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.

house. She asked him what he was doing there, but after he explained the situation, she

friend looked but the hope that Jane wasn’t naked under the bed sheet.

this look of anger and 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 that process, Rebecca was able to

her doctor and bought them from a store along the

into her mouth as Rebecca tried putting a tablet in

behave like a child,” Rebecca was about to touch

to suffer in this condition? If you take medication, you’ll get better faster. We can

so she couldn’t do it for long. Her vulnerable state made her eventually give into Rebecca’s

a word for a few

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

washing my clothes!” Jane yelled. “It’s

used to these sorts of things,” replied

wanted to 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

your ‘infectious’ clothes,” Rebecca coolly replied. “And I’ve never washed clothes before, so let

fashion designer, and yet

I always

gnash her teeth. She had asked her father to buy a washing machine, but her father was too parsimonious to spend money on a washing machine.

Time passed.

fell asleep while sitting in the chair. Her head was bent backward, with no support. Her

it looked like she died. He went there and patted her. She

the other room and sleep,” he told

you then?”

will be here, of course,” he gave a

and then shook her head. There was no way he could leave Benjamin alone with Jane. 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

adoringly, but it made her hiss in pain. “Sorry.” He tried to rub his cheek, but she pushed his hand

Silence followed

the hell did things turn out like this?” Rebecca asked what she believed was a legitimate

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