Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy

Chapter 39

CHAPTER 39

Rebecca’s cry was heard by the maids and the butlers. Though she felt quite the pain for a second, once he put her on the bed and her foot neatly rested, she didn’t feel the pain anymore.

“I’m sorry,” Benjamin apologized for the tenth time. “I was…” he couldn’t say the reason as he was staring at her face and forgot about the surroundings.

“I don’t think you did it on purpose,” Rebecca said, “so it’s alright.”

Benjamin was left speechless. Was she always so understanding? No, something definitely changed in her. He couldn’t pinpoint it but could feel it. “Uh, I couldn’t make it to the job in the morning,” he said, “so I asked for a night shift.”

“Oh, so you won’t be here tonight.”

“Yeah.” He sounded disappointed.

bit sour. She currently wasn’t wearing the wedding ring. “Okay. I

being humorous or not, Benjamin faintly smiled and said, “Thank you, my love.” He leaned forward and gently adjusted a few strands of hair

have let him be so close to her for so many long seconds, but she felt a bit powerless against his charm tonight and kept staring at him almost like a mesmerized doll. Benjamin could feel the baby romance rising in the air, and if not for his wife’s wounded situation, he might have taken a chance to peck a kiss on her cheek, but for now, it still felt like a far away dream: being able

his hand and said, ‘See you later,’ like any good husband would before leaving the

forced him by taking part of his salary away. He’s really a tough guy, yet…” she remembered how he shed tears in the garden after Elizabeth had hit him repeatedly with a stick. “I made him cry.” Her jaw began to harden. “I married him to keep him by my side, and I know that if someone disrespects my husband, they are disrespecting me as well, but if I fight for him, I’ll be fighting my own family.” Despite everything Benjamin had done for her, a big question still bothered her. Was he really worth fighting her whole family for? “I still can’t decide,” she hardly breathed in the past minute or so. “Maybe I should spend some

do with the free time he got. “Should I

with the dogs on the lawn, tossing them food and bone shaped toys. Seeing Benjamin, they called out for him.”Get over here, Mr. Maid.” The only two people who unhesitatingly called Benjamin in such a

me here for, Mr. &

the bald old man with an eagle tattoo on his head said. He was Nolan Conway. “Scoop

enough to startle the dogs, but Benjamin acted like he couldn’t hear her. He went into the distance and kept poking the puppy’s belly with his finger, and the puppy began to playfully bite on his finger. Dorothy ground her senile teeth in frustration. “This brat has grown balls in the weeks we’ve been out. Do something, darling.” “I’m older than

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