A deal with the devil

Chapter 92

A familiar voice came through the phone, “Shirley, I know it’s you. Please, can we met? There’s so much I need to tell you.”

Benjamin’s eyes never left Shirley, and she met his gaze.

Samuel must have found out she had married Benjamin. But she wondered why he was so anxious and what he wanted to tell her.

Benjamin held the phone out toward her, making it clear there was no avoiding this conversation. His silent, piercing stare demanded a response..

“Shirley, please say something I just want to talk. Meet me just this once.”

Shirley looked at Benjamin, took a deep breath, and calmly said, “There’s nothing to discuss, Samuel, I’m not meeting you, and I won’t thank you for what happened last night. This makes us even for what you did. Please ghee my phone to Nancy. Ellendert it from her mysell

“Shirley, don’t do this,” Samuel pleaded, his voice breaking. “I know I’ve hurt you, but—”

Shirley couldn’t care less about what Samuel wanted to say.

She cut him off coldly, “I don’t want to hear it. Whatever happened is in the past. I’m doing well now, and I’d appreciate it if you stopped calling me.”

Bonjaman’s gaze cemained fixed on her, as if he were searching for any cracks in her composure, any sign of lingering attachment. But her words and expression gave nothing away.

just let me Finish–Samuel’s voice

voice calm but laced with ice. “She’s made herself clear. There’s nothing more to say. Stop disturbing

ended the call decisively.

stopped calling after.

Benjamin. His jar was tight, his expression unreadable. Hesitating, she reached out

wanted to say. Samuel was in the past. Whatever love or chaos had once existed between them no longer had

wife, and her focus was on

expression didn’t

“Benjamin, 1-

as he turned his back to her, signaling the end

disappointment. She didn’t ask for much–just the chance to coexist

easier said than done.

Benjamin dichi’t touch her

someone as intimidating as Benjamin should have made

wasn’t used to sleeping in unfamiliar places, and sharing a worse. But, to her

in silence, his expression dark and brooding after the call ended.

echoed in his mind. “She’s made herself clear. There’s nothing more to