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.

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

that came to mind wasn’t how sick her best friend looked but the hope that Jane

all that happened?” she

to,” Rebecca took out tablets from her purse; she asked her doctor and

as Rebecca

like a child,” Rebecca was about to touch her, but Benjamin warned her

do you want to suffer in this condition? If you take medication, you’ll get better faster. We can resolve our issues after

do it for long. Her vulnerable state made

spoke a word for a few

like a statue, and it was hard to guess what she was thinking. Benjamin didn’t want to sit idly, so he began

you washing my clothes!”

used to these sorts of things,”

the issue, you idiot!” she shouted and wanted to get off the bed, but even slight movements brought sharp localized pain all over her body. Cringing, she could

I’ve

fashion designer, and

know I always used washing

too parsimonious to spend money on a washing machine. They just let the apartment’s watchman’s wife wash their family clothes for

Time passed.

Her head was bent backward, with no

like she died. He

to the other room and sleep,”

about you then?”

be here, of

do anything physical at the moment, she didn’t want anything else to happen between them, either. “You go and sleep in that

his cheek, but she pushed his hand away and told him to just go. And

Silence followed

were wide awake now. “How the hell did things turn out like this?” Rebecca asked what she believed was a

did things become cool between you