Chapter 88

After a moment of silence, Thomas got down to business.

“Have you told Susan about the fake scars?” Thomas asked.

Ben’s mouth involuntarily twitched when he heard how intimately Thomas addressed Susan. He suppressed his annoyance and replied to Thomas, “Not yet. I want to give her at surprise.”

“It’ll indeed be a big surprise,” said Thomas.

“Tell me, when can we start removing the scars?” Ben got to the point.

He had never cared about what he looked like before.

Now, however, he couldn’t wait to see Susan’s ecstasy at the sight of his real looks.

“Originally, the scars are removed every half a year. But it’s not yet half a year since we did it last time, so I haven’t prepared the medicine yet. Thomas paused to calculate. “It’ll take a week to prepare the medicine and about three days to soften your scars first before we slowly remove them. After that, a simple skin repair will be needed.”

Hearing that the scars could be removed only a week later, Ben’s eyes lit up.

“Okay. Get ready as soon as possible. I’ll make time for you,” Ben said.

Thomas nodded in reply.

After that, Ben looked at the flashy Thomas and tried to drive him away. “You’ve already had dinner and tea. You can leave now.”

“Hey! You’re too heartless! We haven’t seen each other for so long, and you’re driving me away so soon?” Thomas questioned in a shocked voice.

“Hurry up and leave,” Ben said without any mercy.

As soon as Ben finished speaking, Susan snapped disapprovingly, “Ben! How can you drive a guest away so rudely?”

A JM M Susan walked over and said gently, “Thomas, feel free to stay. I’ve asked the cook to prepare some dessert. Ben told me that you used to live here when you were a child, so I’ve arranged for someone to clean up the guest room. You’ve just returned from abroad, and you must haven’t yet cleaned up your house. If you don’t mind, how about you stay here for a few days first?”

“What? You want him to live here? I…” Ben intended to refuse.

Thomas looked as if he’d been wronged. “But Ben doesn’t seem to welcome me to stay.”

“Ignore him,” said Susan, “Just feel free to stay here.”

Thomas looked touched as he said, “Susan, you’re so kind to me.”

Ben was speechless.

He had an impulse to strangle Thomas now.

No matter how unwilling Ben was, it was settled that Thomas would stay for a few days.

After all, Thomas had traveled a long distance, so he went to rest in the guest room early under Susan’s persuasion.

After settling Thomas, Susan returned to her room and saw Ben’s cold face.

She felt amused and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Ben said through gritted teeth, “Do you like Thomas very much? Humph, that’s right. This guy is honey–lipped.”

It was obvious that his tone was full of jealousy.

Susan felt that it was funny. “Are you jealous?”

Ben firmly denied it. “Jealous? How can I?”

He acted like a proud child.

As Susan thought she might as well coax Ben, she walked over and took his hand.

“Don’t think that you can soothe me by holding my hand,” Ben said with a snort, “You JM M ignored me for a whole night because of Thomas. I’ll never forget this!”

Although Ben had learned from the Book of Love that men should be mature and magnanimous with a good temper, he was unwilling to compromise.

201 1208 He made up his mind that this time, he wouldn’t forgive Susan so easily as to be appeased by her with just a few words.

“But I tried my best to get along well with Thomas just because he is your close friend,” Susan explained softly. “If it weren’t for the intimate terms that the two of you are on, I wouldn’t even spare him a glance.”

The stubbornness in Ben’s eyes wavered.

He felt Susan’s words made sense.

“Why are you angry when I just wanted to make friends with your friend? I don’t get it,” Susan said, sounding like she had been wronged.

Ben, who had intended to stay proud, was flustered by her aggrieved tone at once.

He hurriedly explained, “No, I’m not angry!”

“Then, is it that you have a problem with me?” Susan sounded even sadder.

Ben was too panicked to care about his pride. He admitted it frankly, “I was indeed a little jealous just now.”

Susan could no longer hold back her laughter.

Ben was stunned. “You…”

Susan ignored him and kept chuckling, her hand covering her mouth.

Looking into her starry eyes, Ben couldn’t resist such temptation anymore. He pressed her against the wall and kissed her passionately.

“Mr. Landor, the potion…” The instant the maid came in with the herbal potion, she was dumbstruck at the scene.

She quickly turned around and claimed, “I didn’t see anything.”

M M 28% 12:08 Susan pushed Ben away in embarrassment and said to the maid, “Just put the potion on the table.”

The maid put it down and fled as fast as she could.

Just as the maid left, Ben wrapped his arms around Susan, wanting to continue what had been interrupted just now.

“Wait.” Susan stopped him. “Take your medicine first.”

Ben objected reluctantly, “I’m not sick at all. This is Thomas‘ prank.”

Susan glared at him and said, “I asked him about this medicine when I sent him to the guest room. It can calm your nerves. You’ve been busy with work recently and often toss and turn at night. The medicine can more or less help alleviate this problem.”

As Susan spoke, she handed the medicine to Ben.

Ben stared at the bowl of potion for a long time, unwilling to reach out to take it over.

“You…” Susan asked as she blinked, “Are you afraid of its bitterness?”

Ben’s lips quivered.

In truth, the formidable Mr. Landor, who could scare a child to tears with his terrifying no could scare a child to tears with his terrifying scars, couldn’t bear any bitterness at all!

However, Susan was staring at him.

Under her intense gaze, Ben denied it, gritting his teeth. “No! Why did you think so?”

He braced himself, picked up the bowl, and drank up the medicine in one gulp.

The bitter and astringent taste of the herbal potion soon spread over his mouth.

Ben suppressed the urge to gulp water which could dilute the bitterness and forced a calm face as he said, “Look, I’m not afraid of bitterness at all.”

Susan peered at him, curving her lips into a gentle smile.

“Why smile?”

₫ M M *UN 28% 12:08 As soon as Ben finished speaking, Susan suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed him tenderly on the lips.

Ben’s pupils violently contracted.

After Susan quickly pecked him, her eyes glittered like stars. “Do you still feel bitter now?”

Looking at her shining eyes, Ben only felt that they were deadly charming.

His voice became a bit hoarse as he said, “It seems, there is still a bit of bitterness.”

With that, he bent down and kissed her with a strong hunger for the taste of her lips.

After a long time, he finally let go of Susan with satisfaction. With a pleased smile on his face, he said, “There’s no more bitterness now.”

Not only was there no bitterness but his mouth also overflowed with sweetness.

It was so sweet that he couldn’t help trembling all over.

Ben had a little secret.

He didn’t like anything bitter but candy.

Now, he finally found the sweetest candy for him.

It was Susan.