Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy

CHAPTER 167

At midnight.

Jane was resting on her bed, covered in the sheet from neck to toe. The last time she checked her face in the mirror, she looked like she was possessed by a ghost, with spots all over her face. Could someone ever love her after seeing her in such a disgusting look?

She looked to her right. Benjamin was talking with someone on the phone in the living room.

“Who’s he talking to at this hour?” she wondered. When he finished the call and came to her room, she said, “I’m thirsty.”

He poured small amounts of coconut water in her mouth. After that, she smiled at him gratefully. But then she couldn’t control her curiosity and ended up asking, “Whom were you talking to?”

“You will know soon.”

His words only puzzled her. “Aren’t you going to sleep?”

He just tilted his head in response.

(Was that a yes or no?) Jane couldn’t tell. Because of the pain all over her body, she couldn’t even sleep. Again, Benjamin picked up a neem stem and gently moved it on her face. It was greatly comforting.

Seeing him take care of her like this, she didn’t know how to take it. Would he really care for her so much without having any feelings for her?

However, her thought process got bombarded when someone knocked on the door. Who could it be at this hour? Was it a neighbor? Was it Donovan?

Benjamin went out and brought that person in. When Jane saw them entering her room, she was bewildered to say the least because it was the person she least expected. It was Rebecca Sterling.

Benjamin had thought it wasn’t a good idea to spend an entire night alone with Jane in her house. Moreover, he wanted to use this situation to repair the broken relationship between Rebecca and Jane, regardless of whatever quarrel they might have had.

When Benjamin had called Rebecca in the middle of the night, he wasn’t expecting to pick up his call, but she had, as nobody other than kids slept in the Sterling villa. Nolan’s body was still in the villa, after all, and they were taking care of the funeral arrangements.

when he told her he was at Jane’s house. She asked him what he was doing there, but after he explained the

came to mind wasn’t how sick her best friend looked but the hope that Jane wasn’t naked under the bed sheet. She didn’t

grief. When Rebecca sat down in the chair, Jane barked, “You shamelessly came to my home after all that happened?” she tried to get up but couldn’t. In

purse; she asked her doctor and bought them from a store along

her mouth as Rebecca tried putting a tablet

was about to touch her, but Benjamin warned her

condition? If

the spots on her forehead hurt more, so she couldn’t do it for long. Her vulnerable state made

spoke a word for a

what she was thinking. Benjamin didn’t

are you washing my clothes!” Jane

sorts of

get off the bed, but even slight movements brought sharp localized pain all over her body. Cringing, she could only stay quiet. She looked at Rebecca and said frustratingly, “You tell

Rebecca coolly replied. “And I’ve never washed clothes before, so

and yet you never

always used washing

her father was too parsimonious to spend money on a washing machine. They just let the apartment’s

Time passed.

chair. Her head was bent backward, with no support. Her mouth was

her, his heart skipped for a second because it looked like she died.

other room and

you

be here, of course,” he gave

While they might not be able to do anything physical at the moment, she didn’t want anything else to happen between them, either. “You go and sleep in that room. I’ll take care of

melted, thinking Rebecca really cared for him. “Thank you,” he pulled her cheek adoringly, but it made her hiss in pain. “Sorry.” He tried to rub his cheek, but she pushed his hand away and told him to just go. And he waved a

Silence followed

like this?” Rebecca asked what

thought you two broke up,” Jane sounded rather shocked herself. “When the hell did things become cool between you two again? How did