A deal with the devil

Chapter 44

sley came out from the forth wearing a set of conservative pajamas. Her long hair was tied up, revealing her pale neck.

Het pants were made of fer silk, while her feet were clad in flip flops Allen of het toes had a pinkish hue to them. They were rounded and tiny with neatly trimmed toenails, giving them a

ealized that Benjamin’s eyes kept lingering on her feet, and she instinctively curled her toes inward “I wanted to talk to you about Damian |

Standing at 5“C“, Shirley suddenly felt very short as she had to crane bet neck upward to meet Benjamin’s eyes.

Benjamin’s gaze moved from her cute little toes upward to her face. He paused for a few seconds before turning and walking inside. “You can come in

Shicles didn’t think much of it and followed Benjamin into his bedroom.

i bedroom matched his personality. It was decorated in a gray–white color scheme and had a simple yet authoritative air. The vibe it gave off was cold and unfeeling

min opened the door to the study and entered. When he saw that Shirley hadn’t followed after him, he called out, “Shirley.”

had been standing outside the door of the study. She only entered when she heard Benjamin call for her.

notebook hom the bookshelf and tossed at

opened the notebook. It was filled with notes on Damian’s likes and dislikes, recorded meticulously in pages on pages of neat handwriting Shirley could help but smile. “Did you

high aspirations and a certain amount of Benjamin didn’t reph, but Shirley decided that it must be written by

child would put so much effort into these

was right. Benjamin had a good side no matter how bad he

be was a

arrogance

at her smiling face and sand emotionlessly. “You’ll have to keep in mind that Damian has a phobia of blood. Other than that, he also has a phobia of water. Don’t let him near any rivers,

phobia

that Damian was reluctant to go outside because of

why not till in the lake outside?

it was ap

the lake, there wasn’t anything more important to Benjamin than Damian,

from Benjamin would be

it une day. He can’t stay in

Benjamin’s opinion made sense too. One couldn’t just keep running away from everything that scares them. “Understood, then I’IL