Only then did Mary Ann open her eyes. Along the way, she hadn't fallen asleep at all, but had instead been incomparably clear, greedily absorbing the aura held by the man, and also listening to his heartbeat, which was getting stronger and stronger each time. She knew that Leo's feeling right now was definitely very chaotic as well.

Had she messed up his heartbeat? She still had that kind of ability? Thinking about it, Mary's mood lighted up a little.

Holding hands, the two of them swiped the card through the villa's door and walked in.

"Leo, you can go in the hotel first. Just leave me alone!" Mary suddenly let go of her small hands and walked over to a swing chair at the side.

Leo knew that she was not in a good mood, and did not disturb her. He only warned her softly, "It's cold outside, do not sit outside for too long.”

"Ok!" Hearing his concern, Mary Ann smirked and replied happily.

Leo then walked towards the living room. Mary lazily sat on the swing, raised her head and looked at the sky.

She didn't want to look at her phone at all nor did she want to know what the internet was spreading about them. She wanted to keep her eyes closed in peace.

Suddenly, a cell phone rang.

Mary's body trembled, different from the other bells, they were all from her mother, Belle Ann.

Mary Ann was extremely nervous, she had been waiting for her mother's phone to ring.

Mary sneakily glanced in the direction of the living room. Seeing that the man did not hear the bell, she jumped off the chair, then quietly opened the villa's door and went out.

She didn't want Leo to hear the call from her mother.

Once he was outside on the main street, Mary picked up the phone.

"Mom!" Mary suddenly said softly

"Where are you?" Belle's tone was tinged with worry and also with a hint of anger.

"I'm overseas!" Mary immediately replied.

"What are you and Leo doing abroad?" Although Belle did not interrupted them before, but now that the news had spread and the nonsense on the internet was out, Belle could not just ignore them.

"It's just for fun. Mom, didn't I inform you of our relationship before? You allowed us to be in a relationship!" Mary said carefully.

Belle suddenly changed her tone: "Stop playing for fun, quickly come back, don't make things worse."

"Mom, I don't care what others say..."

"Of course I don't want to care about it, but it's really embarrassing. Everyone is staring at your age and they are saying something that I as a single mother, was able to bring up a failed daughter, and I have a bad view of things, and that you lack the love from a father, so you found a man who is old enough to be your father, like Leo William." Although she was also a strong and independent lady who could stand it alone, she still cared a lot about her daughter's reputation.

Mary was dumb struck, she was frozen on the spot. Could it be that her mother could not bear those people's words and started to have thoughts of opposing them?

"Mom…"

"If you still regard me as your mother, come back and obey what I say." Belle knew that her daughter could not be forceful, so she continued to speak in a soft tone.

"Alright then!" Mary understood her mother's personality. If she still persisted her stance, in the future, it would be even harder for her and Leo to have a happy ending. Now, she still had to listen to her mother's advice.

"Hurry up and come back!" Belle warned again, then hung up the phone. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Mary held onto her phone, standing in the cold wind, her mind in a mess.

Her long hair was blown by the wind, and a cold feeling seeped into Mary's collar. At this moment, not only did she feel the weather was cold, even her heart had cooled down a bit.

If she knew that the price for becoming a celebrity was that she couldn't even start a relationship, she wouldn't have entered the industry in the first place.

Now, she just wanted to be with the man she loved, and she was about to be pulled out of all this critical scrutiny, as if she were a guilty person. Why would she be like this?

"Mary…" When Leo found out that she wasn't in the small garden, he immediately got anxious and went to find her.

"I'm here!" Mary's expression shook, and turned around to see the man standing anxiously behind her.

"Why did you come out?" Leo reprimanded her softly. One must know that when he found out that she had disappeared, Leo's heart was about to break. Now that he saw her standing in front of him in her perfect condition, he calmed his breathing and walked towards her.

Mary bit her lips, and suddenly, a bold idea popped out.